BEST OF THE BEST (1989) Movie Reaction (James Earl Jones has the BEST VOICE!) 

Thank you so much for accepting my request to watch this movie. I knew you were going to love it! You are the first RU-vidr with a larger audience to react to this gem. And you didn't disappoint. We got to see a Kazzy dance, a Kazzy face, and a Kazzy cry all in one movie. Life as we know it is now complete. Hopefully this will land some more patrons and subscribers to your channel!

While Dae Han killed Tommy's brother, the actors who portrayed Dae Han and Tommy are actual brothers.

Never thought I’d see a reaction to this movie. Absolutely loved it as a kid. The ending wrecked me.

I love this movie, when I was a kid I used to rent the VHS all the time

Best of the Best?! THANK YOU to whoever contributed 💰to make this reaction happen!

Hey Kazzy…Phillip Rhee here. Thanks for the review. All my best!!

NO! the most powerful line ever delivered! 😀❤️

The word you were looking for in, Montage.

OMG! Someone is reacting to Best of the Best?!?! I never thought I'd see that! This is a favorite of mine growing up.

I have to paraphrase, but if my memory serves I recall reading or hearing that Phillip Rhee (Tommy Lee) wanted to make a martial arts film where killing your "enemy" wasn't the main focus of the hero's journey. The message of forgiveness and the healing process has stayed with me ever since I first saw this. It's one of my very favorite martial arts pictures. The fact that Tommy Lee and Dae Han Park (Simon Rhee) are actually brothers is something that I think makes the film even cooler.

The ending was a total surprise and I've never forgotten it. The "bad" guy, Simon Rhee, is Phillip Rhee's brother and was the fight choreographer for the movie as well. So, that is another surprise.

You reacted to this amazing film...........I love you!! 👍👍👍

My favorite martial movie ever. I become Skandinavian champion because of this film. Also won Several European champs and olympic gold medal winner. I have trained basically all major martial arts but TKD took me with because of this movie. I was just a kid then but Philip and his brother were both amazing.

The Best of the Best is the perfect distillation of 80's martial arts movies. I loved it as a kid and every time I see it again I have a blast not despite but because of its shortcomings. I can still tell my childhood friends, "Tommy! No!" and they'll reply, "Coach! He's gonna kill him!"

Haven’t seen this movie since I was 9 thanks for reacting to it😂

I remember seeing this movie as a kid, I actually saw the sequel to this first Kazzy.

Such a great motivational film. I remember watching it when I was a kid still trying to figure out my life. It’s a great story and definitely started me on martial arts.

I first watched this back on VHS when I was around 10 years old. I'm 43 now and I STILL tear up at that ending 😢 Great reaction 👍👌

One of my all time favourite martial arts movie.

That ending with the apology and forgiveness is a thing of beauty, right? 😂

Dae Han lived up to his word in part 2

"Burt" from the bar fight is played by Kane Hodder, who also played Jason Voorhies in several Friday the 13th movies. And unfortunately, 3 out of the 5 actors on the American team are no longer with us, having died at young ages. I also think that Best of the Best 2 is worth watching, even though it's more of a cheesy action movie, as opposed to an inspirational team sport movie, like this movie was.

OMG! Love you for choosing this one to watch. My favorite martial art-movie from my childhood :)

This was one of my favourite movies when I was a kid. I was 7 years old when this came out and I remember watching it with my Dad and later owning it on VHS. One of the films responsible for inspiring me to take up Martial Arts.

Goosebumps

One thing that I respect about this film is that it is another that shows the true spirit of the martial arts. It has a lot of heart, and that ending... oh, that ending!

This may be a 'B' movie, technically but the acting and deeper values that are espoused make it genuine.

It's sportsmanship, beats winning. The Best

Had this on VHS back in the day. May not be a masterpiece, but the cast is just so likable. It makes for an enjoyable movie.

Nice to find a reaction t9 Best of the Best, one of my favorite hidden gems since I was a kid. It never gets old and always holds up. I found it on accident one day on hbo when I was a kid and loved it. Then the sequel got announced and I saw the trailer and theaters, and me and my best friend couldn’t wait to see it. It’s not as perfect as the first movie, but it’s still very fun to watch. I never really watched the 3rd and 4th movies, which seemed so disconnected from the first two. The first is a classic, but the second one is still worth watching. I subbed to this channel just now a year after the video and enjoyed your reaction!

The girl Chris picks up, is Kane Hodder aka Jason Vorhees

Omg someone reacted to this movie. One of the old gems.

The ending always sticks to me. So much impact as a kid. Say sorry and forgiveness. ❤

Such a wonderful movie!! ❤️

Awesome reaction to a movie I loved as a kid and still love!! Even though I've seen it many times that ending gets me everytime and I teared up along with you🥲 ...PS..You are looking great!!😍

So Tommy and Dae-Han are actually brothers irl. Phillip and Simon Rhee.

