They flirt and scrap several times in the lead-up to their final fight, White’s hip hop style slurs going up against Adkins’ Russian accented anger. What a guy.īoyka and Chambers lock eyes as soon as he arrives at the prison, giving each other the eye and sneering with immediate contempt. He’s of no relation to Avi Lerner, a producer on the Undisputed franchise, the Adkins/Florentine Ninja franchise, the Expendables franchise and literally hundreds of other films – among them wonderful titles like Alien from LA, Terminator Woman, Mansquito, Cyborg Cop, Cyborg Soldier, Howling IV: The Original Nightmare and American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt. His manager is played by Sam Lerner, the lovable chap Schwarzenegger stabs in the back with his own pen in the underrated The Running Man. Dirty old Russia, eh? An American boxer down on his luck, things are about to go from bad to worse for Chambers. Simple as that.Ĭhambers is framed for crimes he didn’t commit, specifically so he can be made to fight Boyka for the amusement and profits of mobsters. People may argue that with so much UFC on tap, what’s the point in watching this fake stuff in a movie? The grace and style with which these fights are put together can’t be emulated in a real-life sports match. Director Florentine puts great emphasis on all the hits in a way that many filmmakers edit around and censor. This fight can be seen along with most of Boyka’s handiwork in several different YouTube videos, modern shrines to the glory of Adkins. We see one such establishment, when a slimy mobster takes a burger from a small boy then gets female strippers to move off the stage as a curtain reveals a big screen for the fight.īoyka/Adkins immediately shows why he’s so loved, with an amazing fight that leaves his opponent awfully blood-splattered after a remarkable set of punches and kicks. Shortly after this, a bible is revealed as one of his key possessions.Īdkins walks gallantly into a caged fight pit surrounded by cheerful prisoners cheering, some army officials in VIP seating and an announcer broadcasting to “selected establishments across Russia”, in English, for some reason.
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Michael Jai White is first seen selling Russian vodka in a TV ad, and he says “fuck” as the first word of English he speaks. In their introductory scenes, Adkins is praying in a Siberian prison cell adorned with many religious images and photos of fighting men. But one whose incredible moves would endear him to anybody watching. He rules the horrible Russian prison he lives in, treated well for fiercely cracking skulls – an entitled, privileged bully. He’s a Russian gangster in prison for murder who has become an underworld kingpin through his amazing fighting ability.
It seems like they weren’t planning on just how much fans would respond positively to his ways, and sequel plans – if they existed at all – certainly wouldn’t have included Boyka. Boyka is a fairly obnoxious, unsympathetic character in his first film, somewhat like Ving Rhames was in the first Undisputed. As his biggest parts prior were on EastEnders and Hollyoaks, the world seemed to underestimate Adkins. He was the main baddie and final fight opponent of George Chambers, played by great martial arts star Michael Jai White. It’s here where his character Boyka uttered the phrase “I am the most complete fighter in the world”, which fans have oft since applied to Adkins himself.īoyka’s debut came in 2006’s Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing. They catapulted Scott Adkins from minor roles and stunt work to being the international B-movie phenomenon he is today. In a recent post on the official Facebook page for Boyka: Undisputed IV, filmmaker Isaac Florentine and editor Irit Raz pose beside a still of the film, announcing the cutting is done and it’s moving into sound design.įollowing a look back at the one that started it all, for this blog I’ve watched the second and third Undisputed films. Yuri Boyka is a modern fight film demigod and he’s coming back.
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