Undisputed II - Last Man Standing |  | Director: Isaac Florentine
Actors: Michael Jai White, Scott Adkins, Ben Cross, Eli Danker, Mark Ivanir
Studio: New Line Home Video
Category: DVD
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Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Running Time: 93 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: TRNDN10433D
UPC: 794043104336
EAN: 0794043104336
ASIN: B000K7UC2Y
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Release Date: January 16, 2007
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Product Description
When former u.S. Heavyweight boxing champ iceman chambers is framed & sent to russias most violent prison he realizes his fighting days are far from over. With the russian mafia betting on an inevitable showdown between chambers & the prisons champ chambers has no choice but to get back into the ring. Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: 09/04/2007 Starring: Michael Jai White Scott Adkins Run time: 98 minutes Rating: R
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Michael Jai White replaces Ving Rhames in Undisputed II: Last Man Standing, a sequel to the 2002 Undisputed, in which a heavyweight champion boxer is sent to prison as a ruse to get him to fight a champion pugilist on the slammer circuit. White is serviceable as "Iceman" Chambers, this time arrested in Russia (framed for drug possession) and sent to hard time in a horrible prison. There Iceman resists efforts to convince him to fight a champion kickboxer (Scott Adkins), but the system is determined to break him or get him to cooperate with the plan. This brutal adventure is pretty much by-the-numbers as follow-up features go, but it is generally exciting, and martial arts buffs will certainly enjoy the taut action sequences. --Tom Keogh
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 Overall pretty good, but not as good as the original February 26, 2010
Baberufus (West Jordan, UT USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie is actually pretty good for a sequel, as most sequels usually range from bad to terrible. The main focus and forte of this movie are the actual fight scenes, as both of the main stars in this flick do really have martial arts skills and use no doubles in any of the fight scenes (save for the dining area brawl where the two guys crush a table). As a result, the fight scenes are really cool, but for me the fighters lack the personality and charisma of Wesley Snipes and Ving Rhames in the original (who are mainly actors and not real boxers, of course). Still, there are some fine supporting performances in this sequel given by Ben Cross and Eli Danker.
The story line is kind of weak in places. For starters, George Chambers comes to the prison as strictly a boxer, and within a few weeks of training by an old inmate (at least that's the timeline I inferred), he's ready to kickbox toe to toe with the undefeated champ--ehh, not likely! Also, when Chambers makes a deal with the head mobster, he demands that all the prisoners that were banished to stay outside in the cold be given brand new, expensive coats to wear to keep warm. Hello--how about demanding that they be brought back inside? What's the point of keeping them outside if they're going to stay warm in their coats?? Save some money!
Which brings me to my other nitpick...Chambers' character and personality changes too much between the beginning and end of this movie. At the beginning, he has the same chip (boulder) on his shoulder attitude as Rhames displayed in the first movie, rude, crude, and obnoxious... "F--" this, "F--" that. However, his conscience and regard for humanity DRASTICALLY improves to where at the end of the movie, he has a big heart of gold, practically shedding tears of joy at the sight of his old friend reuniting with his niece. Chambers had just spent the last month or whatever in one utter hell of a prison--I would think his attitude toward life in general wouldn't have improved much. I mean, it's great for someone to turn over a new leaf and be a better person, but that was a bit unrealistic for George Chambers, I think.
Yeah, so the ending was pretty corny...hardly befitting the overall vibe of both Undisputed movies--short on sensitivity and brains, high on testosterone! (Hey, I dig movies like that once in a while!) Still, the fight scenes make the movie overall enjoyable, so I would still recommend it, especially for fans of the first Undisputed flick.
 Undisputed II - Last Man Standing February 14, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
Chambers is sent to a Russian jail on trumped-up drug charges. In order to win his freedom he must fight against the jailhouse fighting champ Uri Boyka in a battle to the death. This time he is not fighting for a title, he is fighting for his life. From the beginning to the end this movie is exciting and intriguing. The plot is solid and interesting and the cast is very well chosen. White does a very good acting as well as fighting scenes. Great soundtrack, an absolutely amazing ending. Watch this movie, you will not be disappointed.
