Typically impressive fight moves from Michael Jai White, and a fun performance from Eamonn Walker. But the flat, pedestrian direction, production design and cinematography are on a level with the average Buffy episode (though not with the good ones), and the script is a mess. There is one interesting element that comes in and out of the movie, which is that even the powerful city-running crime-lord has to grit his teeth through meetings with racist white arseholes as he makes power moves, though this is compromised by two things: firstly that when we meet this big racist consortium, the extras hired are more like a United Colors Of Benetton ad, and secondly what is also the biggest issue with the entire movie: White's character is never in jeopardy, never makes a wrong move, inside or outside the ring. When you're rooting for the psychopathic crime-lord, the movie's doing something wrong. (The notably humourless, brutal 'ha ha he's getting prison raped' credits scene doesn't help matters either.)
Rating: Bad
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