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Awesome Movie

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

And now, having read through all the reviews – naturally thumbing down all those that deny the films greatness – and seeing that everything has been said, I feel I must have my say.How could I forget the first time I watched this movie with my buddies? We were laughing like imbeciles, even hours later, bouncing around the room, swinging from chandeliers while defecating against the walls. RIP, Bobby, watching the film was too much for him: his heart and brain imploding simultaneously. Mike ended his days in a lunatic asylum and Fred, well, let's just say he's still somewhere out there, hunting for female eyes. How could any of us suspected the mind-shattering experience that is "Undefeatable"? What sets director Godfrey Ho apart from the James Camerons, Stanley Kubricks or Ed Woods, is the fact that the man isn't really a director. Actually, he's a former accountant from Hong Kong, who came up with the glorious idea of buying, stealing and re-editing leftover B- and C-movies, splicing them up with footage of Europeans wearing silly ninja costumes and then selling the crap to idi… , pardon, to viewers like me. Sadly, after cheating everybody with whom he had ever worked, Godfrey has given up on directing. Instead, being the gift-that-keeps-giving that he is, he now teaches film-making at the university of Hong Kong.The second time I encountered "Undefeatable" was when I opted against "Titanic" for a romantic evening with my girlfriend. In that night, I asked her to marry me – she accepted, still a little shook up by the experience and we've been happily married since. Although, nowadays I sometimes suspect that she drinks, after having given birth to a little two-headed girl, whom we named Godfrey Ho-Marie.And now, as the warden is about to return me to my room (which I share with a giant Indian chief), I still hum to myself that old Frank Sinatra song: "Undefeatable, that's what you are … un-de-featable …." As to rating this film – I'd give it all the points in the world!

i've saw a different version of this movie called BLOODY MARY KILLER which is different in 3 cases than UNDEFEATABLE: 1.the movie starts with Cynthia rothrock using a sword to let us know how good is she at the demonstrations with weapons 2.it is a fight scenes at the beginning involving Cynthia rothrock and robin shou which not appears on undefeatable 3.that scene when john miller was telling Cynthia that he knows who killed her sister and after a few seconds Cynthia laughs and she was asking miller if they can take her car this scene is different on Asian edition was cuted a lil' bit so the laugh and the idea of Cynthia to take her car were cut off.so i think there 3 good improvements to the movie these 3 changes and i think that made the film better.i have BLOODY MARY KILLER from a friend.i think you'll like this version better

Cynthia Rothrock plays a street-fighter who teams up with a martial arts expert cop (John Miller) to avenge the death of her sister at the hands of a diabolical cage fighter who seemingly calls his wife "Mommy" and who snaps after his wife walks out on him, so he kills every woman who even looks like her. He also calls himself Stingray and spray paints red lines in his permed mullet. Oh boy, what can I say? I actually saw this martial arts gem when I was a teen, at the time it was merely a throwaway kung fu flick but with the You Tube revival of this movie, I eagerly awaited the June 16th DVD release and now that I have it, I can say, that paying the 10 dollars I paid, I got my money's worth. This thing is utterly surreal. One minute we see a woman talking to her shrink, than the curly haired psycho fighting a black guy, Rothrock fighting a guy with football pads and Sting Ray smashing a table and remembering how his mother deserted him for her boyfriend. All of this is done in the most incompetently hilarious fashion. This movie would merely be a lame kung fu take on 10 To Midnight, if it wasn't for the acting of Don Niam. Niam is about as subtle as a jackhammer, his eyes go to maximum density, his voice is soft spoken and every single moment he's on screen the movie is hands down funnier than any comedy ever made. For some reason he calls every redhead dresses like Niam's estranged wife, and for some reason everyone knows martial arts, whether it be Rothrock's sister to the female shrink. Don Niam is the movie, he's the reason the climatic fight is so funny. In fact had this movie featured a good actor the movie might've been offensive but with Niam, he somehow makes the unsavory material of rape, murder and eye gouging hilarious. Indeed George Carlin must have had this movie in mind when he said rape can be funny. Quality wise the movie is god-awful, the plot makes no sense, the production values rival 70s Kung Fu films (and this was made 20 years later) and the usually lively and likable Cynthia Rothrock seems to struggle to contain her contempt, of course that said she's easily the best actress in the cast. The fight sequences are admittedly decently handled, the choreography is generally decent, it's just the movie is so hokey, the film so badly made and dramatically lame that this is all for naught. As far as martial arts films go, this is bottom of the barrel, amateurish nonsense, but as unintentional comedies go, they don't come any funnier than this.*1/2 Out of 4-(Poor)

This film, a gem of the oft forgotten pre-internet pre-CG 90's, is one of the most entertaining train wrecks you'll ever see shot in soft focus and bad lighting. From the bug-eyed pathos of the immortal Don Niam (currently a martial arts instructor in Akron, OH, google him!) to the community-theater level production design, Undefeatable is not to be missed by true connoisseurs of the bottom of the film barrel.Our story, as it were, follows Cynthia Rothrock's Kristi Jones, who fights on the streets to put her kid sister through college. She's a street-tough hustler with a heart o' gold. Watching Kristi Jones ply her trade is really one of the most entertaining aspects of this movie. She and her "gang" of comic-relief Asian dudes meet up to fight other street-fighter-2-esque characters in an ally or warehouse or something. Some greasy dude in a suit pays money to the winners.Anyway, the parallel plot involves Don Niam's "Stingray," a pit fighter who is the titular "Undefeatable." He's a psycho who scares his wife away, and then subsequently wanders around attacking women who bear any slight resemblance to her. One of his victims is Rothrock's sister, which sets up the conflict.Don Niam's filmography consists basically of this role, a few other bit parts and "hit man" on some episode of L.A. Heat. Which is a terrible shame because Niam is triple-A HILARIOUS. Always the same bug eyed expression, the same ridiculous mullet, and the same hilarious overacting (which almost makes up for the extreme underacting of the rest of the cast). In one scene he's wearing denim cutoff jacket, which combined with his poofy hair and short stature makes him look like he should be at a K.D. Lang concert.Oh yeah, and there's the requisite "street-smart cop who doesn't play by the rules," his dopey sidekick, and even the "mayor's busting my balls" police chief, but at the end of the day this is Don "The Man" Niam's picture. Everyone else looks like they've popped a valium before they deliver their stupid lines while standing in cardboard sets lit by harsh fluorescents.SO, to summarize... hilarious over/underacting? Check. "Mentos commercial" school of cinematography? Check. AND, it's on Youtube! So you don't even have to leave your house! Just grab a six pack of shitty beer and enjoy the laughs.