Chirphymium
It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
Fairaher
The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
Geraldine
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
Leofwine_draca
The second of the UNDISPUTED franchise, LAST MAN STANDING sees B-movie action specialist Isaac Florentine taking over from Walter Hill for what is a very different beast to the first. Gone are that film's cast, with Michael Jai White playing the hulking hero and taking over from Ving Rhames who played the same character in the first. It's still about martial arts tournaments in a Russian prison, but otherwise it's all change. The emphasis is on staging a series of brutal fight scenes both inside and outside of the ring, and they feature violent hits and extreme choreography. They're fantastic, to put it simply, and they help to lift what is otherwise an average plot and storyline into something special. Jai White is okay as the hero, although his character is perhaps a bit too hard to be very sympathetic, but then-newcomer Scott Adkins is the stand-out as his opponent, the Russian beast Boyka. It's amazing what Adkins does with his role here - his introduction in the ring alone had my eyes popping out of my head - and he would carry on the story with a further two sequels in which he would become the redemptive protagonist.
disastrousdallas
The first thing this film did right was replace Ving Rhames a non professionally trained fighter with Michael Jae White an actual actor trained to fight.The second was to change the fighting from just boxing to MMA instead, this allows for more variety and for it to stop it being rocky in prison.The Third was casting Scott Adkins as the Yuri "the most complete fighter in the world" Boyka, Adkins fights the role being an MMA trained fighter.The story is better, the Characters are more developed and the fighting is more real than the first, the shots are held and look if not are genuine.The Plot shows George Chambers going to prison again, but this time it's more clear why he's going to jail and that he's innocent, he stirs trouble when he's challenge by Yuri Boyka, of course he refuses to fight,but is forced to, otherwise he stays in jail, losing his cell mate who he becomes friends with in the process after he was forced to betray him, joining forces with a Russian prisoner bound to a wheelchair who you become attached to as he tells his story of giving his life for his brother, and that he doesn't want his niece to know of his existence.Not as good as Undisputed 3 but still holds its own as a great film.
Pagero Marrero
Michael jai white should be as famous as van damme and tony ja. He definitely under rated. I don't think hes the best actor but when it comes to action; this man delivers in all his movies even SPAWN; if you remember that movie. SCOTT Atkins did good as well. I became a fan of his instantly after this film. I watch some of his other films as well but his acting was too off. However his roll as Boyka in this movie and especially Undisputed Part 3 was PERFECT. His accent was well played off. I could not believe he talks American in his regular voice. The story in this movie was different and easy to follow. I give a 10 just because of that. Its not the same oh same oh. If you like martial arts Scott and Michael did their thing in this one. If you are not familiar with either of these two, you will be after watching this one.
Comeuppance Reviews
"Undisputed II" is an improvement over the original. It has more bone-crunching fights.The plot: Heavy-weight boxing champion George "The Iceman" Chambers (White) is once again thrown in prison after being framed. But the twist is that he's in a Russian jail chock full of stereotypes. The only way to live.....is to fight the reigning champion Boyka (Adkins).It's a simple plot, but with a lot of setup towards the big fight. There are actually two fights between them though. All the fights are well-choreographed and exciting.White is a good replacement for Ving Rhames from the first. Adkins plays his bad guy to the hilt. You root for him to get knocked out every second. Ben Cross is on hand as another prisoner. He puts in a good performance also.The only weak point is the ending. It's too nice. I understand why they did that, but some of the grittiness is lost.Overall, "Undisputed II" is worth seeing for the fights and White's performance.For more insanity, please visit: comeuppancereviews.com
