I absolutely love every film Scott Adkins has a major role in and i thought Micheal Jai White was fantastic as Spawn so i was definitely satisfied with this well made low budget martial arts film.Where many feel the martial arts films of the 1970's and 1980's was the prime age of karate movies i disagree and believe the newer martial arts films are far better.Look at Ong-Bak, Fearless, The Protector, Unleashed, Kung Fu Hustle, The Transporter, Transporter 2, and this film Undisputed:Last Man Standing.While i'm not an enormous fan of martial arts movies i do watch them a lot due to my karate obsessed friend.Today he and I watched Undisputed:Last Man standing and I'm surprised at the quality work put into this low budget movie.The storyline makes you root for Micheal Jai White as he's framed and put into a Russian prison, there he is forced to fight a dangerous man in a mafia run UFC for prison inmates.This film focuses on the morality of selflessly helping others in need even without gaining anything but that feeling that you've done good, it's overall a very uplifting movie that is more than pointless violence.The fight sequences are amazing as Scott Adkins shows off his stuntman skills with fast paced grappling, punches, and of course his signature spin kick.The actual fight scenes are shot at normal speed but when a punch or kick connects it freeze frames just as the shot connects and returns to normal speed a very exciting film technique that shows off some great karate moves.The dialog is solid and the lines that are meant for comic relief are actually funny (a rarity with any film today)not to mention the very British Scott Adkins putting on a very believable Russian accent and playing his character to perfection, in fat all the actors played there characters to perfection.If Undisputed:Last Man Standing received a theatrical release it could probably hold it's own against big budget martial arts films like The Transporter or Dead Or Alive.The flaws are in the pacing and a few of Micheal Jai Whites fight scenes without Scott Adkins as his attacks look very phony and the reactions are far too over the top but overall this is another good martial arts film that the year 2006 has to offer I now await the next martial arts movie Rogue.
