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Heartfelt storyline + acting outshines poor fight scenes


If you're a hardcore fan of MMA (mixed martial arts), you'd find the fight scenes here rather unrealistic and poorly executed; even all the shaky, closeup and zoom in-out camera works failed to cover that up. But that's forgivable, thanks to the film's heartfelt storyline, strong acting performance, decent humour and moral purposes.

Nick Cheung Kar Fai is top class for Unbeatable, practically carried the movie with an engaging emotional display without leaving his trademark comedic ways. Eddie Peng, too, plays his innocent, determined character so convincingly that it gets the audience rooting and fearing for him in his fight scenes despite the illogical choreography.

The film's biggest issue is that it seems to portray MMA as a dodgy, brutal and fatal sport. It will, however, educate the audience about the basics of the combat sport effectively.

Full review with spoilers & list of issues here: http://www.colourlessopinions.com/2013/08/unbeatable-2013-movie-review .html

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actually, i think the fight choreography was more realistic than warrior with its silly wwe slams.

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I need a spin-off film of Scumbag Fai and Dani just being wholesome as fuck.

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