English (Undefeatable) Cantonese (Bloody Mary Killer)
Undefeatable is a 1993 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Godfrey Ho (using the pseudonym Godfrey Hall) and starring Cynthia Rothrock, John Miller, Don Niam, and Donna Jason. The picture was a Hong Kong production, but filmed in English on location in the United States. An alternate version of the film, titled Bloody Mary Killer, was released for the Asian markets.[1]
Plot
The film follows Kristi Jones (Cynthia Rothrock) who, along with her gang, take part in Mafia-run street fights to earn money for her sister's college education. Kristi's sister hopes to become a doctor and pay for Kristi's education.
Meanwhile, an underground fighter Paul Taylor[2] (Don Niam) - better known by his nickname "Stingray" - is left by his scared wife, Anna, after raping her, and vows to find her. Stingray has suffered from abandonment issues since early childhood and this new trauma triggers a psychotic break from reality. He begins to kidnap women who resemble his ex-wife, and subsequently tortures them and gouges their eyes out before returning their bodies to the crime scene. Kristi's sister becomes one of the victims, so Kristi tracks down Stingray with the help of police Detective Nick DiMarco (John Miller), who might just be falling for her, alongside her sister's psychiatry tutor Jennifer (Donna Jason) and Nick's partner Mike (Gerald Klein).
They eventually track down Stingray, who has kidnapped Jennifer, and fight in a warehouse where he escapes after shooting and killing Mike. Jennifer's injuries, complete with needing a cast on her arm, require that she be admitted to the hospital where she is again kidnapped by Stingray who is impersonating a doctor. Kristi and Nick chase him to a storage area where the three do battle, mostly through hand-to-hand combat. Stingray is bested by the pair, having both eyes gouged out in the process. He is then suspended by the eye-sockets with a meat hook, killing him.
The final scene shows with Kristi and her friends visiting her late sister's resting place to inform her that Stingray has finally been defeated. It is revealed that Kristi has somehow enrolled her former gang in college to give them a chance at a better life, and that Kristi has also been enrolled in college by Nick. The film ends with the group engaging in an impassioned four way high-five.
The version titled Bloody Mary Killer was re-dubbed into Chinese and features a second plot starring Robin Shou.[1]
Reception
Undefeatable gained fame at the beginning of 2006, when a video clip of its final fight began to spread on the Internet, where in one part it features Rothrock in a cast joining a fight and later doing a backflip while the two other actors constantly scream at each other.[3][4][5] That scene was then featured on an episode of truTV's World's Dumbest Brawlers,[6] and was included on the lists by Cracked.com, IGN and UGO.com.[7][8][9]
The film was featured on an episode of Best of the Worst on May 23, 2015 together with Blood Debts and The Tomb. Undefeatable was deemed best of the three and praised for its action choreography and stunts. Cynthia's part was highlighted and she was compared to contemporary action stars such as Jean-Claude Van Damme and Arnold Schwarzenegger.[10]
^ abUndefeatable (Movie). 1993. Event occurs at 1:05:38. Kristi Jones: Who is he? / Detective DiMarco: Paul Taylor. Goes by the street name "Stingray". You know him? / Kristi Jones: I've heard of him. He's pretty brutal. That's why they call him the Stingray.
^Wheeler, Jeremy. "Undefeatable (1993)". AllMovie. Retrieved 30 August 2021. This Cynthia Rothrock flick gained somewhat of a following due to a viral video campaign on the web in early 2006 that highlighted the hilarious end fight scene...
^Ihalainen, Paavo (22 August 2013). "Undefeatable (1993)". Elitisti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 17 February 2023. Överi lopputaistelu on kerännyt kiinnostusta YouTubessa ja muissa videopalveluissa. (Trans) The overt final fight has garnered interest on Youtube and other online web video services.
^Lambrechts, Stephen (6 February 2012). "The 12 Most Hilariously Awful Fight Scenes Ever". IGN. Retrieved 16 February 2023. #2, Undefeatable (Released: 1993). You may have seen this one before, as it's been very popular on Youtube under the title 'Best fight scene of all time'.
