Underground (2007)

Best movie of this year hands down!

Absolutely amazing

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

This is hands down one of the best martial arts films i've ever seen. Great mix of action and story. Whoever is saying that this movie is horrible or has a bad script obviously watches movies to get the meaning of life or thinks Never Back Down was a great martial arts flick and worthy of replacing Karate Kid and watches movies for the meaning of life and not to be entertained! Not only is this movie entertaining but it's engrossing. Every fight means something and the director did an awesome job of making the viewer care about the characters and the story. I honestly had no idea who was going to win at the end. Unlike almost every Hollywood flick that pits fighters in the movie for no reason at all and therefore made the movie predictable, I actually was shocked at the ending. England had it right to cast REAL MARTIAL ARTISTS in Martial Roles instead of actors who had a month of training and then having the audience believe that they could sell a fight scene! You would figure with Hollywood with their multi-million dollar budgets would think to cast martial artists for marital arts films! Maybe we have abominations like Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li and the abortion, Dragonball Evolution coming out soon.... Hollywood continues to rape my childhood with just those two movies, I won't even go into the other movies *Cough Transformers Cough* Not only that, the martial artists had more heart, facial expressions and depth than most Hollywood actors i've seen lately! The fights are semi-realistic with enough film flair to make it interesting and keep me in the perspective that this is a MOVIE and the characters are given great back-stories so that they aren't nameless, faceless cannon fodder.

When I first saw the trailer of that movie,didn't catch me much though but thought I should give it a try when I have free time,but it turned out pretty amazing by the way here is why I think why! First of all I would like to Thank the gifted writer for presenting us this unexpected turn of events,especially the ending which is still a complete shock to me.Second I would love to Thank the Director for making that simple story into a piece of art which is going to be remarkable,and for choosing a completely new actors which was the main factor of excitement,Leaving the audience each to pick up his hero,which was really nice.This movie is going straight into my library of Great Martial Arts Collection.

It is exactly what it states that it is - a fighting movie. The choreographed fighting is very good. These men and women are usually hidden in films - playing only background parts.(Appearing in Batman etc). It is refreshing to see a film in which the talented martial arts specialist are the main attractions. I think that this is especially true when you consider that this is a British film - made in Britain! Lets hear it for this film!!!!!! The stunts performed leave the audience in no doubt of the talent of these actors and actresses. The settings whilst not glam America are apt for the nature of the film. The actors who fulfil the roles are exactly right for the parts. The dialogue is appropriate and necessary to the plot line and provides much more information than can be supplied simply through the film. (P>S I may be biased as my daughter stars in this film - as Mark the homeless daughter).

To everyone else who's posted about this film, imagine it was named street fighter and released in the 90's. If they'd used this formula with the film street fighter in the 90's instead of the whole UN army vs terrorists thing it would have suited it down to the ground.If you like martial arts go watch it, if you feel you need x amounts of twists and turns in a movie to enjoy it then don't.The plots simple, explain the structure of the tournament. 5 minutes on each fighter's background and motivation. 2 minutes deciding who's up for the next fight, then on with the fight.