Dae Han is actually Simon Rhee the older brother of Phillip Rhee and James Lew is Sae Jin Kwon, Alex's opponent. The other team members from Korea are all accomplished martial artists including the coach, Cho He Il. In terms of casting, the producers really got the best from the best.
Thanks for pointing this out, I know that Tommy and dad hab were brothers but I had no idea Sae Jin Kwon is a brother too, they’re like the top martial arts choreographers next to Ernie Reyes sr and his son
Oh you're one of those lame "been there done that, and now I'm so old even when I'm not" boring types of people? I hope the majority of people your age aren't like you.
@@paulz4667 “30s” as in 30-39 isn’t an age group. Stop grouping age by decades. Someone in their early 30s is in the same age group as someone in their late 20s. 30 and 39 are almost a decade apart.
@obvioushieidude7668 pretty sure he didn't make the phrases '30s' up. Or any other decade grouping, its a very common thing to do. Pretty sure you do it to, if you're in your 20s, 30s,40, etc.
1:46 I used to mess with my little brother all the time saying "DAE HAN 176 LBS 35 YEARS OLD" in my best James Earl Jones voice back in 89'. He used to love it and he was 8.
@@victorrain I think I watched the movie with him one time and I started messing around saying that line all the time and he got a kick out of it because it was silly and kids like silly things. He's almost 40 now, but I bet if I said that line to him in my James Earl Jones voice he would still get a kick out of it.
One of my favorite childhood movies, but after seeing a baseball bat handle broken over the shin of the guy I'm supposed to fight, I'd be like "Yeah, um no."
Kage dude nope you going to fight that guy because here's the thing. You don't actually feed off this guy strengthen you're going to want to prove him that he ain't stronger than you. There is something about when guys act tough that you just want to prove them wrong that's that hunger that you want right there
It's a really nice nuance how you see the Koreans land the same shots that they used to break the the cement blocks on the Americans. Especially Kwon breaking Alex's shoulder with the same move.
That was the idea bro. At this point in the movie they were the super powerful villains that no one could beat them and team U.S.A was the underdog who was going to try the impossible.
I know... he's like laughing and smiling at Sonny at first for the guy he has to fight until he realizes that the guy he's fighting is even worse!! And then his expression just changes 😂
I wonder, can you really strike someones shin with a baseball bat to the extent that the bat then breaks!!? Still love this film, and when you’ve got Darth Vader and Julia Roberts brother in your corner… you’re bound to win…. ‘to save a life in defeat, is to earn victory and honor within….’ a classic! :)
Technically i think so. I notice that when breaking a baseball bat, you aim for the thinnest spot of the bat which is closer to the handle than the tip.
Yes, you can. It used to be a stable of martial arts demos to showcase the power of techniques. Baseball bats with shins, cinder and ice blocks with fists, 2x4s with the feet, opening wine bottles with chops. Nowadays, the 720s and 960s look nice and flashy, but they don't have the same raw sense of power shown in those older demos.
This movie was the reason why I wanted to get into martial arts as a kid. I studied W.T.F. Style of Tae Kwon Do 🥋. If I could do it again I would’ve studied ITF. It was geared more to self defense.
I studied ITF…I also competed in the World Championships in South Korea as part of a 5 man team..I won the power breaking comp and became world champion. Kinda cool memory really considering how much I loved this film as a youngster.
I remember this scene from this movie. Every true martial artist knows that those are sand bricks... you can either bow down to the fake fear or go through it like a sand brick...
There is too much brothers in this movie. Chris Penn is brother of Sean Penn. Eric Roberts brother of Julia Roberts. Main .rivals of movie Tommy and Dae Han, Philip Rhee and Simon Rhee are brothers too :)
Great movie when I was a kid that used to Hype me up to wanna fight now I watch all they trained as an adult I'm like nope I do not want to fight them LOL
One thing I would like to see, is the back stories of the Korean team. Especially Dae Han... What was his personal life like after he killed Tommy’s brother?
One thing that never made sense about this movie, if Han was such an accomplished fighter for the past 10 years, didn't Tommy know going in that he might have to fight him?
I know Tommy kicked ass in the tournament to be chosen for team USA, but why would coach choose Tommy to face Dae Han when coach knows Tommy will make it personal or a vendetta rather than competition?
