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Clarkson (“The Mechanik, “The Black Dahlia”), whose energetic and fresh camera work wanders from the audience of the fights directly into the fights, follows the ropes around the ring or lifts the view at one point above the heads of the fighters and shows the battle from above. The fights are caught on film by cinematographer Ross W. This could even have inspired Jean-Claude Van Damme (“Cyborg”, “Hard Target”) in this best days. Again and again kicks, saltos, evasion moves, flying kicks and fist punches at such a high speed, that even watching seems to hurt und the watcher seems to taste blood himself. Heads are smashed against ring posts and the camera is shaking as well. It is furious what is going on in the ring. Longer sequences with various moves in one take can be seen as well acrobatic kicks and jumps. The fights are quite hard, as Adkins always nearly beats his opponents to death.

The well-placed used of slow and fast motion creates the rights aesthetic and the blood gushes from faces in small rivers. No matter whether Adkins fights against better sparring partners or White, the fights have an unbelievable impact and the speed of the punch exchanges is immensely high. It is hard to describe what is going on in the ring all the time, you have to see it yourself. He fights for the gambling mafia, which also bribes the warden and his men, in underground tournaments and always stomps his opponents into the ground ruthlessly. A look on the upcoming attractions is delivered by Florentine in smaller brawls and fights of Boyka. Until it comes to the first fight between the two exceptional athletes, each of them shall only fight in short confrontations. Michael Jai White opposes, constantly cussing, with coolness and various one-liners and enjoys his first big leading role in the recent years visibly. Furthermore his acting skills are unusually trained for the b action genre. At least Adkins should receive some higher rate offers for leading roles in his mailbox after his performance as the threatening, unpredictable Uri Boyka as it doesn’t stay at simply at the checking the opponent out within the prison. White and Adkins are pure fighting machines with unbelievable charisma. Scott Adkins as Uri Boyka in Undisputed 2 But in there, there already is a champ: Uri Boyka (Adkins, with a Russian accent!). To them the case is immediately clear and Chambers has to go to jail. After he surprises some thieves in his hotel room and is beaten unconscious from behind, the alarmed police finds hidden drugs within his luggage. He is still arrogant, vain and stubborn he doesn’t get much sympathy with his overdone stardom. Of course it is Michael Jai White’s turn to play George Chambers, who as a former boxing champion even has to do commercials for vodka in Russia in order to make a living. Unbelievable that Florentine can reach an even higher level in comparison his earlier films, which also are rich of furious fights.

What a dynamic and energy there is in these fights. Although I am a fan of Ving Rhames (“Sin”, “Dawn of the Dead”)/Wesley Snipes (“Demolition Man”, “Blade”) as well, Scott Adkins (“Black Mask 2: “City of Masks”, “Special Forces”) and Michael Jai White (“Spawn”, “Universal Soldier: The Return”) are two first class martial artists, who put all their skills into the film and battle each other without mercy. White (“Special Forces”) and James Townsend (“Belly of the Beast”, “Out of Reach”) with a few variations, but Isaac Florentine and fight choreographer J.J. The audience needn’t draw many comparisons to Walter Hill’s original because script wise the plot is told again by David N.

#Undisputed 2 last man standing full

But it was the time for it as “Special Forces” was three full years ago. Besides Dolph Lundgren’s convincing “The Mechanik” this is the second film the fans of b-action movies can celebrate this year. “Undisputed II: Last Man Standing” continues the ongoing rise of the talented director and if his next project won’t be financed with a budget around 20 million dollars, I don’t know why. My expectations were high, I was really looking forward to it” and Isaac Florentine did it again. For a good reason New Line bought the rights very early and is at the time working on a high quality DVD with a lot of features, but we still have to wait a little while for it.

#Undisputed 2 last man standing movie

With “Undisputed II: Last Man Standing” this could change, because the sequel to Walter Hill’s boxer film starring Ving Rhames and Wesley Snipes has become his movie with the most mainstream features up till now. One reason for this surely is the fact that even his most successful films, “US Seals II” and “Special Forces”, only attract a certain audience – the B action community. Worshipped by his fans for years, Isaac Florentine has build up his excellent reputation within movie business, but is still waiting for his big breakthrough.