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So-so
Avg. Critic Score: 58 out of 100 Mixed or average reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
15 Iffy for 15+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 90
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin 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

  • 83
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Undisputed is a shrewd and splendidly volatile B movie structured around a highly original gambit of suspense. Read full review

  • 80
    Washington Post | Stephen 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

  • 80
    Variety | Robert 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

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger 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

  • 60
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    Lacks more than subtext: it barely has text. At times, the picture seems to have been edited with a blowtorch. But it gets the job done efficiently and swiftly. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    Has a certain B-movie integrity -- a muscular commitment to grabbing the viewer's eye and keeping things moving. It won't win any awards, but it holds interest. Read full review

  • 50
    Boston Globe | Wesley Morris

    There are moments when Hill and Giler dare to turn Undisputed into an episode of ''Oz'' - albeit an insipid, belligerence-, and sex-free episode. Read full review

  • 30
    Wall Street Journal |

    Mr. Snipes and Mr. Rhames get credit at least for doing their own stunts. By the middle of the film, viewers will take a certain satisfaction in each punch that lands on either of them. Read full review

  • 30
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    Even by its own please-the-mob standards, this movie is lacking. Read full review


Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 15+ A forgettable prison boxing movie.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this movie has extremely strong language (including the "N" word in the soundtrack), violent confrontations, references to rape and prison sex, and corrupt officials. Some viewers will be concerned about implications that the rape survivor may be lying about what happened.
  • Families can talk about what it meant to Monroe and Iceman to be the champion. How were their ways of coping similar and how were they different?
What to watch for
  • violence false4 Violence: Prison fight violence, boxing violence. References to rape.
  • sex false3 Sex: References to prison sex.
  • language false5 Language: Very strong prison language including racist language.
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false1 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Mild.

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