Undisputed Movie Review 2002

Champion boxer James "Ice Man" Chambers is locked up in Sweetwater maximum-security prison for rape, which he claims he didn't commit. Snipes is Monroe Hutchens, a lifer at Sweetwater and fellow boxer, sentenced for beating a man to death. Hutchens is also the prison's undefeated champ of the illegal boxing matches set up by a rough prison guard (Rooker). Smacking of real-life boxer Tyson, Chambers desperately tries to find honor in his unhappy situation and wants to be the first to break Hutchen's winning streak, but Monroe has his reasons for avoiding a smack-down with Chambers. Short on dialogue, pic is a well-cast, lean, mean movie machine.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 96 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Boxing, Men in Prison, African America

Screenplay

Walter Hill, David Giler

Cast

Wesley Snipes, Ving Rhames, Peter Falk, Michael Rooker, Jon Seda, Wes Studi, Fisher Stevens, Dayton Callie, Amy Aquino, Nils Allen Stewart, Denis Arndt, Rose Rollins

Cinematography

Lloyd Ahern

Director

Walter Hill

Music

Stanley Clarke

Other

Jacob Goldstein, David Schulhof, Ashley Miller, Freeman A. Davies, Barbara Inglehart, Maria Caso

Producer

David Giler, Walter Hill, Brad Krevoy, Andrew Sugerman, Millennium Films, Amen Ra, Motion Picture Corporation of America, Hollywood Partners, Miramax Films