10 Things You Didn’t Know About Best of the Best II
One of the smartest purchases I made back in 2022 was picking up a DVD copy of 1993’s Best of the Best II. Not only did it allow me to finally check out a movie that...
Phillip Rhee
Unseen for 40 Years… Sheldon Lettich’s FIREFIGHT
Witness a unique piece of history for the first time in forty years, exclusively on the Viking Samurai YouTube Channel on March 2, 2023. It just may be the greatest short film the world has never seen. A...
Bullet Points: Best of the Best II
I am not sure there is a movie that has come more highly recommended to me in the history of Bulletproof Action than 1993’s Best of the Best II. Multiple people in my circle of friends...
Scene of the Week: Best of the Best – Roberts vs Lew
In the winter of 1989, a mish-mash team of Americans traveled east to South Korea for a showdown with some of the baddest dudes on the planet in the sport of tournament Tae Kwon Do. While...
Bullet Points: Best of the Best
The Tommy Lee character led an interesting life. In 1993, Tommy infiltrated an underground fight ring to avenge the death of his friend. Two years later, the same Tommy Lee rid a small town of a...
The Essentials: 1989 Action
1989 saw the inauguration of George H.W. Bush as the 41st President of the United States. 1989 was also the year that the Berlin Wall fell. And Nintendo released their Game Boy console in North American...
Scene of the Week: Best of the Best bar fight
I love a good bar fight in an action movie. Sometimes it’s the easiest way to introduce the eccentricities of the cast and have a great brawl at the same time. Best of the Best (1989)...
Brainwaves: Karate Tiger USA
In this edition of Brainwaves I am going to play a little game of “What if”. More specifically what if the American produced martial arts movies that were released in Germany under the Karate Tiger banner...
Bullet Points: Best of the Best 4: Without Warning
I can’t think of another action movie franchise that strayed so far away from its original concept the way the Best of the Best series of films did. The 1989 original was a pure action/sports movie....
Scene of the Week: Best of the Best
When I think of excellent Martial Arts movies Best of the Best isn’t the first title that comes to mind but I’ve been a fan of this movie ever since I was a little kid shadow...
