Undisputed

A series of movies about Prison fighting.

Undisputed
First film revolves around George "Iceman" Chambers (Ving Rhames), a character obviously modeled after Mike Tyson. The heavyweight boxing champion is sent to prison after being charged with rape. There, his reputation throws him into the world of prison boxing, where a bout is arranged between him and Monroe Hutchen (Wesley Snipes). The plot was standard, as was everything else. Most reviews were bad and the box office returns were lackluster, to say the least.


 * Boss Subtitles: Every major character gets one, which shows their name and the crime(s) that got them in.
 * Con Man: Marvin, who does the commentary during the boxing matches.
 * Dueling Stars Movie
 * Luxury Prison Suite: Mendy's cell.
 * The Mafia: Mendy is an old mafia member, and they pull the strings in the background to his whims.
 * Otaku: Mendy has been a big boxing fan through his whole life.
 * Shower Scene: Monroe's second encounter with Iceman is in the shower, where he once again tries to insult him.
 * The Stoic: Monroe. He's in prison for the only time he lost his cool, that being finding his wife in bed with another man and killing the guy.
 * Those Wacky Nazis: Couple neo-nazis get their asses kicked.
 * What Are You in For: It is considred rude to ask this among the prisoners. Not long after learning this, Iceman hurls this question at Monroe's manager Ratbag to show his disrespect.

Undisputed II: Last Man Standing
The second film in the series was a B-movie directed by Isaac Florentine, as opposed to Walter Hill. It came out in 2006. This time, Chambers was upgraded from a Villain Protagonist to an Anti Hero, and was played by Michael Jai White. In this particular setting, Mafia-types run the prison fighting organization of a particular Russian prison and make money off of it. They frame Chambers for drug use so he will be sent to jail and they can pit him against their own resident champion, Yuri Boyka (played by Scott Adkins). For a while, Chambers refuses to fight Boyka, but they promise he will be freed. So he agrees. As you can see, it's fairly similar to the plot of the first movie. This film was given a much better reception, however, because of its far better characters, cinematography, writing, fight choreography...pretty much everything really.

Undisputed III: Redemption
The third and so far final movie, this features Yuri Boyka as the protagonist after. Having recently healed these wounds, Boyka returns to the ring and enters a prison tournament where fighters from all over the world compete for the prize of winning their freedom. There he butts heads with a loudmouthed American boxer named "Turbo". Uncomfortably reminded of Chambers, Boyka clashes with Turbo repeatedly; however, eventually they begin to grow on each other, until they eventually unite against Raul "Dolor" Quinones to beat him in the fixed tournament. It was mostly lauded as a worthy sequel to Last Man Standing, marked (as was the last one) by incredible choreography that was unaided by CGI, wires, or stunt doubles.


 * Big Damn Heroes:
 * Capoeira: Santiago's fighting style.
 * Embarrassing First Name: "Turbo" Jones
 * Game Breaking Injury:
 * Heel Face Turn: Boyka is only-just a nicer guy at the end of the movie than he was at the beginning.
 * Prisons Are Gymnasiums: A recurrent trope in the series, obviously, more on the "Tough Guy becomes even tougher" side of things, taken to the extreme here: doing labour can be used to work out.
 * Win Your Freedom