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Undisputed (2002)
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Reviews Counted:103
Fresh:50
Rotten:53
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: While not the deepest boxing movie out there, Undisputed is successful at hitting its aspiration of being nothing more than a genre picture.
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: UNDISPUTED tells the story of an undefeated world champion prize fighter (RHAMES) who is convicted of rape and sent to prison, where he must confront and ultimately fight the reigning prison boxing... UNDISPUTED tells the story of an undefeated world champion prize fighter (RHAMES) who is convicted of rape and sent to prison, where he must confront and ultimately fight the reigning prison boxing champion (SNIPES). -- © 2002 Miramax Films [More]
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Ving Rhames, Peter Falk, Wes Studi
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Ving Rhames, Peter Falk, Wes Studi, Fisher Stevens, Jon Seda, Michael Rooker, Master P
Director: Walter Hill
Director: Walter Hill
Screenwriter: Walter Hill, David Giler
Producer: Brad Krevoy, Walter Hill, David Giler, Andrew Sugarman
Studio: Miramax Films
Reviews for Undisputed
Iceman-Hutchen is much more exciting, and much less expensive to watch, than Lewis-Tyson.
Despite creative flourishes here and there ... Undisputed is ultimately destined for one of those "guy movie" marathons on cable TV.
Rhames is a tightly harnessed bundle of fury, Snipes a restrained champion who seems to have made inner peace with the crime of passion that sent him away for life, and Falk a riveting delight.
Listlessly directed and can't surmount the deja vu induced by the prison jumpsuits, tattoos, and scenes set near the community bench press.
Walter Hill's pulpy, stylized boxing melodrama Undisputed nearly overcomes its questionable in-the-ring match-up with solid fight choreography and gritty prison authenticity.
Walter Hill's Undisputed is like a 1940s Warner Bros. B picture, and I mean that as a compliment.
It should have been more memorable, but at least it doesn't stumble in the ring.
"Undisputed" could have been compelling, but it ultimately plays out as a standard prison action movie.
To be sure, this is a very thin premise, but it's remarkable how efficiently Hill layers it with suggestion and meaning.
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