Aside from those three main actors, everyone else is kind of….there. The villain, Zourab, is played by Alon Aboutboul, and makes for a terrifically slimy villain. It’s a surprisingly powerful moment for both characters and actors. Adkins is easily the best part of these movies, but I like it when he confronts Alma and tries to tell her the truth about her husband’s death. Scott Adkins, while not the most refined actor, has a physical presence that can rival that of a lot of 80’s action heroes. I haven’t seen anybody play an angry Russian the way Adkins does. Boyka is easily Scott Adkins’ most memorable role. Undisputed 4, has him seeing the consequences of that violence and has him trying to atone for that violence. Undisputed III was a chance for Boyka to become a fighter again and rediscover that part of him that was really violent. In the third film, he’s kind of broken because he lost to a boxer and ended up with a shattered knee. His character got what was coming to him. He was definitely the bad guy in Undisputed II, make no mistake about it. Over the course of three films, we see Boyka transform from this seemingly egotistical angry Russian to a character on a quest for redemption. In fact, I found myself pretty engaged and actually giving a shit about what happens to these characters. However, the story in Undisputed 4 is a personal one for the character of Boyka. Most people generally don’t go see an Undisputed film for the story, just the fights. It seems she owes him a lot of money and is working to pay off the debt. As soon as he finds her, she’s whisked away by a Russian mobster by the name of Zourab. Taking the prize money and photo that he finds of Viktor and his wife, Boyka heads to Russia to find Alma. After being informed by his manager that Viktor had passed, Boyka discovers that Viktor left behind a wife, Alma. As Boyka leaves the ring victorious, medics rush Viktor to the hospital. Blow for blow, the two fighters go at it until Boyka gets the upper hand and knocks Viktor out. So, here we are 15 years later with the third sequel in the Undisputed franchise: Boyka: Undisputed 4.Īs the film opens, we see famed ex-prison fighter Yuri Boyka enter the ring against a man named Viktor. I was never interested in a prison boxing movie. I’ve never seen the original film, oddly enough. When Undisputed III came out, I was really excited. When it comes to Undisputed, my first exposure to that franchise was Undisputed II: Last Man Standing with Scott Adkins and Michael Jai White. Is that always a good thing? Depends on the movie. The Road Warrior ran circles around the original Mad Max and The Fast and The Furious sequels left the original film in the dust. Ip Man 3 blew the first two movies out of the water. There have been franchises that have accomplished that. In fact, most of the time it doesn’t happen. It is a very rare thing to see sequels completely overshadow the original film.
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