Undisputed

Two enemies ... The mob ... The ultimate showdown.
Undisputed (2002)
Timing: 1:36 (96 min)
6.5/10
76 726
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6.5/10
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6.1/10
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Budget
$20 000 000
Revenue
$14 946 150
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Director
Producer
David Giler, Walter Hill, Brad Krevoy, Andrew Sugerman, Boaz Davidson, Avi Lerner, Wesley Snipes, John Thompson, Trevor Short, Danny Dimbort
Operator
Lloyd Ahern II
Composer
Stanley Clarke
Artist
Maria Caso
Audition
Reuben Cannon
Editing
Freeman A. Davies, Phil Norden
All team (47)

Short description

Undisputed centres on two heavyweight boxing champions who end up in the same maximum security prison, Sweetwater. Monroe Hutchen has spent years as the institution's unbeaten champion, serving a life sentence for a crime of passion. George "Iceman" Chambers arrives after a rape conviction costs him his world title and his freedom. Neither man accepts the other's claim to be the best, and a long-serving inmate with connections on both sides of the law sees a chance to promote one final fight behind bars.

Walter Hill directed the film, working from a screenplay he wrote with David Giler. It is the nineteenth of the twenty-two features Hill has directed in chronological order, arriving between Supernova and Bullet to the Head. Wesley Snipes plays Hutchen and Ving Rhames plays Chambers, with Peter Falk, Michael Rooker, Jon Seda and Wes Studi among the supporting cast. The production involved companies in Germany, the United States and Japan.

Made for a budget of about 20 million dollars, the film took roughly 15 million dollars worldwide, less than its cost. On IMDb it holds 6.1 out of 10 from around 37,000 votes, while on TMDB it has 6.5 out of 10 from 861 votes. A critics' rating of 5.7 out of 10 from 106 reviews places it close to the audience scores, suggesting a mixed but not hostile reception overall.

What's left behind the scenes

  • The film was shot in two active prisons in the state of Nevada. The fight scene was organized at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
  • Wing Rames had been getting into shape for two years for a role in another boxing legend biopic, but something fell through, the role went to another actor, and Rames was sent the script for this film, where he was approved for the role and simply continued training.
  • Preparing for the role, Wesley Snipes trained with Steward Emmanuel (1944-2012), who was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and worked with, among others, Thomas Hearns and Lennox Lewis.

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