Undisputed

R

Released Aug 23, 2002

1h 34m

Drama

Action

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49%

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107 Reviews

46%

Audience Score

5,000+ Ratings

Tells the story of an undefeated world-champion prize fighter (Ving Rhames) who is convicted of rape and sent to prison, where he must confront and ultimately fight the reigning prison boxing champion (Wesley Snipes). One man fighting for his honor, another fighting for his future ... only one will emerge from the ring "Undisputed."

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Critics Consensus

While not the deepest boxing movie out there, Undisputed is successful at hitting its aspiration of being nothing more than a genre picture.

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Michael Sragow

New Yorker

Drawing on torn-from-the-headlines events and B-movie history, Hill and his co-writer, David Giler, fill out their premise with hardboiled irony and gusto.

Apr 3, 2017

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

A forgettable prison boxing movie.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 29, 2010

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Daniel Fienberg

L.A. Weekly

With flashbulb editing as cover for the absence of narrative continuity, Undisputed is nearly incoherent, an excuse to get to the closing bout ... by which time it's impossible to care who wins.

Sep 26, 2002

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Mitchell Beaupre

Paste Magazine

It packs a punch quite unexpected from what you think you’re getting on the tin.

Rated: 7.5/10

Sep 29, 2023

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

It's dead in the water before the climax.

Apr 29, 2009

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Mark Halverson

Sacramento News & Review

Rated: 3/5

Aug 7, 2008

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Steven F

Not a bad film considering its 1st of the franchise. Wesley good actor is boxing skills was ok but I prefer his martial art, overall good film and story of prison and underground boxing. It's a shame he didn't continue the franchise that would of been great move from boxing to martial arts.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/08/23

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Audience Member

The film's aesthetics are striking and, if anything, certainly set it apart, it conveys the tension between and around the two leads well, Snipes steals the show with his captivating performance (and so does Falk's incessant swearing to be fair), and the climax is up to scratch. It's also positively surprising that it dedicates time to explore Chambers's rape conviction, though the eventual ambiguity might justly raise some eyebrows (and Hill's self-professed intentions only make matters worse).

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

It's just a building-up hype for last fight!Music and soundtracks were good,acting was decent mike Tyson was okay Wesley Snipes was amazing loved the art in his cell,The character Ripstein was literally star amazing performance and his love for sport and good ending with his honesty and definitely his F#ing Speech and some dialogues were amazing!Story was okay so does screenplay but the flow of movie was issue starting and ending was amazing the middle portion is just boring and build up for fight,the characters were too much in it and i didn't connect with them at all,overall one time watch.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

I am not a pro boxer but fights in this movie are good, not perfect and Wesley Snipes's acting was great The background story of two boxers isn't full explained

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

The movie sure wasn't deep in any way, but I thought it was good. Ving Rhames was fantastic, so was Wesley Snipes.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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adam b

One of the most uninteresting boxing films I've ever seen. Generic to the core and the boxing scenes were probably the worst part of the film

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Walter Hill

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Wesley Snipes

Monroe Hutchens

Ving Rhames

Iceman Chambers

Peter Falk

Mendy Ripstein

Michael Rooker

A.J. Mercker

Jon Seda

Jesus "Chuy" Campos

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Synopsis

Tells the story of an undefeated world-champion prize fighter (Ving Rhames) who is convicted of rape and sent to prison, where he must confront and ultimately fight the reigning prison boxing champion (Wesley Snipes). One man fighting for his honor, another fighting for his future ... only one will emerge from the ring "Undisputed."

Director: Walter Hill
Producer: David Giler, Walter Hill, Brad Krevoy, Andrew Sugerman
Screenwriter: David Giler, Walter Hill
Distributor: Miramax Films
Production Co: Millennium Films, Miramax Films, Amen Ra Films, Motion Picture Corporation of America, Undisputed Productions
Rating: R (Strong Language)
Genre: Drama, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 23, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 12, 2016
Runtime: 1h 34m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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