Undisputed – Sieg ohne Ruhm (2002)

Undisputed – Sieg ohne Ruhm: Directed by Walter Hill. With Wesley Snipes, Ving Rhames, Peter Falk, Michael Rooker. When heavyweight champion George “Iceman” Chambers lands in prison, the resident gangster arranges a boxing match with the reigning prison champ.

“Seems like an eternity since director Walter Hill (u0026quot;48 HRS.u0026quot;, u0026quot;Streets of Fireu0026quot;, u0026quot;Southern Comfortu0026quot;) made a really good movie and his latest offering u0026quot;Undisputedu0026quot; shows that Hill still has the skill to create a clever movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Undisputedu0026quot; is the second movie about boxing that Hill has done, the first being his feature debut u0026quot;Hard Timesu0026quot; that starred Charles Bronson and the late James Coburn in the mid-seventies.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe tale takes place at an isolated Arizona maximum security prison where a former heavyweight boxing champ (Rhames) is sent to serve a sentence for rape meets a counterpart (Snipes) who is an undefeated champ in the prison ranks and the opportunity to have the two fighters face each other in a bout arranged by a former mobster (Peter Falk) who still has mob connections outside the prison and a devoted fan of the sport.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnd the result is a sharp and hard-hitting boxing drama with the fight being the center piece. Snipes and Rhames are terrific here and the supporting performances are just as good especially Michael Rooker, Wes Studi, and Falk, too.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Undisputedu0026quot; may not top u0026quot;Rockyu0026quot; or u0026quot;Raging Bullu0026quot; in being the best movie about the sport, but it deserves some mention.”