A real fan favorite, this one.. High score. And I can see that, because it's pretty good. Not great, though.
Prison movies are very often entertaining. It's just something about prisons, that translates very well to the big screen. (and small, for that matter. Oz, Prison Break) This is no exception. The movie comes along at a good pace, would have been an even better pace, had it been 10 minutes shorter.
Because in between the fighting, there some drama. Some of it works pretty well, some of it doesn't work that well. But it's not that much of it, so it's no biggie. The movie actually has some heart, between the punches.
Anyhow, what's really interesting is: how is the fighting? And the fighting is good. Not the awesomest ever, but still very good. Good choreography, for the most part, nice sound effects, good skill. We get fighting both in and out of the ring. Personally I prefer fighting outside the ring, but the ring-fighting is also entertaining here. While the choreography is good, it does lack that last.. whatever, to make it great. (I'm picky when it comes to fighting in movies)
There's some eye candy here! I'm no gay man, but I sure do appreciate a muscular male body. I prefer Scott Adkins' more natural look, over Jai Whites obvious steroid look, but that's me. As for the acting, it's decent, not award winning, but gets the job done.
To sum up: Undisputed II is a pretty entertaining prison/fighting-movie. Lacks a little bit of tension, to make it great, but an entertaining watch still.
If I could give half stars on here, this would be a clear 6,5)
Prison movies are very often entertaining. It's just something about prisons, that translates very well to the big screen. (and small, for that matter. Oz, Prison Break) This is no exception. The movie comes along at a good pace, would have been an even better pace, had it been 10 minutes shorter.
Because in between the fighting, there some drama. Some of it works pretty well, some of it doesn't work that well. But it's not that much of it, so it's no biggie. The movie actually has some heart, between the punches.
Anyhow, what's really interesting is: how is the fighting? And the fighting is good. Not the awesomest ever, but still very good. Good choreography, for the most part, nice sound effects, good skill. We get fighting both in and out of the ring. Personally I prefer fighting outside the ring, but the ring-fighting is also entertaining here. While the choreography is good, it does lack that last.. whatever, to make it great. (I'm picky when it comes to fighting in movies)
There's some eye candy here! I'm no gay man, but I sure do appreciate a muscular male body. I prefer Scott Adkins' more natural look, over Jai Whites obvious steroid look, but that's me. As for the acting, it's decent, not award winning, but gets the job done.
To sum up: Undisputed II is a pretty entertaining prison/fighting-movie. Lacks a little bit of tension, to make it great, but an entertaining watch still.
If I could give half stars on here, this would be a clear 6,5)