REDEMPTION is the third of the UNDISPUTED franchise and a straight-to-video martial arts flick that excels at what it does. The trend is to offer more of the same as we saw before, but there's more action than ever, more heart, and more arena fighting. The genius move is to have Scott Adkins return as Boyka, not as the villain (although he's as tough as ever), but as the hero this time around. The story follows through the usual prison elements: male bonding, punishment, escape, and plenty more besides, but the emphasis is always on the fighting in the ring. In the hands of experienced director Isaac Florentine the fight scenes are crisp and fluid, with near-impossible physicality and brutal moves captured in loving detail. Adkins is excellent, of course, as is an ultra-slimy Marko Zaror as the chief bad guy and other genre personalities including Lateef Crowder, Vernon Dobtcheff, and good old Robert Costanzo (the traffic cop from DIE HARD 2!). It's certainly the best of the series yet, and it leaves me looking forward to checking out part four.

cant say i am very impressed with undisputed 3.it is like those 100s of badly directed Hollywood MMA action films. Now we know in such films , acting is not really a prerequisite but even by those std, there was some serious bad acting and silly dialogs throughout the film. The climax is super-cheesy .I really cringed at that moment where there is a bad animation shown for a fracture of the villains leg. wont recommend this film!The Chinese ,korean and Thailand's are still the best in action genre.Hollywood will continue to be a wannabe just like MMA is a wannabe Muay Thai.

Adkins returns as Boyka, the prisoner who is an ace mixed martial arts fighter. He is nursing his knee which was broken by Michael Jay White at the end of the second part. He takes part in the local prison competition and predictably wins. Then he is send off for an "inter prison MMA" tournament wherein the winner will walk free. I must admit that this is the only part of the trilogy which I enjoyed. There is a modicum of effort which has gone on in the development of characters. True, the focus is still on the fight. However, there are scenes which show the development of camaraderie between Adkins and Jenkins who plays an American fighter. The fight sequences are choreographed superbly and are total value for money. The movie does not bore you. The ending is unintentionally laugh out loud. The acting and direction is above average. The background score is good. 3 out of 5 for the Undisputed 3. Watch it for Adkins and the action scenes. Some of the punches will take your breath away.

I cannot agree with any of the many glowing reviews I read before attempting to watch this movie. In fact, I was completely taken in by several reviews that claimed great MMA sequences, good lines, etc. After watching, I was rather surprised anyone would make such claims.Firstly, the MMA sequences were pretty dull and very cinematic. Good try, but I just get tired of seeing guys swing wide so that their opponent can "dodge." Seen any real MMA lately? You won't see fighters stand in place, wide open and posing for effect, after knocking their opponent down - but this happened almost constantly in every fight scene! Reminded me of that 80's "wrestling." Nacho Libre offers better MMA than Undisputed.And the music? Way over-the-top action-adventure-style and corny as anything I've ever heard. I guess they had to do something to make it more exciting, because the story and the acting just isn't capable.Also, I loved how the main character "cures" his knee injury - you know the one that looked and sounded like ripped tendons? That knee injury that would be crippling without surgery? But of course it wasn't really cured; it had to be an ongoing struggle, that knee, in order for the director to generate some tension. It was a pretty weak attempt at injecting a bit of drama into a floundering story.