646f9e108c Sequel to the 2002 film. This time, Heavyweight Champ George &quot;Iceman&quot; Chambers is sent to a Russian Jail on trumped-up drug charges. In juxtaposition to Walter Hill&#39;s uneven but very stylish prison movie Undisputed, this shot-in-Bulgaria cheapie doesn&#39;t come off well. In addition Isaac Florentine&#39;s bland direction, while enlivenedusual with martial arts flourishes, is just not much fun. It&#39;s bleak.<br/><br/>I&#39;d been wanting to see this for a couple of years. Anxiously waiting an eternity for release. I was expecting something with the polish of Drive and the impact of a Tony Jaa flick. Something special. But while Scott Adkins pulls off some great moves it&#39;s just not enough to make this something special. His one scene in Special Forces, his first collaboration with Florentine, had more impact.<br/><br/>The action is decent and J.J. Perry&#39;s choreography is very good. But I actually enjoyed the fights he put together in Road House 2 more. I know that my muted reaction to the film has a lot to do with coming to the film with too much expectation from the hype, but fights excluded it just isn&#39;t very appealing.<br/><br/>With notable similarities to Van Damme&#39;s In Hell (same prison set, similar themes and scenes)Undisputed 2 doesn&#39;t give us enough that&#39;s new. U.S. Seals 2 with all its flaws is still head and shoulders above this. A colourful and fun movie. While the leads here are both excellent martial artists with opportunity to showcase their skills it&#39;s amazing that this is so weak.<br/><br/>Though still admittedly far better than most other B martial arts flicks I recommend approaching thisyou would any other DVD actioner. Great film. Excellent action. Nothing Over the top like the third part.It has even got a decent story.One can be sure of that when MJW is around. His role isusual dominating and the only time he loses is when he is drugged .:D <br/><br/>Scott Adkins was the hero of third part but here he is the villain . The film showed how boxing is a limited sport in free style fight. I liked that. The climax is superb and MJW displayed some amazing Muay Thai moves . I am slowly becoming his fan :D<br/><br/>Another interesting thing to observe is it endorses the same TDKR&#39;s &quot;feara motivation&quot; philosophy (towards the climax) and this came way back in 2006. I had said during my TDKR review that there is nothing new in Nolans philosophy and it had been shown in many movies before. This is one among them.<br/><br/>There is this clichéd I have observed in all prison-based films. There will always be a creepy old bearded man who always gives some philosophical lectures and motivates the hero to get out of it. But he himself doesn&#39;t try it ever ;)
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