Undisputed
Undisputed
R | 23 August 2002 (USA)
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Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime. Iceman Chambers is the heavyweight champion, who lost his title due to a rape conviction to ten years in Sweetwater. WHen these two giants collide in the same prison, they fight against each other disputing who is the real champion.

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M MALIK

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

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wes-connors

Convicted of rape, world heavyweight boxing champion Ving Rhames (as George "Iceman" Chambers) is stripped of his title and sent to prison. There, he meets disgruntled murderer Wesley Snipes (as Monroe Hutchen), the jailhouse champ for ten years. Old and foul-mouthed Peter Falk (as Mendy Ripstein) promotes a fight between the two boxers. The co-stars eventually have a big fight. The interjected scenes of Mr. Rhames' victim further suggest the film was inspired by Mike Tyson. Rhames says his woman liked rough sex and enjoyed the experience. Flashbacks show Mr. Snipes' victim was enjoying the company of another man.*** Undisputed (5/31/02) Walter Hill ~ Ving Rhames, Wesley Snipes, Peter Falk, Jon Seda

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KineticSeoul

This is a very mediocre prison movie with boxing in it. There is just nothing special about this movie, plus there is better boxing movies but that isn't to say this is a not a entertaining movie. In fact it has some decent elements to entertain most viewers for at least the first time through it. The premise is pretty cheesy but done slightly okay, it's basically a guy's movie that revolves around two convicts. Although there really isn't a reason to care for the two main characters played by Wesley Snipes and Ving Rhames. The two main characters are both boxing professions one convicted of other the other convicted of rape and based on Mike Tyson's personality. This really isn't a prison or boxing movie I would recommend to others but it could be worse. I thought Snipe's would be the main character in this and most of the screen time would be on him, but to my surprise most of the screen time is on Rhames. Nothing was really compelling or engaging and the pacing just isn't all that well done. It would have been good if it gave something to root for both fighter or at least one of them.5.2/10

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callanvass

(Credit IMDb) George "Ice Man" Chambers (Rhames) is a top ranked heavyweight boxer. However Chambers has his world turned upside down when he is accused of rape and sent to prison. Upon his arrival he hears talk about Monroe Hutchen (Snipes) who is the top ranked prison boxing champ 10 years running. Immediately there is bad blood with Chambers not wanting to be second to no one which leads to a lunch room fight between the men. Figuring it will be a good way to make money fellow convict Emmanuel 'Mendy' Ripstein (Peter Falk) sets up a prison boxing match between the two men to decide who is the real UNDISPUTED champ. Michael Rooker plays a guard, Fisher Stevens, John Seda, and Master P co star.Undisputed was a movie that passed that time nicely, but also a movie I was very much half and half on. This movie had all the makings of a classic boxing drama, if only a little more time and effort was added to it. I got the sense that Wesley wanted to keep Monroe's character (Snipes, considering he said so according to IMDb's trivia for it) mysterious to the viewer and not give us too much insight, but I really feel more background to his character, and giving us more reasons to care about him would have helped a lot. I enjoyed the confrontations Iceman and Monroe had, they were intense and heartfelt. The movie also does a nice job by not making Iceman a complete ass*hole. Enough to the point where we fear him, and get annoyed by him, but the filmmakers were smart to make him a tad sympathetic in places. The problem I had was the buildup. We are not given near enough time to be fully satisfied with it. Longer running time and a better script would have tremendously made this a classic showdown that ultimately wasn't meant to be. The final fight itself is well choreographed and watchable. Snipes is convincing as a boxer with Rhames looking fittingly intimidating. I just felt it could have been more.Performances. Wesley Snipes is good with what he is given, but his character isn't very sympathetic. Perhaps that was the point, reading Snipes wanted it that way, but I felt it was a little bit of a mistake. He barely speaks; we only get snippets of what he did to get into the prison. It was very disappointing. He is supposed to be the heroine, the person we identify most with. Ving Rhames does a great Tyson impersonation, no doubt about that. Ving is a bad-ass at it's finest, and I felt he was the stronger of the two characters here. His boxing resume, along with his skills are also impressive. His training is obviously noticeable. Peter Falk is OK but I really didn't get into his character that much. Michael Rooker is sadly wasted as a Prison guard, only shown briefly in places. Bottom line. It's certainly a watchable effort, but it wasn't as enjoyable as I remembered the first time around. A good script with great character development can go a long way in a movie. But Undisputed just doesn't have that to go that long way. Worth a look though for sure. Just don't get too excited about it.6/10

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