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Best of the Best (1989)

Was rooting for Koreans. Imagine losing at the sport your people invented. Bring shame to your nation. Sports movies generally suck. You have to either demonize or ignore the other side. Somewhere in that Korean team there's a guy who has a sick mother and can't pay his rent. But I couldn't stop thinking that this is a humiliation ritual for Korea. America has to dominate everything, including its allies. The ending tries to do a 180, except that doesn't cancel out the racist remarks and dirty fighting. Both teams acted dishonorably, and then pretend to be honorable. Also, for a martial arts movie, the fights suck.