Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back

1995
R
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

4.9/10

2.6K

YOUR RATING

Gina Gershon and Phillip Rhee in Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back (1995)

A martial arts instructor comes to the defense of a schoolteacher who has taken a stand against a local white supremacist organization.

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A martial arts instructor comes to the defense of a schoolteacher who has taken a stand against a local white supremacist organization.A martial arts instructor comes to the defense of a schoolteacher who has taken a stand against a local white supremacist organization.A martial arts instructor comes to the defense of a schoolteacher who has taken a stand against a local white supremacist organization.

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IMDb RATING

4.9/10

2.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Eric Roberts was offered a chance to reprise his role as Alex Grady but decided to appear in The Nature of the Beast (1995) instead. Roberts felt that appearing in the film would undermine Tommy Lee's story.

Goofs
According to Best of the Best (1989) and _Best of the Best II (1993)_, Tommy only had a brother. Tommy's brother was killed during a match when Tommy was only a boy, making Tommy an only child, but in this film he suddenly has a sister.

Quotes
Bo: Who the hell are you?
Tommy Lee: [dressed as a clown] I'm Homey, the killer clown!

Alternate versions
The 15-rated UK release of this film was cut by 44 seconds by the BBFC with edits to the scene where Margo is assaulted and her clothes cut with a knife.

Connections
Featured in Video Buck: Best of the Best 3 (2019)

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4/10

Bad film, great fun

I picked this up 2nd hand and really enjoyed it, in a campy way. Tommy turns up in some rural town and steps right into a race war. Tommy is basically given reason after reason to take on guys of 4 or more and throw them through various fruit stalls, ticket offices, coffee tables, and french windows. The gorgeous Gina Gershon does her best as a choir teacher helping Tommy out, but whenever she needs to be "helpless" it kinda doesn't work because she now plays such strong, female roles.

The acting and direction are seriously questionable but this film is obviously about fight scenes and they are entertaining enough, from the moment we see Gershon's house is full of glass tables, flimsy bookcases and china filled cabinets we know we are in for a treat.

Terrible, patronising attitude toward racial issues but, hey, its got a rocket launcher and plenty of flying kicks.