Hi Kazzy hope you are having an great and awesome day ❤

Oh wow, i love this movie, thank you for reacting to this!

You need to watch parts 2 & 3 now..😂

Phillip Rhee and his brother Simon are the choreographers for Cobra Kai

loved this movie 😍 80's childhood nostalgia overload!! this iron eagle/ american ninja/ top gun /rocky/kickboxer ....the 80's rocks

Never expected to see reaction for it. One of my favourites movies when I was young.

GREAT PICK!

This takes me back to my childhood.

Have seen this so many times over the years. Lot of shortcomings like you said but great emotional connection.

Very, very underrated movie.

Great film; very underrated. What adds so much more impact to the story and the writing in this is that Tommy (Phillip Rhee) and Dae Han (Simon Rhee) are brothers in real life, which really comes through and makes that last scene so powerful. Side note: if you check out the channel by Scott Adkins (the channel is just his name), he has a series of videos called The Art of Action, and in one episode, he interviews Phillip Rhee. In it, you get some interesting insights on his background, as well as how Best of the Beat came about.

That last scene always gets to me.

I absolutely love martial arts movies, and this is one of the movies I have watched more than others, love it, and James Earl Jones is brilliant in it too, tough but brilliant. One thing you might not know about this movie is...Dae Han Park, and Tommy Lee, are brothers in real life.

I subscribed just because you reacted to this gem of a movie great job.

Always loved this movie. Nice reaction.

The best of the best. Let's go

This was a staple between me and my cousin. He had a tape that had this and The Perfect Weapon (which also had the guy who played Virgil in it) This is one of the ultimate “guy-cry” movies. It’s so good. Thank you so much for this reaction. It wasn’t something I thought I’d see on this channel and it was a wonderful surprise 🙂

This is the only action movie I watch and enjoy when I was a kid and cry in the end.

simon rhee (dae han) has done alot of stunts for other action movies .

dae han and tommy ARE actual brothers :)

Pop it Tommy, pop it

Haha, what a awesome reaction! now you have to see the sequel, it's a lot of fun too.

It was in an interview, I think it was "The Art of Action" with Scott Adkins, but Philip Rhee said that Chris Penn kept on nagging him to hit him with a full powered back kick. Chris Penn, who had a bit of a boxing background wanted to see if Philip was legit. He knocked the air out of him & Chris stopped nagging him & they were cool afterwards...they were talking about what a nice person Chris Penn was, lol. Scott Adkins' Martial Artist/Action Choreographer/Stunt Man & Women, etc... interview show is on RU-vid on his channel.

Love the way the film makers didn't know the difference between Karate and Tae kwon do.

Hi...I recommend Best of the Best 2. I think you gonna love it. A hello from Brasil 🇧🇷 🇧🇷

This wasn’t a B movie. It was actually released straight to theaters. The sequel as well but everything after went straight to video.

Im not crying, youre crying

Great movie it does get you emotionally ❤

I really liked this movie, my favorite is Best of the Best 2. It's hard to find though.

Fooking loved this movie wen I was a young'un! Great random mix of USA cast 2 B in a martial arts film! I remember the sequel being really strong too, def worth a watch!

I'm telling my kids this is Mortal Kombat. Great movie.

I’m a 3rd fan black belt in Shaolin Kempo Karate, I’m also a black belt in Judo, an expert in Japanese Jiu-Jitsu, American Kickboxing, Kung Fu, Wing Chun, Jeet Kune Do & Muay Thai… I have studied some Tae Kwon Do, and what I can tell you is that there are some distinct elemental differences between karate & Tae Kwon Do, for one thing, you see Phillip Rhee _(Tommy Lee)_ & his brother Simon Rhee _(Dae Han Park)_ in the fight scenes, they have this _hopping_ style & the hopping is definitely a trait of Tae Kwon Do in particular… the reason I ended up as a 3rd Dan black belt in Shaolin Kempo Karate & never followed up with Tae Kwon Do is because I was studying both at the same time (because an unusual opportunity came my way to study Tae Kwon Do during a summertime away from school & I found that the overlap was just too much to be worth studying both, and I was already a blue belt in Shaolin Kempo Karate, so I continued with that. Simon Rhee is also a fight choreographer for _Cobra Kai_ which brings me to my second point. The competitions portrayed in *THIS FILM* is very much what _Karate Kids 1 & 3_ as well as the _Cobra Kai_ series try to make the _All Valley Under 18 Karate Tournament_ into. They paint it as this _Winner Takes All_ ultimate fighting championship which is kinda what this competition is… like what James Earl Jones says “It was all a game to them…they had no idea what they were going up against…” and Tommy’s brother in the story gets killed… where as a Karate Tournament is not a real full-contact Karate Competition, it’s where multiple Karate Dojo’s in a region pick an all star team of the top students display traditional techniques & the competition gauges the teaching style of the instructors, the students’ ability to grasp what is being taught & the students’ ability to link & apply techniques they’ve been taught effectively… if it was what Karate Kid was portraying, it’d be all over the news “two competing karate gangs met up in the gymnasium of a high school Saturday Afternoon, there were three deaths, at least five were permanently crippled, and six lay unconscious in critical condition in an area hospital, while the grand champion is allowed to rape & pillage the neighboring towns…

Not shown. After the bar fight. Tommy upset. "I didn't want to fight!" Alez -- "Hey, all I wanted was a beer. Shit happens."

