The Best of the Best 1989  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Robert Radler
Cast: James Earl Jones, Eric Roberts, Sally Kirkland, Phillip Rhee, John P. Ryan, John Dye, David Agresta, Tom Everett, Louise Fletcher, Chris Penn, Edan Gross, Simon Rhee, Kane Hodder
U.S. martial arts team members must face an extremely good Korean team. Coach Couzo (James Earl Jones), and trainer Wade (Sally Kirkland) teach them that "winning is always." The climax comes when they meet the Koreans for the match of their lifetimes.
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Best of the Best II 1993 R, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Robert Radler
Cast: Eric Roberts, Phillip Rhee, Chris Penn, Edan Gross, Ralf Moeller, Meg Foster, Sonny Landham, Wayne Newton, Betty Carvalho, Simon Rhee, Claire Stansfield, Hayward Nishioka
Our heroes just led the U.S. martial arts team to a world championship, and now they are in Las Vegas where the secret, no-holds-barred Coliseum is in operation. After one of the team is killed in the ring by Brakus (Ralph Moeller), the good guys train for revenge. Wayne Newton plays the ringmaster.
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Rush Hour 3 2007  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Max von Sydow, Hiroyuki Sanada, Noemie Lenoir, Yvan Attal, Dana Ivey, Youki Kudoh, Tzi Ma, Roman Polanski, Zhang Jingchu, Julie Depardieu, Simon Rhee, Roselyn Sanchez, Henry O
Hong Kong's Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) and LAPD Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) are back and thrown into action after a sniper, Lee's adopted brother Kenji (Hiroyuki Sanada), wounds Chinese Ambassador Han (Tzi Ma), and Lee chases him across Los Angeles during rush hour. When Lee and Carter learn that the Chinese Triads are behind the shooting and have gained a huge influence in Paris, they fly to Paris where their East vs. West culture clash enters a new phase of French vs. American as they vow to protect Han and his daughter Soo Yung (Zhang Jingchu). Genevieve (Noemie Lenoir), on whose head are tattooed details of the Triad, holds the key to solving the case. And the action continues!
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 Showdown in Little Tokyo 1991 R, 78 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Mark L. Lester
Cast: Dolph Lundgren, Brandon Lee, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tia Carrere, Toshiro Obata, Philip Tan, Rodney Kageyama, Ernie Lively, Renee Griffin, Reid Asato, Simon Rhee, Roger Yuan, Takayo Fischer
Sgt. Kenner and Johnny Murata (Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee) work as cops for the LAPD in L.A.'s predominantly Japanese neighborhood, Little Tokyo, where their expertise in martial arts proves very useful as they track down drugs in the neighborhood.
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The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option 2000 R, 91 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The Substitute 4: Failure Is Not an Option
Director: Robert Radler
Cast: Treat Williams, Angie Everhart, Patrick Kilpatrick, Bill Nunn, Tim Abell, Grayson Fricke, Simon Rhee, Scott Miles, Brian Beegle, Samantha Thomas
In this episode of the series, ex-mercenary Karl Thomasson (Treat Williams) goes underground as a teacher at a private military school to deal with a neo-Nazi group of cadets intent on taking over the school–and, they are well-armed.
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Universal Soldier 1992 R, 104 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Roland Emmerich
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Ally Walker, Ed O'Ross, Jerry Orbach, Leon Rippy, Drew Snyder, Rance Howard, Tico Wells, Ralf Moeller, Robert Tebor, Gene Davis, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Simon Rhee, Eric Norris
Body parts of deceased soldiers Luc Deveraux and Andrew Scott from the Vietnam War are used to construct androids GR44 and GR13 (Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren). When TV reporter Veronica Roberts (Ally Walker) unravels the story, memories come back, and the two androids remember that they were once mortal enemies.
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| 1. The Best of the Best (1989)
2. Best of the Best II (1993)
3. Rush Hour 3 (2007)
4. Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
5. The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option (2000)
aka: The Substitute 4: Failure Is Not an Option
6. Universal Soldier (1992)
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