"Undisputed 2" is a sequel to "Undisputed" starring Wesley Snipes and Ving Rhames. In the original movie Ving Rhames plays the antagonist; a cocky professional boxer named George "Iceman" Chambers. In the sequel we get a more sculpted Michael Jai White as George Chambers and he's the protagonist.
Chambers was in Russia to promote some alcohol when he got set up on drug possession charges. The entire set up was pretty ham-fisted, but that's what they went with to get him in a Russian prison. A Russian mobster was behind the set up as he needed a proper opponent for the Russian fight king Yuri Boyka (Scott Adkins). Yuri Boyka was running through opponents and it was costing the mobster a lot of money. Though he protested, Chambers would have to fight to earn his freedom, and no one is so tough that they'd remain in a Russian prison just to stick it to the man.
My thoughts about the movie for the first two thirds were, "Why do I care if either of these guys win?" Boyka and Chambers were both contemptible with Boyka being slightly more loathsome because he liked to injure his sparring partners (what kind of sense does that make?). Eventually, Chambers would emerge as the more sympathetic character and someone to clearly root for.
I wouldn't say I like the sequel better because all things being equal I'll always favor the original. Having said that, in the end, U2 was a solid follow up to "Undisputed."
Chambers was in Russia to promote some alcohol when he got set up on drug possession charges. The entire set up was pretty ham-fisted, but that's what they went with to get him in a Russian prison. A Russian mobster was behind the set up as he needed a proper opponent for the Russian fight king Yuri Boyka (Scott Adkins). Yuri Boyka was running through opponents and it was costing the mobster a lot of money. Though he protested, Chambers would have to fight to earn his freedom, and no one is so tough that they'd remain in a Russian prison just to stick it to the man.
My thoughts about the movie for the first two thirds were, "Why do I care if either of these guys win?" Boyka and Chambers were both contemptible with Boyka being slightly more loathsome because he liked to injure his sparring partners (what kind of sense does that make?). Eventually, Chambers would emerge as the more sympathetic character and someone to clearly root for.
I wouldn't say I like the sequel better because all things being equal I'll always favor the original. Having said that, in the end, U2 was a solid follow up to "Undisputed."