Yuri boyka11/19/2023 One of the best modern fighting movies and dare I say the best fighting franchise if that is a genre. It's not slow, and is very entertaining throughout. The movie has heart and has a great pace. Scott Adkins is excellent and the bad guys are bad, and the good guys(Adkins) aren't perfect. I will sound repetitive but this movie has lots of action, fights, fast moving plot and great choreography. This movie tones that down and lets you watch the action taking place. A lot of movies break the action up by changing the camera angles. I do not know the director's work prior to watching this, but he did a great job of filming action scenes. A lot of flash, but also moments where you feel for Boyka and his journey. The movie does have some heart during his redemption. Boyka is back, commits an atrocity and needs to fix what he has done to redeem himself. Inspite of the micro budget, this movie rocks.įirst I am a real reviewer and a big fan of 80's action movies. Isaac Florentine who directed the terrific Undisputed 2 n 3 n Savate didn't direct this one. We look forward for this franchise for Boyka's kicks n boy what an awesome fight choreography we get to see in this 4th installment. The mafia boss who owns the town n he has his eye on a young n beautiful widow who is in debt.īut who cares. Truly an indomitable n an invincible one. The villain, Martyn Ford is an intimidating one with height of 6.8 n weight of 320 lbs. Scott Adkins once again got into the skin of the character. The fight sequences are frequent and never, ever become tiresome. Martial arts fans will not be disappointed. This movie is for the fans of the series n fans of Boyka aka Adkins. He has spent a lot of money to repair his broken knee but events force him to travel back to Russia where he is a wanted convict. He still fights in the ring but donates most of the profits to the church. The summary- After the events of Undisputed Redemption, Boyka has found religion. In fact i own the dvds of all the parts now. But, and you will see this if you watch the series in order, Boyka THRIVES in prison! Is there a Boyka 5 coming? We can only hope. For most characters that would be a negative. Also clever is the way the film ends with Boyka back in prison. There is a scene at the 40:00 minute mark where Boyka is training and another fighter tries to "claim" his punching bag. The narrative backbone of the story is a bit soppy - this one could have been subtitled "Boyka Gets Religion" - but thankfully it is used mainly as a plot device to keep the fight scenes coming. Director Todor Chapkanov is new to the franchise but acquits himself well as an action director. Interestingly (!) Davidson worked with Stallone on the Expendables franchise. David White, who penned the last two Boykas (also the sloppier SHADOW OF A TEAR) had help in developing the story from Boaz Davidson, a writer with a few dozen action hits under his belt. You have enough "producers" in the credits to start a football squad. AND HE'S BACK! Boy, nobody does Boyka like Adkins! Plus someone actually opened their wallets and spent some cash bringing this one to the screen. However, as the IMDb rating for that movie shows, it was still not in the class of UNDISPUTED. The closest thing to a good MMA movie that Adkins did recently was NINJA SHADOW OF A TEAR. During that time, Adkins handlers gave him a series of odd B-movie parts, some of which (heavy sigh) were purely dramatic and had no fight sequences at all. For reasons that are not entirely clear to this reviewer, there was a long gap between the last instalment and this one. At that point, things get a little murky. A younger Scott Adkins found his ideal role in Yuri Boyka (much like Stallone found Rocky) and gave new life to UNDISPUTED in two back-to-back segments. Not uncommon for film franchises these days, later attempts to keep the franchise going involved smaller budgets and lesser-known stars. For newbies, the original "Undisputed" (which starred A-listers) took an unexpected turn. But if you have seen the others, this new instalment is surprisingly satisfying. If you arrived at this franchise late, you would be forgiven for feeling a little lost.
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