Undisputed II: Last Man Standing

"Wrongfully accused. Unjustly imprisoned. Now he's fighting back."

2006 1h 33m EN

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Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" 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!

“Wrongfully accused. Unjustly imprisoned. Now he's fighting back.”

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Cast

Michael Jai White
George Chambers
Scott Adkins
Yuri Boyka
Ben Cross
Steven Parker
Eli Danker
Crot
Mark Ivanir
Gaga
Ken Lerner
Phil
Silvio Simac
Davic
Ivaylo Geraskov
Alexi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Isaac Florentine
Writers: Boaz Davidson, David N. White, James Townsend
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America, Bulgaria

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MONEY

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Made its money back 8.9× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Bulgaria.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Undisputed Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Isaac Florentine, shot by Ross W. Clarkson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Stephen Edwards. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Irit Raz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Michael Jai White and Scott Adkins and Ben Cross carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Isaac Florentine directs. Ross W. Clarkson behind the camera. Stephen Edwards scores. Irit Raz cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America, Bulgaria. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 8.9× over at the box office.
2Released 20 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Bulgaria.
4Part of the "Undisputed Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Isaac Florentine, shot by Ross W. Clarkson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Stephen Edwards. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Irit Raz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Michael Jai White and Scott Adkins and Ben Cross carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Wrongfully accused. Unjustly imprisoned. Now he's fighting back.".
10IMDB entry: tt0443676 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Released under 18 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Ross W. Clarkson
Original score: Stephen Edwards
Editing: Irit Raz
Production design: Valentina Mladenova
Costume design: Katya Ivanova
Makeup / hair: Ivon Ivanova
Stunt coordinator: Kaloian Vodenicharov
Runtime: 93 min · 1h 33m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $8,000,000
Box office: $71,000,000
Return: 888% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006)

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Undisputed Collection

The Undisputed Collection is based on the underground prison fighting scene.

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tmdb280390232022-09-11
★ 1/10
Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing is a rather ironic sequel, but I'm afraid the irony is entirely accidental. The fights here are definitely illegal, but they happen in an actual ring — as opposed to Undisputed’s Cage of Death. George Chambers returns to prison, convicted of a crime he didn’t commit (unlike the rape charge from the original film). After defending his cellmate, Chambers declares that "I don't like to see people being bullied", and although he adds "unless I am the one doing the bullying", it’s still a 180 degree personality change. People can and do change, of course, but seldom do they go from Ving Rhames to Michael Jai White. In Russia to shoot a vodka commercial (if only this Isaac Florentine-directed movie had been about a down-and-out boxer à la Apollo Creed), the rejuvenated Chambers is arrested for possession of cocaine (planted in his hotel room) and summarily sentenced to Chornya Cholmi maximum security prison. Chornya Cholmi translates to Black Hills, although the hills, if any, would be more likely to be white with snow; I guess it's just a name, like 'Monster Island' (which is actually a peninsula). This is one of those Russian prisons, like the one in Black Widow, where everyone — warden, guards and inmates alike — speaks proficient English (continuing the unintentional irony, Chambers is one of the few characters to say anything in Russian, in the aforementioned commercial), including the undisputed prison champion, Yuri Boyka (Scott Adkins). A far cry from the boxing of Undisputed, the name of the game here is mixed martial arts choreographed like wrestling (complete with ref bumps, which I guess is the only reason why clandestine, anything-goes prison fights would have a referee to begin with); in that sense, Adkins's gravity-defying moves are the best thing about the film, though not quite what one would expect under the circumstances (a gritty Fight Club aesthetic would be more pertinent). Chambers starts out as a boxer, so his first matchup with Boyka is fought under a "fists only" stipulation. In the film’s one instance of Truth in Television, Chambers easily overpowers Boyka; the problem, however, is that White and Adkins are both consummate martial artists, so this first encounter is as underwhelming as one-legged only ass-kicking contest — that is, until Boyka stops giving a crap and starts throwing kicks and knees at Chambers, who on top of everything has been drugged by his cornerman. All things considered, White's casting is a misfire. Rhames can't do half the things White does, but he didn't need to either; his Chambers was the irresistible force as well as the immovable object. White, through no fault of his own, has to pretend he doesn't know zilch about martial arts and then pretend that Chambers learns everything White knows about MMA in an impossibly short period of time.

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