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When heavyweight champion George "Iceman" Chambers lands in prison, the resident gangster arranges a boxing match with the reigning prison champ. The Undisputed Series is probably one of the most weird Franchises ever made and the reason why it's because the original film was directed by Walter Hill (Red Heat, Bullet to the Head) and starred Wesley Snipes (Blade Trilogy), Ving Rhames (Mission Impossible Franchise) and Michael Rooker (Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 1 and Vol. 2) and yet somehow it's a pretty forgettable movie to be honest. Just put this film next to 2,3 and 4 and you'll see what i'm talking about the movie doesn't have anything to be remembered by except the Cast and the Name, the characters are not that good, the boxing sequences aren't that impressive and even the soundtrack is just meh with some good moments only. They even turned the American anthem into a rap song for some reason, Peter Falk tries way too hard to be the next De Niro of this film and Ving Rhames is basically kinda of a bully and i gotta say i'm glad that they chose Michael Jai White for the sequel to portray George 'Iceman' Chambers he portrayed the character in a much much better way. The best part of the film is Snipes as Monroe Hutchen his character was likable and pretty much the entire saving grace of this film and i know that i sound like i hated this movie but i didn't i just founded a fine and forgettable boxing movie nothing more and nothing else. (6.1/10)
Leofwine_draca
A prison drama mixed with ROCKY is the basic premise of this unusual but entertaining little movie, brought to us by Walter Hill, a director with a track record of making "man's man" type films. It's as tough as you'd imagine, set within a men's prison inhabited by grizzled veterans (Wes Studi and a delightfully foul-mouthed Peter Falk), hard-ass guards (the underrated Michael Rooker) and various other familiar faces such as Jon Seda and Fisher Stevens.However, this is merely the backdrop. The thrust of the film lies within the world of boxing, and the story carefully pits two very different fighters against each other. An action film this isn't; it's all about the gradual build-up to a single bout, a win-all/lose-all fight to the finish that means the world for both of the participants. Of the pair, Ving Rhames bags the larger-than-life character, a man who turns out to be little more than a glorified thug; Wesley Snipes gets to be solemn and proud, a real departure from his usual tough guy routines, and he makes the film. I won't spoil the outcome, needless to say it pays off nicely.
evil5150-1
Okay, to judge this accurately as an action/fighting movie we need to take into account the martial prowess and choreography of the fighting. Now so far as dirty boxing goes, Undisputed isn't bad, but compared to the unfettered mixed martial arts action of the sequels, Undisputed 1 doesn't quite do the series justice. While Wesley Snipes is clearly a fantastic boxer with stupendous on-screen technical skill, the limitations of simple boxing may end up boring some of the more discriminating fight fans in the audience. Having seen the sequels to Undisputed, I can only imagine what kind of brilliant choreography and martial arts action Wesley Snipes may have been able to achieve had he not been limited to traditional boxing rules.
PWNYCNY
What a great movie! In this movie there are no good guys or bad guys, just different shades of bad guys. Nobody in this movie is good. Cynicism abounds. Move over Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed. Here comes Monroe Hutchens and George Chambers, and they're tougher, meaner and better actors then anything Balboa and Company could deliver. This movie is fast paced, action packed, tense, with a great plot, as two men immediately square off for the championship of ...? For this is why this movie is so great. It's about anger with no place to go, no place where it can be vented, except in the ring, as hardcore criminals take sides in a fight that plays into their violent natures. The Rocky movies don't even come close to portraying this aspect of boxing. In this movie the fighters ARE violent, they ARE unapologetic and they do NOT like each other. That is, there is no pretentiousness here. The question is a simple one: who will win and who will lose? There are some who may assert that that boxing is portrayed in a negative manner, but that is not the case. In this movie boxing is elevated to the level of a gladiatorial contest where more than money is at stake. So if you want to watch a movie about boxing, this is the movie to watch. It offers the most direct, unabashed, and straightforward examine of one of the most basic form of competition, boxing. Also, Ving Rhames gives a great performance and manages to carry this movie from beginning to the end, and proves once again that he is a great actor.
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