Underground (I) (2007)

In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds ... See full summary »

Director:

Chee Keong Cheung

Writers:

Chee Keong Cheung, Oliver Morran

Stars:

Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mark Strange	...	Mark, The Homeless
Nathan Lewis	...	Nathan, The Ex-Convict
Joey Ansah	...	Joey, The Model
Leon Sua	...	Leon, the Triad
Glenn Salvage	...	Father Salvage, The Priest
Beau Fowler	...	Bo, the Delinquent
Shane Steyn	...	Sgt. Shane Steyn, The Police Officer
Liang Yang	...	Liang, the Foreigner
Zara Phythian	...	Zara, The Teacher
William Mickleburgh	...	William, The Instructor
Scott Houston	...	Scott, the Kid
Chris Smith	...	Corporal Smith, The Soldier
Fidel Nanton	...	Fidel
Danny John-Jules	...	Lamont Gaines
Gary Webster	...	Brandon Glover

Storyline

In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've got to take the prize...but there can be only one winner.

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Plot Keywords:

tournament | fighting | martial arts | violence | mixed martial arts

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Taglines:

There can be only one winner...

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Genres:

Action

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Details

Official Sites:

Official MySpace Page Official site 1

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

2007 (UK)

Also Known As:

12

Filming Locations:

Lancaster, Lancashire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Intense Productions, T-Tech Digital Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The fighters in the tournament all use their real names as their character names. However, these names are only spoken once or twice in the movie for each fighter; a few of the names aren't spoken at all. Instead, they are referred to as, for example, the Teacher, the Soldier, the Homeless, the Foreigner, etc.

User Reviews

A failed attempt at a reality TV take on underground fights

I decided to watch this movie thinking it was going to be an action movie with a similar plot to most other fighting type movies where you follow the story of one man as he struggles to reach the top. That was not at all what this was. The director decided to make this basically a movie version of a reality TV show, by having these black and white cameras at times, and these cheesy background stories to the characters that you are given sometimes. Then there is the sequence when a fighter loses, similar to getting voted off in Survivor, except instead he goes home with a broken arm or something. While that may have been an interesting idea to have a reality fighting show, it certainly didn't pan out well in this movie. The fights seemed pretty realistic, where it only took a few hits to get knocked out, but the characters were just too cheesy.

So for anyone interested in no flairs fights with blood, and a cheesy storyline about people living with each other before fighting each other for 500k pounds, then you can watch this, but anyone interested in an exciting and action packed story-driven movie, go somewhere else.