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Best of the Best

1989 · 97 min · Director: Robert Radler ★ IMDb 6.4 · 16,995 ratings

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Team USA gets rid of personal ghosts while fighting Team Korea in Taekwondo championship. "Adversity overcome" formula with excellent fighting scenes.

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Best of the Best (1989) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 35%, Inspiration 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Inspiration, Empathy. Genres: Drama, Action, Sport. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Inspiration and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 6.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Inspiration
  • Empathy

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Inspiration

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Tension
Inspiration
Empathy
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then dips around 18 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionInspirationEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 2′Inspiration40 %28 %23 %22 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Empathy44 %30 %21 %28 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor41 %26 %20 %19 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Humor39 %21 %15 %9 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Humor44 %28 %8 %9 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Tension48 %35 %16 %13 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Inspiration48 %34 %31 %14 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Tension50 %40 %35 %13 %
42.5 %≈ 41′Inspiration57 %53 %34 %25 %
47.5 %≈ 46′Tension68 %59 %25 %51 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Empathy73 %55 %21 %66 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Empathy68 %41 %34 %60 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Inspiration59 %30 %46 %43 %
67.5 %≈ 65′Inspiration59 %39 %44 %30 %
72.5 %≈ 70′Tension69 %61 %34 %33 %
77.5 %≈ 75′Tension79 %76 %39 %44 %
82.5 %≈ 80′Tension84 %80 %52 %50 %
87.5 %≈ 85′Tension85 %64 %61 %56 %
92.5 %≈ 90′Inspiration74 %29 %61 %53 %
97.5 %≈ 95′Inspiration55 %8 %52 %30 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Eric Roberts

Alex Grady

PR
Phillip Rhee

Tommy Lee

Sally Kirkland

Catherine Wade

Chris Penn

Travis Brickley

JD
John Dye

Virgil Keller

DA
David Agresta

Sonny Grasso

Tom Everett

Don Peterson

Louise Fletcher

Mrs. Grady

John P. Ryan

Jennings

EG
Edan Gross

Walter Grady

SR
Simon Rhee

Dae Han Park

MH
Master Hee Il Cho

Korean Coach

JL
James Lew

Sae Jin Kwon

KN
Ken Nagayama

Yung Kim

HS
Ho Sik Pak

Han Cho

DK
Dae Kyu Chang

Tung Sung Moon

DM
Diane Mizrahi

Nurse

CB
Cal Bartlett

Dr. Weisman

AR
Ahmad Rashād

Self

Details

Directed by
Robert Radler
Written by
Phillip Rhee, Paul Levine, Max Strom
Type
Movies
Released
1989
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.4 · 16,995 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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