BOTB might be "the best" martial artis film. Did so much well...like how they hyped the Korean team. Oddly, they didn't do the same for the American team. Why? They should have shown the actors being trained uniquenly to develop their strengths and address their weaknesses. They didn't dot hat. As a matter a fact I dont recall them ever showing any of the American team trjaining.....choreography was terrific (had it not been full-contact, a death scene?)...
He would of got killed or just worse similar to blood sport like Jackson, I know Best of the Best of 2 I wish he would of survived the match with Brackus but eventually everything went wrong.
i loved this movie when i was a teenager. despite many quirks such as why a US team with different martial arts fight against a full tae kwon do Korean team, why were there so many kicks to the backs and backs of the head? why the US coach is not a martial artist? and many other why :))
funny how you can tell these concrete bricks are foam all the particles are floating and flying in the air instead of dropping straight to the floor like its suppose to, not very good stage props
Lets be real. I love this film but in all reality the Americans should have never beaten them. But its a movie and i get it. But just making point. Other than tommy and maybe Alex they were completely out skilled
Not so scary when you realized the material they’re breaking is styrofoam with little light floaty pieces that fly off and drift to the ground lol Still a great childhood movie idgaf
@@Keyboard_Warrior_X Well, they aren't professionals, that's kind of the point. We don't know what the others do but Tommy is a teacher and Alex works in a factory, so I'm sure they don't keep up with the goings on off fighters on the other side of the globe that they would never fight. As for Tommy and Dae Han. A lot is made of Dae Han's age. Tommy assumes that he is retired at this point because of his age. Pretty simple really.
Андрей Советкин well your wrong dead dead wrong you're seen to much martial arts movie's back then in 1988 the Americans were a lot more focused on things when it comes to martial arts how I know Australia was there as well but not New Zealand
@@edsta714 kickboxing is a sport where strict rules prevent complete fighting. Fighting is letting 2 combatants "go at it". Kickboxing is a very important part of fighting. However so is Grappling and ground fighting. If one does not know it all. One simply does not know how to be a complete fighter.
Yeah, everyone did feel this way before UFC 1. I am sure you did too. But to give credit to the movie, the sequel did introduce the concept of ground fighting when it had a submission wrestler. The film came out in 1993, the exact same year of UFC 1. Phillip Rhee, who played Tommy and produced both films, was fully aware of grappling back then.
Dae Han is actually Simon Rhee the older brother of Phillip Rhee and James Lew is Sae Jin Kwon, Alex's opponent. The other team members from Korea are all accomplished martial artists including the coach, Cho He Il. In terms of casting, the producers really got the best from the best.
Yeah cos know one knew who Dae Han is loser
Thanks for pointing this out, I know that Tommy and dad hab were brothers but I had no idea Sae Jin Kwon is a brother too, they’re like the top martial arts choreographers next to Ernie Reyes sr and his son
Yes bro there brothers in real life ❤️
Bro, I’ve watched this movie 20x over 20yrs and had no idea they were brothers lmao
One of the "Koreans" wasn't even of Korean descent, he was Okinawan.
when Darth Vader coaches, you better listen.
When Mufasa gives advice it’s best to listen
Exactly . Ha ha
If you are AI... that is too funny. I want a t-shirt now
Reading this after his death 😢
R.I.P
Love how they show Alex's opponent performing a sweet axe kick foreshadowing the pivotal moment in their upcoming bout.
Tong sun moons ridgehand, Dae Hans superman punch.
"Whatever you may think of his age..." hits different (lol) watching this at 36 years old 😂
Hits even harder when you watched this as a kid and now your 46!
Oh you're one of those lame "been there done that, and now I'm so old even when I'm not" boring types of people? I hope the majority of people your age aren't like you.
Back then 30s was bigger deal than vs now
@@paulz4667 “30s” as in 30-39 isn’t an age group. Stop grouping age by decades. Someone in their early 30s is in the same age group as someone in their late 20s. 30 and 39 are almost a decade apart.
@obvioushieidude7668 pretty sure he didn't make the phrases '30s' up. Or any other decade grouping, its a very common thing to do. Pretty sure you do it to, if you're in your 20s, 30s,40, etc.
1:46 I used to mess with my little brother all the time saying "DAE HAN 176 LBS 35 YEARS OLD" in my best James Earl Jones voice back in 89'. He used to love it and he was 8.
Why that line and not other ones like “Illegal hit!” Or “Yes Sir!”