Hi, I just got finished watching your best of the best reaction. There are I believe two more best of the best movies, but now that you’re reacting to best of the best and I am so glad someone is finally reacting to these phenomenal masterpieces. I am waiting on a passenger 57 reaction now with Wesley Snipes another really good movie and a masterpiece for its time.

I studied TKD some time ago and because this film was made in 1989 this version falls under the power era in which knockouts were more common than what you see today. Two major factions are prominent today; the Kukkiwon/WTF variation which came from the Korean Taekwondo Association and is used in the Olympics and the more traditional variation which is the Chang Hon/ITF version which is usually seen practiced by the North Koreans.

I remember seeing this on video as a child & its sequel in theaters the other two films were straight to video films. Eric Roberts, Phillip Rae, and Sean Penn are in the first two films with Phillip Rae in all four.

My family loved this movie when I was a kid

If you want to see more of Philip Rhee there is also Best of the Best 2, Best of the Best 3 and also Best of the Best 4.

The mom was nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Kai Winn on Deep Space Nine. Also, the scenes with music and training are montages. South Park did a whole song on sports training montages.

5:05 Fun Fact: That kid played the Chucky doll voice in all 3 Child's Play movies Kazzy.

32:16 gets me every time

Sally Kellerman

Taekwondo has a different origin from Karate. Karate is indigenous from the island of Okinawa. Traditional okinawan forms like Shuri Te or Naha Te were more oriented to the use of hands than kicks, and kicks were usually low. Modern karate has more high kicks. On the contrary, Taekwondo has its origin in some Korean ancient methods, mainly Taekyun, that still exists and is mainly a kicking method. Kicks in this martial art are more complex than any other. Modern Taekwondo also takes some hand techniques from karate and other martial arts. The protagonist of this film has done a great job modernizing classical Taekwondo, adding more techniques from western boxing and hapkido, the sister art of Aikido, more oriented to self defense and real combat, obtaining a more complete system. The ending of this movie really break the mold, shows the real values a martial artist should cultivate. Thanks for sharing.

Great movie. Other great matial arts movies at the time are The Perfect Weapon with Jeff Spikman and Mission Of Justice 1992 with Jeff Wincott. Fyi Ironically the main bad guy Dah Han and good guy Tommy in the movies are bothers in real life

Awesome to see someone react to this movie. Ty for the special request. My friends and I would argue which one was better. Best of the best and Bloodsport. Back those days 1 person story was getting old that's why I picked this 1 as my favorite ♥️

I realize I'm late to the party; Just found your channel! And I do believe you're Thinking of Sally Kellerman In Back to School, not Sally Kirkland

Workout montage with music

Speaking as a martial artist Taekwando is more of an emphasis on spins and jumps while karate is more grounded in its strikes.

Have you reacted to Superman the Movie (Christopher Reeve) ?

Biggest difference in TKD and Karate is the vector of movement. Karate is linear, TKD is an arc. You really cant say much else because within each respective martial art is a world of difference, particularly TKD. Yes TKD has more types of kicks, but not necessarily a heavier focus on using them or in combination.

32:22 react 32:37 32:47 .-Ernie Moore Jr.

I'll pass on this movie but won''t pass on you - thumbs up as always.

Please do a reaction for the movie Ricochet starring Denzel Washington. It's a hidden gem that I've only seen one person do a reaction for on RU-vid.❤

Weirdest choice ever but it’s brought me to the channel to watch this young lady a third (maybe fourth) time. Pity the person wasted his choice on this movie.

Eric Roberts is always awesome.

Different Sally Kirkland

You're Beautiful.

Hello, how are you, if you want to watch FURY 2014?

I hate modern audio, it's all produced for personal theatres, on my tv I cant hear the dialog and I have to turn it down anytime they break into overbearing music.

I finally see someone react to this movie, and then you did a poor job of it. First, I hate the double images which fade into a blur. Then, your reaction to the final fight is really lacking in feeling.

Taekwondo (pronounced "Tay" not "Tie") is just Karate with more kicking. When the Japanese invaded Korea they banned the practice of indigenous martial arts so Koreans went to Japan, learned Shotokan Karate, brought it back to Korea, added fancy kicks, and gave it a Korean name. Today Taekwondo is pretty much just kickboxing.

The end of this movie is heart rending