Description: The film is set in the Puerto Rican community of New York. Young Lex is an amateur boxer and lives a relatively quiet life between his work in an all-night store and his friends on the street. The impulse for his rise as a boxer is paradoxically the murder of his older brother. Lex leaves his community, becomes a professional boxer and despite initial problems achieves longed for success, albeit at the cost of losing his old friends and his own identity. The film has almost a documentary style of presenting New York and its many-layered ethnic mix.
It is this plain confrontation of a world of frank personal relationships and a world corrupted by money, which provides an interesting friction underneath the emotionally sophisticated fiction. Film awards:
Directed by: John Leguizamo,
(1964) Director´s annotation:
John Leguizamo, originally from Columbia, became famous as an actor in the films Moulin Rouge, Dr Dolittle and Spike Lee´s Summer of Sam. He became a director thanks to the success of his theatre show, which gained him many prestigious awards and which the HBO company adapted for its repertoire. Undefeated is his first feature film.
Starring: John Leguizamo, Clifton Collins jr., Omar Benson Miller, Robert Forster, Nestor Serrano
Script: Frank Pugliese, John Leguizano Camera: Enrique Chediak Cut: Bill Pankow Music: Andrew Barrett, Roy Nathanson, Bill Ware
