Undisputed
Miramax Films | Release Date: August 23, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
10
Negative:
4
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
A compelling entertainment because of Hill and co-writer David Giler's adroit cinematic storytelling skills and the powerful presence of Wesley Snipes and Ving Rhames, whose talent and intelligence are as impressive as their physiques. Read full review
88
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
Few directors are able to showcase actors with fast-cutting techniques. Hill is an ace at it because everything about his action is organic. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Undisputed is a shrewd and splendidly volatile B movie structured around a highly original gambit of suspense. Read full review
80
VarietyRobert Koehler
With Undisputed, writer-director Walter Hill is back in contention as one of Hollywood's last defenders of the muscular, no-nonsense genre movie. Read full review
80
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
A triumph of craft and narrative economy, the darkly funny Undisputed is as lean, mean, and skillful as its competing heavyweights. Read full review
80
Washington PostStephen Hunter
It's so gritty it'll get under your fingernails. And it harks back to one of Hill's greatest films from the '70s, "Hard Times." Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
There's no denying that Undisputed delivers the action-movie goods, and so do Snipes and Rhames. It should have been more memorable, but at least it doesn't stumble in the ring. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
A muscular, no-nonsense genre pic (well, two genres: prisons and boxing), Undisputed isn't going to score points for originality, and the climactic bout is a bit of a letdown. But Rhames, as the cocksure millionaire pugilist, seethes brute force. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Offers nothing new to the long tradition of boxing films. But Hill's reverence for the classic form and the stone-cold performances of Rhames and Snipes propel the whole thing forward with a prefight buildup that's more fun -- and probably more honest -- than the awkward attempts at macho showmanship we get from real fighters these days. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
There is a kind of pleasure to be had from its directness, from its lack of gimmicks, from its classical form. And just like in the Warners pictures, there is also the pleasure of supporting performances from character actors who come onstage, sing an aria, and leave. Read full review
67
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
It's professional, smart, quick-footed and snappy -- enviable traits in both a prizefighter and a nice little B-movie. Read full review
67
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
Stars are particularly strong. Snipes' fatalism is totally appealing, and Rhames makes a curiously compelling antihero. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Again, Hill gives us a world filled with morally complex characters, but that just may be this film's undoing. Read full review
63
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
An unassuming, brief and cheaply entertaining boxing movie. It's long on punching and short on character, but you wouldn't go to a Hill movie to see "Raging Bull." Read full review
63
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Isn't exactly memorable, and as far as its prison setting goes, it has nothing on HBO's infinitely more brutal "Oz." But as late-summer time killers go, you could do worse. Read full review
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