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NUMBERS
Box Office: $12,341,672
VHS Rentals: $2,990,000
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CONSENSUS
While not the deepest boxing movie out there, Undisputed is successful at hitting its aspiration of being nothing more than a genre picture.
CAST & CREW
Wesley Snipes, Ving Rhames, Peter Falk
Directed by Walter Hill
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SYNOPSIS
UNDISPUTED tells the story of an undefeated world champion prize fighter (RHAMES) who is convicted of rape and sent to prison, where he must confront and ultimately fight the reigning prison boxing champion (SNIPES). -- © 2002 Miramax Films more...
MPAA RATING
R, strong language
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Aug 23, 2002
Video: Nov 26, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
Miramax Films
GENRE
Action/Adventure, Dramas, Rape, Sports, Prison, Competitions, Boxers
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Undisputed Site
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PARENTS EVALUATION
TRAILER & MEDIA
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 "A stylish but steady, and ultimately very satisfying, piece of character-driven storytelling."
-- William Arnold, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
"A first-class, thoroughly involving B movie that effectively combines two surefire, beloved genres -- the prison flick and the fight film."
-- Joe Baltake, SACRAMENTO BEE
 "This is a throwaway, junk-food movie whose rap soundtrack was better tended to than the film itself."
-- Mack Bates, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
"Rhames is a tightly harnessed bundle of fury, Snipes a restrained champion who seems to have made inner peace with the crime of passion that sent him away for life, and Falk a riveting delight."
-- Marjorie Baumgarten, AUSTIN CHRONICLE
"Overly stylized with lots of flash black-&-white freeze frames reminiscent of a pseudo-hip luxury car commercial, (it's) at its worst when it's actually inside the ring."
-- Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDWIRE
"Writer/director Walter Hill is in his hypermasculine element here, once again able to inject some real vitality and even art into a pulpy concept that, in many other hands would be completely forgettable."
-- Josef Braun, VUE WEEKLY (EDMONTON, CANADA)
"Each punch seen through prison bars, the fights become not so much a struggle of man vs. man as Brother-Man vs. The Man."
-- Walter Chaw, FILM FREAK CENTRAL
"Walter Hill's pulpy, stylized boxing melodrama Undisputed nearly overcomes its questionable in-the-ring match-up with solid fight choreography and gritty prison authenticity."
-- Paul Clinton, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
"Cool? This movie is a snow emergency."
-- David Cornelius, AMAZING COLOSSAL WEBSITE
"This is not the undisputed worst boxing movie ever, but it's certainly not a champion - the big loser is the audience."
-- Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, THEMOVIECHICKS.COM
"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."
-- Dan Fienberg, L.A. WEEKLY
"Writer-director Walter Hill and co-writer David Giler try to create characters out of the obvious cliches, but wind up using them as punching bags."
-- Ken Fox, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
"This 90-minute dud could pass for Mike Tyson's E! True Hollywood Story."
-- Ed Gonzalez, SLANT MAGAZINE
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"At 90 minutes this movie is short, but it feels much longer."
-- Ron Bishow, KATRILLION.COM
"A terrific B movie -- in fact, the best in recent memory."
-- Jay Boyar, ORLANDO SENTINEL
"Like Undisputed itself, Snipes' bravura turn is a throwback to no-frills old-school macho in the Eastwood-McQueen mold."
-- Sean Burns, PHILADELPHIA WEEKLY
"Cuts right through the B.S. giving a big middle-fingered “shut up” to those who talk up what is nothing more than two guys beating the hell outta one another."
-- Erik Childress, EFILMCRITIC.COM
"It's as raw and action-packed an experience as a ringside seat at a tough-man contest."
-- Linda Cook, QUAD CITY TIMES (DAVENPORT, IA)
"A lean, surprisingly artful programmer, closer in spirit to something like Don Siegel's Riot in Cell Block 11 than to typical boxing fare."
-- Mike D'Angelo, TIME OUT NEW YORK
"Boasting a solid cast and efficient direction from industry veteran Walter Hill, the film delivers what it promises but absolutely nothing more."
-- Daniel Eagan, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
"While [Hill] has learned new tricks, the tricks alone are not enough to salvage this lifeless boxing film."
-- Marshall Fine, JOURNAL NEWS
"Undisputed is undeniable fun, thanks to its rugged rock pile of attitude, bravado and fisticuffs."
-- Jack Garner, ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE
"Amazingly lame."
-- John Hartl, SEATTLE TIMES
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FRESH 63%
Avg. Rating: 6.4/10 |
"Coy but exhilarating, with really solid performances by Ving Rhames and Wesley Snipes."
-- John Anderson, NEWSDAY
"If Hill isn't quite his generation's Don Siegel (or Robert Aldrich), it's because there's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair; it's all bluster and cliché."
-- Michael Atkinson, VILLAGE VOICE
"An average B-movie with no aspirations to be anything more."
-- James Berardinelli, JAMES BERARDINELLI'S REELVIEWS
"This is the kind of movie that gets a quick release before real contenders arrive in September."
-- Mike Clark, USA TODAY
"Finally, a genre movie that delivers -- in a couple of genres, no less."
-- Robert Denerstein, DENVER ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
"While Undisputed isn't exactly a high, it is a gripping, tidy little movie that takes Mr. Hill higher than he's been in a while."
-- Gary Dowell, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
"Walter Hill's Undisputed is like a 1940s Warner Bros. B picture, and I mean that as a compliment."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"Too slow for a younger crowd, too shallow for an older one."
-- Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
"A shrewd and splendidly volatile B movie structured around a highly original gambit of suspense."
-- Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"Hill looks to be going through the motions, beginning with the pale script."
-- Rick Groen, GLOBE AND MAIL
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"By its modest, straight-ahead standards, Undisputed scores a direct hit."
-- Chris Hewitt, ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS
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* Certain "Undisputed" article data provided by the Movie Review Query Engine.
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