The Human Element is what is important here... November 2, 2009
T. Thomas (TX)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Unlike most of these kick-the-crap-out-of-the-bad-guy martial arts flicks we've been subjected to, this film effectively deals with another element nobody seems to hit on here. It hits on the culture of a prison environment--period...You've got your gangs running drugs and bullying inmates and dirty officers right along in there with them. I enjoyed this movie, but I tend to watch other elements and think outside the box for a bit. Ben Cross does an outstanding job playing the junkie inmate who has to choose between his life and his friend/cellmate. You can't help but empathize with him--and I won't spoil it for those who haven't seen it, but he's the one to watch for a bit. He's an outstanding actor who doesn't get enough attention because he chooses roles for their quality and not the monetary amount. That character had been beaten down and subjected to so much, that even as a junkie one can empathize with him given the other crap that goes on in a prison. It deals effectively with a topic I deal with at work each day, being that I'm a sergeant of corrections officers, but I don't tell what it is because I don't want to give it away, but if you want to watch a good example of what certain signs are in an offender, this is the video to get because Cross did an excellent job of portraying the character and his struggle with addiction. Even for those not into this genre, it's worth watching because one can learn from it.
AWESOME September 18, 2009
Stephen Kozle (Brighton, MI USA)
Excellent movie, the action is unbelievable! The russian guy and the american are both superb athletes an are both people you would never want to cross! Michael Jai White should be a household name, he is that good.
Boyka! Boyka! Boyka! September 17, 2009
mr. snrub (Out there in La La Land)
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give the world's next great martial arts hero, the latest of the superkickers of martial arts cinema, a modern day Hwang Jang-Lee.
Scott Adkins.
Scott is easily the best thing to happen to American martial arts movies since KILL BILL, and UNDISPUTED 2: LAST MAN STANDING, directed by Isaac Flornetine (whom I consider to be the Yuen Woo-Ping of American martial arts movies) is his first great masterpiece.
Uri Boyka (Scott Adkins) is stuck in a Russian prison, and has dreams of proving himself the Undisputed greatest fighter in the world. The Russian mafia own his prison, and orchestrates a serious of mixed martial arts tournaments pitting prisoners against one another, and Boyka is undefeated and hailed as the most dangerous man alive. Unfortunately, it's reached the point where no one will bet against Boyka, so the mobsters frame has-been former Heavyweight boxing champion George "The Iceman" Chambers (the one and only Michael Jai White, who unfortunately, given his role, must restrict his arsenal of martial arts skills in U2:LMS, but still kicks ass) for drug possession and Chambers is sent to Boyka's prison. Chambers soon learns that his own manager has helped orchestrate it all, as both he and the mobsters see it as a chance to rake in a truckload of dough. Chambers is told that he will be released if he gets into the ring and defeats Boyka. To chambers, Boyka is the only thing standing between him and his freedom. To Boyka, Chambers represents his opportunity to prove to himself and everyone else that he is the Undisputed best fighter in the world.
Where do you begin in writing just how amazing U2:LMS is? It should have been just another straight-to-dvd sequel to a big budget Hollywood movie minus the original stars; Instead, not only is it ten times better the the first UNDISPUTED, It's easily the first great American martial arts movie of the 21st century. This is the first time Michael Jai White has played the lead in a martial arts movie, but since he's playing a boxer who just begins to learn a bit about martial arts, this really doesn't count toward that. In the recently released BLOOD AND BONE, Michael gets to show off the full spectrum of his abilities and does not disappoint.
But as far as martial arts goes, Scott is the Undisputed real star of U2:LMS. Drawing off of his background in Wushu, Tae Kwon Do, Kickboxing, Judo, Krav Maga, and Jujitsu and his years spent as a stuntman and supporting hero, Scott displays enough charisma and fighting ability for twenty movies. He seemingly invents moves that I've never seen before, and definitely earns his place among the class of the Superkickers of martial arts cinema. I venture to say, as I have before, that Scott is a modern day Hwang Jang-Lee.
To top it off, Scott and Michael are two of the few martial arts heroes who are also equally talented actors!!!
U2:LMS is certainly not the last we'll see of Scott and Michael in martial arts cinema. As I mentioned, Michael recently starred in BLOOD AND BONE, which is essential view for anyone who saw him in U2:LMS and wanted more.
And Scott, after making a fantastic appearance as Weapon XI/Deadpool in X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, has finished work on his first two leads, both directed by Isaac Florentine: UNDISPUTED 3, in which Boyka becomes the hero, which will be released in 2010. And NINJA, Scott's first turn at the hero wheel, which will be released sometime later in 2009. The whole world is just on pins and needles waiting for the release date, and it's gonna be awesome.
But for most of us, I think, Scott's signature character will be Uri Boyka in UNDISPUTED 2: LAST MAN STANDING, the Undisputed first great American martial arts movie of the 21st century.
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