Best of the Best 2 is a 1993 martial arts film

Martial arts film

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 directed by Robert Radler, and starring Eric Roberts

Eric Roberts

Eric Anthony Roberts is an American actor. His career began with King of the Gypsies , earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor debut. He starred as the protagonist in the 1980 dramatisation of Willa Cather's 1905 short story, Paul's Case...

 and Phillip Rhee

Phillip Rhee

Phillip Rhee is a Korean-American actor and director, most famous for his role in the Best of the Best movie series....

. It is the first sequel

Sequel

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 to the 1989 film Best of the Best

Best of the Best

Best of the Best is a 1989 martial arts film. The plot revolves around a team of Americans facing a team of Koreans in a taekwondo tournament. Several sub plots pop up in the story - moral conflicts, the power of the human spirit triumphing over adversity are some themes...

. The plot follows three of the characters from the original film, and was released on DVD

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 on February 6, 2007.

Plot

After returning home from South Korea

South Korea

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 to great acclaim, three members of the U.S.

United States

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 National Karate Team (Tommy Lee, Alex Grady, and Travis Brickley) set up their own martial arts studio in Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada

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. When Travis turns up dead after taking part in a brutal underground fighting competition, it is up to the two remaining team members to investigate the murder and exact revenge upon those responsible, including the ringleader Brakus.

Cast

• Alexander Grady - Eric Roberts
  Eric Roberts
  Eric Anthony Roberts is an American actor. His career began with King of the Gypsies , earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor debut. He starred as the protagonist in the 1980 dramatisation of Willa Cather's 1905 short story, Paul's Case...
  
  
• Tommy Lee - Phillip Rhee
  Phillip Rhee
  Phillip Rhee is a Korean-American actor and director, most famous for his role in the Best of the Best movie series....
  
  
• Travis Brickley - Christopher Penn
• Walter Grady - Edan Gross
• Brakus - Ralf Möller
• Sue - Meg Foster
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• James - Sonny Landham
  Sonny Landham
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• Weldon - Wayne Newton
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• Finch - Patrick Kilpatrick
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• Grandma - Betty Carvalho
• Dae Han - Simon Rhee
• Sae Jin Kwon - Hayward Nishioka
• Yung June - Ken Nagayama
• Karate Student - Michael Treanor
  Michael Treanor
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   (uncredited)

Reception

Best of the Best 2 was a box office flop, earning only $6,607,218. Furthermore, it was scathed by movie-goers and critics alike, and as a result, further sequels were not given a theatrical release. The film currently holds an 11% rating on Rotten Tomatoes

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.

Film historian Leonard Maltin

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gave the film a negative review, but also said, "[it] actually improves on its lame predecessor, which appallingly wasted its top-drawer cast."