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Best of the Best 4: Without Warning

  • Video
  • 19981998
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  • 1h 30m
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4.8/10
1.3K
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Ernie Hudson, Jessica Collins, and Phillip Rhee in Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (1998)
  • Action
  • Adventure
  • Thriller
When a girl fleeing Russian mobsters plants a stolen computer disk on Tommy Lee, the martial arts expert finds himself unwittingly thrust into his most harrowing adventure ever.When a girl fleeing Russian mobsters plants a stolen computer disk on Tommy Lee, the martial arts expert finds himself unwittingly thrust into his most harrowing adventure ever.When a girl fleeing Russian mobsters plants a stolen computer disk on Tommy Lee, the martial arts expert finds himself unwittingly thrust into his most harrowing adventure ever.
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
1.3K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Phillip Rhee
  • Writers
    • Phillip Rhee(screenplay)
    • Fred Vicarel(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Phillip Rhee
    • Ernie Hudson
    • Tobin Bell
Top credits
  • Director
    • Phillip Rhee
  • Writers
    • Phillip Rhee(screenplay)
    • Fred Vicarel(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Phillip Rhee
    • Ernie Hudson
    • Tobin Bell
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    • 20User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
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    Jessica Collins and Phillip Rhee in Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (1998)
    Gina Gershon, Jessica Collins, and Phillip Rhee in Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back (1995)
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    Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (1998)
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    Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (1998)
    Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (1998)
    Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (1998)
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    Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (1998)
    Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (1998)
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    Phillip Rhee
    Phillip Rhee
    • Tommy Leeas Tommy Lee
    Ernie Hudson
    Ernie Hudson
    • Detective Greskoas Detective Gresko
    Tobin Bell
    Tobin Bell
    • Lukasz Slavaas Lukasz Slava
    Thure Riefenstein
    Thure Riefenstein
    • Yuri Slavaas Yuri Slava
    Jessica Collins
    Jessica Collins
    • Karinaas Karina
    Chris Lemmon
    Chris Lemmon
    • Jack Jarvisas Jack Jarvis
    • (as Christopher Lemmon)
    Paul Gleason
    Paul Gleason
    • Father Gilas Father Gil
    Art LaFleur
    Art LaFleur
    • Big Joolieas Big Joolie
    • (as Art La Fluer)
    Sven-Ole Thorsen
    Sven-Ole Thorsen
    • Borisas Boris
    • (as Sven Ole Thorsen)
    Jessica Huang
    • Stephanie Leeas Stephanie Lee
    Jill Ritchie
    Jill Ritchie
    • Mickeyas Mickey
    Ilia Volok
    Ilia Volok
    • Iliaas Ilia
    • (as Ilia Volokh)
    Garrett Warren
    Garrett Warren
    • Viktoras Viktor
    David 'Shark' Fralick
    David 'Shark' Fralick
    • Olegas Oleg
    Monte Rex Perlin
    • Sergias Sergi
    • (as Monte Perlin)
    Marco Verdier
    • Black Copas Black Cop
    Terrence Stone
    Terrence Stone
    • Cop #1as Cop #1
    • (as Terrance R. Stone)
    Robert Tyler
    • Cop #2as Cop #2
    • Director
      • Phillip Rhee
    • Writers
      • Phillip Rhee(screenplay)
      • Fred Vicarel(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Eric Roberts felt this entry (along with part 3) ruined what was once a promising story.
    • Goofs
      During the final shootout, Detective Gresko takes three bullets out of his revolver to fool a man into thinking his gun is empty. He fires one shot, leaving him with two and no time to reload. When Yunika gets Gresko's gun, he fires more than the two shots that should have been left.
    • Quotes

      [Boris shoots the truck-driver, and then moves his dead body to the passenger-seat when he gets in the truck]

      Boris: You can ride shotgun!

    • Alternate versions
      German Video-Release (Paramount) was cut by a few scenes in order to receive an 18-Rating.
    • Connections
      Featured in Video Buck: Best of the Best 4: Sin aliento (2020)

    User reviews20

    Review
    Top review
    6/10
    I gotta go bake a cake.
    The fourth and final entry in this franchise, directed and co-written by franchise veteran Phillip Rhee, is decent enough if hardly inspired. This time, our intrepid martial artist hero is working as a self-defense advisor for the police force when he gets caught up in a plot hatched by murderous Russian counterfeiters. When he's forced to kill a crooked detective who's in on the scheme, he must take it on the lam - all while doing everything possible to protect his little girl (Jessica Huang).

    "Best of the Best 4: Without Warning" doesn't have *that* much to do with the martial arts, although it does feature the requisite scenes with Tommy Lee getting a chance to show off his impressive skills. It's pretty standard, unimaginative stuff, with no surprises and a bunch of typical characters. That said, Rhee is still enjoyable to watch as he struts *his* stuff, and there's one fairly good chase sequence. At least there's a respectable body count, and the baddies are mostly irredeemable garbage whose demises are eagerly anticipated.

    One good thing that the movie can boast is a solid lineup of character actors in supporting roles, even if they've been better utilized in other things: Ernie Hudson (the "Ghost Busters" movies) as a jerk detective, Art La Fleur ("Cobra") as a store owner, Tobin Bell (the "Saw" franchise) as the main baddie, Chris Lemmon ("Just Before Dawn") as another detective, Sven-Ole Thorsen ("Conan the Barbarian") as one of the many disposable henchmen, and Paul Gleason ("The Breakfast Club") as a helpful priest. It's particularly good to see Gleason cast against type here, since he's best known for jerk characters himself.

    Mindless fun overall, mostly for die-hard action fanatics who aren't particularly demanding.

    Six out of 10.
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    • Release date
      • October 21, 1999 (Argentina)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Best of the best: Sin aliento
    • Filming locations
      • 6th Street Viaduct, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Picture Securities
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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