When I first saw this scene, I would think all the times I got my ass kicked on Karate Champ
My older brother did the same with me.
@@victorrain I think I watched the movie with him one time and I started messing around saying that line all the time and he got a kick out of it because it was silly and kids like silly things. He's almost 40 now, but I bet if I said that line to him in my James Earl Jones voice he would still get a kick out of it.
I thought he said Bi Han.( Subzero)
Info: Han Cho, One of the Korean Taekwondo fighters who played Virgil Keller opponent was real-life Tang Soo Do Grandmaster Ho Sik-Pak.
One of my favorite childhood movies, but after seeing a baseball bat handle broken over the shin of the guy I'm supposed to fight, I'd be like "Yeah, um no."
Kage dude nope you going to fight that guy because here's the thing. You don't actually feed off this guy strengthen you're going to want to prove him that he ain't stronger than you. There is something about when guys act tough that you just want to prove them wrong that's that hunger that you want right there
James Earl Jones masculine voice presence really kicks this movie up a notch
It's a really nice nuance how you see the Koreans land the same shots that they used to break the the cement blocks on the Americans. Especially Kwon breaking Alex's shoulder with the same move.
And Tan Sung Moon used the ridgehand during the tiebreaker!
Well spotted! 2:15 is the opening punch in his match. Ouch!
that is impressive, I never knew that! Good eye sir
No pun intended, but didn't Alex say he had a shoulder injury prior 2 that scene?
Common knowledge
Tommy & Dae Han
Are brothers in real life
yep dae is a beter fighter
I know that this movie was based on a tortament in 1989 in South Korea after the 1988 games
Yup their both great fighters
No way never knew that
I think that’s why the Fight is so emotional
“This is some of the Asian training” ( as she walks up and starts stripping)
I remember when I was a 6 year-old watching this movie even I got scared of the korean team
That was the idea bro. At this point in the movie they were the super powerful villains that no one could beat them and team U.S.A was the underdog who was going to try the impossible.
"Boards don't hit back...."
😂😂😂 Comedian
The famous Bruce Lee's quote from Enter the Dragon
But cement does! I have the xrays to prove it
I love this movie, it brought back memories.
I used to watch it every year. I also bought a DVD of it off eBay. It has to be my most favorite fighting movie.
My favorite Martial Arts movie
Losing would be the least of your worries.
Look how Travis reacts when he learns his opponent
I love Travis face when he sees who hes fighting 🤣 like
" what the fuck "
I’d have been like “Yo Sonny, wanna trade?”
I know... he's like laughing and smiling at Sonny at first for the guy he has to fight until he realizes that the guy he's fighting is even worse!! And then his expression just changes 😂
@@afranks8566 😂
You can hear the slight background music as the 1st 4 Korean fighters are introduced...then it goes silent when it gets to Dae Han.
Real bad dude. That eye patch makes him look even scarier. 😳
I wonder, can you really strike someones shin with a baseball bat to the extent that the bat then breaks!!? Still love this film, and when you’ve got Darth Vader and Julia Roberts brother in your corner… you’re bound to win…. ‘to save a life in defeat, is to earn victory and honor within….’ a classic! :)
Technically i think so. I notice that when breaking a baseball bat, you aim for the thinnest spot of the bat which is closer to the handle than the tip.
Yes, you can. It used to be a stable of martial arts demos to showcase the power of techniques. Baseball bats with shins, cinder and ice blocks with fists, 2x4s with the feet, opening wine bottles with chops. Nowadays, the 720s and 960s look nice and flashy, but they don't have the same raw sense of power shown in those older demos.
I think so, but you'd have one hell of a bruise.
This movie was the reason why I wanted to get into martial arts as a kid. I studied W.T.F. Style of Tae Kwon Do 🥋. If I could do it again I would’ve studied ITF. It was geared more to self defense.
The fight in this movie is more into ITF system
I do ITF but I think there's nothing wrong with learning WTF as well they have lots of brutal knock outs, with that being said brilliant movie!
I studied ITF…I also competed in the World Championships in South Korea as part of a 5 man team..I won the power breaking comp and became world champion. Kinda cool memory really considering how much I loved this film as a youngster.
Imagine that your teacher has Darth Vader voice. Impossible to not listen with full of attention.
I've seen this movie and it's sequels. Truly great Martial Arts.👍
The sequals sucked.
