Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
| Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back | |
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 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Phillip Rhee |
| Produced by |
Phillip Rhee Peter Strauss |
| Written by |
Barry Gray Deborah Scott |
| Starring |
Phillip Rhee Gina Gershon |
| Music by | Barry Goldberg |
| Cinematography | Jerry Watson |
| Edited by | Bert Lovitt |
Production company |
The Movie Group Picture Securities Ltd. |
| Distributed by |
Dimension Films Buena Vista International |
Release dates |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back is a 1996 martial arts action film directed by the film's star Phillip Rhee. It is the third sequel in the Best of the Best film series. The film co-stars Christopher McDonald, Gina Gershon, Dee Wallace and an uncredited R. Lee Ermey.
Plot
The film opens in the small town of "Liberty", where a vicious group of neo-Nazis have been terrorizing the populace, most recently having murdered an African-American pastor and set fire to his church. While visiting his sister and brother-in-law in Liberty, Tommy Lee (Phillip Rhee) crosses paths with the group's leader Donnie Hansen (Mark Rolston), and is drawn into the conflict when his sister is attacked in their car. Later, the group attempts to harass a schoolteacher named Margo (Gina Gershon) at the local 4-H fair, but Tommy intervenes and fends them off. Ungrateful at first, she eventually warms up to Tommy when they are set up on a blind date, and they start a relationship.
Meanwhile, the town of Liberty is holding hearings on whether to sell a parcel of land on the outskirts of town to the neo-Nazis, who have set up their headquarters on the land. Margo and Tommy join with the town's residents and convince the town council to reject the land sale, which means the neo-Nazis will soon have to vacate the premises.
After this defeat, the neo-Nazis arm themselves and launch an assault on Tommy's family. After saving Margo from an attempted rape, Tommy returns home to find his sister badly beaten. He and his brother-in-law, the local sheriff Jack Banning (Christopher McDonald), decide to take matters into their own hands and invade the group's heavily guarded compound, where Jack's children have been taken hostage. After a long, climactic fight, the children are rescued and Tommy defeats Hansen in single combat, but refuses to kill him, knowing that it would only further his message of hatred. As Tommy turns away, Hansen takes aim at him with a rifle, prompting a local teenager named Owen Tucker (Peter Simmons) to shoot and kill Hansen himself, thus brokering a new peace in the town. The ending scene shows the pastor's child reading from the Bible and the church being rebuilt.
Cast
- Phillip Rhee as Tommy Lee
- Christopher McDonald as Jack Banning
- Gina Gershon as Margo Preston
- Mark Rolston as Donnie Hansen
- Peter Simmons as Owen Tucker
- Cristina Lawson as Karen Banning
- Dee Wallace as Georgia
- Michael Bailey Smith as Tiny
- Justin Brentley as Luther Phelps
- Andra R. Ward as Rev. Phelps
- R. Lee Ermey as Preacher Brian (uncredited)
- Mark Kreuzman as Random Neo Nazi
- Michele L. Bartlett (Bennett) as Girl leaving ice cream shop
- Jerra Wisecup (Thompson) as Girl in choir
- John E. Blazier as Trucker/Neo Nazi
References
External links
- Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back at the Internet Movie Database
- Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back at AllMovie