read my review title carefully i don't care if snipes is in the movie or not but what was ving rhames doing here he was just embarrassing himselfving rhames is a great actor but this was a low point in his career he should be careful.i love his M.I films the plot is about a boxing champion goes to jail & is accused of raping a woman.i don't want to discuss the plot here because i could give a spoiler.all i have to say is this film is nonsense as far as boxing is concerned i am not interested anymore i have watched wrestling for more then 13 years since 1996 when i was a kid & six years old.i have stopped watching this nonsense i am serious about this issue boxing & wrestling never did anything good.it created violence in the society.both want to win vings character is the bad guy in the film now Wesley snipes is a c grade actor i am sorry but its the truth hes making junk films.my rating is 1/10 undisputed is a insult to the viewers

Not only is this a prison picture centered around boxing in jail, it also tells us the outside influences of corruption at all levels permeating through the prison walls.As Mendy Ripstein, the late Peter Falk steals the show as the man who arranges a match between prison champ Wesley Snipes and the heavy weight champ, Ving Rhames, incarcerated on rape conviction charges.We're basically dealing with two fighters with huge egos. They immediately take an aversion towards each other,and you know that the both of them shall eventually come to blows anyway.One of the fighters refuses to throw the fight and Rhames sees this as an opportunity by mobster Ripstein to get him out of jail earlier by the connections he has despite the fact that he has been incarcerated for such a long time.Yes, the ultimate bout finally does take place. Let me say that both men come up winners in this satisfying ending to a very interesting story.

As boxing movies go, this is somewhere in the middle of the pack. The action is compressed into three or four incidents, with the story focusing on the characters. A considerable amount of the footage is about the "Iceman" the rape charge. Walter Hill uses a combination of flashbacks to relate to what is going on in the character's mind at the time. Peter Falk has that "mob" arrogance of the original gangsters, defiant even in prison. Rhames and Snipes are polar opposites, one brash and arrogant, one steely and cold. Michael Rooker plays a dispassionate head guard who realizes the limits of his authority. The characters are fleshed out just enough to become real. Shot at the High Desert State Prison in Nevada, a modern facility to house prisoners serving long terms and confinement problems, there is no question about authenticity of the surroundings. The cast performs well as an ensemble, and the film resolves well with the final bout. Definitely not for the kiddies, the language alone would do that, and a collectible if you love boxing, Wesley Snipes, or Ving Rhames

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.