@@PopDan316 second one was good. Fell off after that.
I remember this scene from this movie. Every true martial artist knows that those are sand bricks... you can either bow down to the fake fear or go through it like a sand brick...
"No problem"
"Funny fucker aren't you?"
"I find your lack of a sidekick.....Disturbing"
Think I'd pull a sick day of the tournament after watching that 😂
All the moves theyre doing, they did in the actual tournament. Great film making.
Simon Rhee (Dae Han) a really intimidating look w/the eye patch. Still is intimidating even 2day w/o the patch.
Before face mask were intimidating there was the eye patch....
There is too much brothers in this movie. Chris Penn is brother of Sean Penn. Eric Roberts brother of Julia Roberts. Main .rivals of movie Tommy and Dae Han, Philip Rhee and Simon Rhee are brothers too :)
...I love how James Earl Jones steps in and does Dae Hans intro, I got this one Mrs. Lady
RIP to James Earl Jones, David Agressta, John Dye and Christopher Penn.
Great movie when I was a kid that used to Hype me up to wanna fight now I watch all they trained as an adult I'm like nope I do not want to fight them LOL
1:10 When you just turned 30 and the guy at the door asks you for your ID.
One thing I would like to see, is the back stories of the Korean team. Especially Dae Han... What was his personal life like after he killed Tommy’s brother?
could have been the best movie installment.
He kept f*cking people up at tournaments until the fight with Tommy changed him
One thing that never made sense about this movie, if Han was such an accomplished fighter for the past 10 years, didn't Tommy know going in that he might have to fight him?
I know Tommy kicked ass in the tournament to be chosen for team USA, but why would coach choose Tommy to face Dae Han when coach knows Tommy will make it personal or a vendetta rather than competition?
BOTB might be "the best" martial artis film. Did so much well...like how they hyped the Korean team. Oddly, they didn't do the same for the American team. Why? They should have shown the actors being trained uniquenly to develop their strengths and address their weaknesses. They didn't dot hat. As a matter a fact I dont recall them ever showing any of the American team trjaining.....choreography was terrific (had it not been full-contact, a death scene?)...
Because they don't have the budget for that if they didn't think about it at first
Es de las mejores peliculas que he visto
One of the cheesiest but best films of all time ❤️
Big Michael aka Big Mike aka Mr. Bumpo Better than all of it mate. No feminist agenda crap being driven here 👍
Yeah a lot of MMA champs, such as Chuck Liddell I think, named it their favorite martial arts film.
2:07 The friend you dont want to listen to at a bar.
I would have liked to have seen Travis up against dae hon
Joey Trimble yeah me too but he would've lost
Travis would’ve been crippled if Dae Han didn’t kill him
He would of got killed or just worse similar to blood sport like Jackson, I know Best of the Best of 2 I wish he would of survived the match with Brackus but eventually everything went wrong.
He would of lost or got killed well he died anyway by a tough enemy Brakus
@@lauraluffman6177 totally but his attitude and fight to the end woulda made it good
i loved this movie when i was a teenager. despite many quirks such as why a US team with different martial arts fight against a full tae kwon do Korean team, why were there so many kicks to the backs and backs of the head? why the US coach is not a martial artist? and many other why :))
Everyone knows that Simon and Phillip Rhee are brothers in real life! If you don't know then you aren't true fans.
Film still love as a martial artist and fan movie still good
funny how you can tell these concrete bricks are foam all the particles are floating and flying in the air instead of dropping straight to the floor like its suppose to, not very good stage props
This what made me love tae kwon do n in June 9th 2024 i hot my 4th dan in wtf Tkd 😊😊😊
Tommy: Dan Han killed my brother in a tournament just like this one.
Dang. The guy from the ending of Sandlot is so young here.
This movie is so underrated.
Travis, meet Mr. Tong Sung Moon😳😳😳😳😳😳
they should remake best of the best i think it would do good..since Korean pop and drama are big right now..
The Americans outweigh the Koreans.
Lu Kang and Kung Lao those 2 people look like from mortal kombat
1:06- 1:13 Bruce Lee: waaaaa (ridge hand) Travis: Oh No! I have to fight Bruce Lee?
Travis was the man
Excelente 👍
I love Taekwondo.
grey sponges are pretty cool :)
I'D BE LIKE, "I QUIT RIGHT NOW!!!!!"
Sae jin kwon Almost looks like Liu Kang from Mortal Kombat
That or Keiichi Yamada.
Phillip Rhee was one of the considerations to play Liu Kang before Robin Shiou got the part
@@DefLeppardVanHalen not sure who that is from what movie?
@@cainb4059 yeah I actually one of the actors played as scorpion
@@rickyvalentine6071 Keiichi Yamada is Jushin Thunder Liger.
Lets be real. I love this film but in all reality the Americans should have never beaten them. But its a movie and i get it. But just making point. Other than tommy and maybe Alex they were completely out skilled
Great flick
What's funny is that all these guys got scared looking at who they were gonna fight on video Worried Scared like WTF LOL 🤣
Understandable.
Losing will be least of your worries at that point XD
I’m stealing that from Dae Han.
Sometimes they die. Joe's TKD instructor.
Yung Kim’s pornstache!
Darth Vader meets Bloodsport
Super man punch @ 2:17
🙏🏻
Remember....
Wow sally Kirkland just did not age well
What? She is 48 in this movie. 80 years old in 2021 and druggie Travis Chris Penn is dead, ole James Earl Jones is 90, bless them.
@@brianlogan4243 She didn't. Cynthia Rothrock aged well. Lynda Carter aged well. Christy Brinkley aged well. Sally did not.
Reminds of Dagestan!
Now there are some exceptions when it comes to dagestan wrestlers "they are not good when it comes to heavyweight to Middleweight divisions.
Boards..... don't hit back
THE guy who played Sonny what he do? after ?
Thirty years later, this film and that role remains David Agresta’s only film credit on IMDb.
He went to the nearest hospital ASAP because the korean f*ck him up real bad 🤣
@@ivervj2923 Well he died of diabetes in 2013.
No problem 💪
Let’s meet the Koreans lol 😂
the koreans are good. but who is their shidoshi?....
What's the difference if Bruce Springsteen is their shidoshi?
If Bruce springstein is his shidoshi then show us the Dim Mac
@@erniedraper8179 Teach me. I can do it.
Michael Ford
They’re Korean...they are not Japanese, they are not a Tanaka!
Brick...don't hit back.
Круто
Not so scary when you realized the material they’re breaking is styrofoam with little light floaty pieces that fly off and drift to the ground lol
Still a great childhood movie idgaf
Yeah ok...
Foam boards but real non Hollywood baseball bats...
Not pre-cut/cracked at all.
Makes total sense.😆🤪
Why is the secretary talking fighting strategy to everyone?
@@Keyboard_Warrior_X Well, they aren't professionals, that's kind of the point. We don't know what the others do but Tommy is a teacher and Alex works in a factory, so I'm sure they don't keep up with the goings on off fighters on the other side of the globe that they would never fight. As for Tommy and Dae Han. A lot is made of Dae Han's age. Tommy assumes that he is retired at this point because of his age. Pretty simple really.
also tbis is pre internet and people jus were not into snooping on people back then.
Про тхекво до еще не сняли.
brother on brother crime
From now on you will eat, sleep and shit competition.
lobster
Americans would lose in reality
Андрей Советкин well your wrong dead dead wrong you're seen to much martial arts movie's back then in 1988 the Americans were a lot more focused on things when it comes to martial arts how I know Australia was there as well but not New Zealand
Well, they did lose in the movie so there is that.
Only after failing steroid tests lol, Thats american
This movie was soooooo bad and yet soooooo great!!
Boards don't hit back
😲🤭😊🤣😂😁🤭
Lmfao people.thought this was tough.....then the UFC happened.
Brad Varsava Ehh..I prefer fighting standing up like kick boxing. Not on the ground for half of it hugging.
ufc is for gay.. this is for real men.
@@edsta714 kickboxing is a sport where strict rules prevent complete fighting. Fighting is letting 2 combatants "go at it". Kickboxing is a very important part of fighting. However so is Grappling and ground fighting. If one does not know it all. One simply does not know how to be a complete fighter.
@@alicasoto4497 This comment demonstrates an accurate fighting I.Q. among other things
Yeah, everyone did feel this way before UFC 1.
I am sure you did too.
But to give credit to the movie, the sequel did introduce the concept of ground fighting when it had a submission wrestler.
The film came out in 1993, the exact same year of UFC 1.
Phillip Rhee, who played Tommy and produced both films, was fully aware of grappling back then.
Merda!!!