The Expendables 2
How do the many activity - pack movies ofmartial arts masterScott Adkinsrank , from bad to best ? Hailing from England , Scott Adkins is one of the most recognisable action stars around today , transitioning between different idiom with ease and leaving viewers speechless with his plainly astonishing abilities as a martial artist . Though his leading man work exists mainly in the straight - to - video world , that recording label has quite arguably pitch from the pejorative it once was to a licit selling head now that imaginative action pic that antecede a wide theatrical sacking have begun putting much of their big - blind brethren to pity .
For those who do n’t closely follow the straight - to - TV action at law scene , Adkins is a boldness that millions know well , from minor roles inUnleashed , Zero Dark Thirty , andThe Bourne Ultimatumto his show - slip gossamer battle inDoctor Strange . Adkins has also now and then ventured out of the warriorlike arts - heavy roles he ’s well known for , render his genuine strengths as an player . Nevertheless , likestunt maven Jackie Chan , Jean - Claude Van Damme , Jet Li , or Donnie Yen , the template of a " Scott Adkins movie " is something that is now well - found and beloved .
Whether in theNinjafilms , more comedic purpose likeThe Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud , his numerous team - ups and conflict against Van Damme , or his signature role as Yuri Boyka in theUndisputedfranchise , Scott Adkins continue to thrill viewers with his winning portmanteau word of charisma , physicality , and well - perfect warlike humanities prowess . Few of his vehicles are ever lustreless , and even some of his more B - level military action movies load down a big slug , specially if Isaac Florentine is involved as director . Here are the 32 " Scott Adkins movies " outrank from the worst to the unspoiled .
32. Incoming
A prison activeness movie set in the International Space Station certainly sounds like a good time , which is more than can be allege for thesci - fi filmIncoming . When the terrorist aboard the space post hatch a secret plan to crash it into Moscow , it ’s up to a fistful of personnel to blockade them , including the scratchy CIA operative Reiser , played by Adkins . Incomingis a case of a movie ’s ambition exceed what it ’s capable of deliver — clearly being made with a shoe string budget — that it ’s sadly not able to in effect block out . It also completely wastes the talents of Adkins with scrap scenes that are both too few and underwhelming , along with a villainous twist in the last twenty minutes that only seems to be there for the sake of having one . Add in crummy ocular issue a - mint , andIncomingis sadly the worst Scott Adkins motion picture ( Adkins himself having had shared his own disparaging Christian Bible for it on societal media ) .
31. Black Mask 2: City Of Masks
Ostensibly a subsequence to the 1996 superhero moving picture ofthe legendary Jet Li , Black Mask , City of Masksis really a reboot that just did n’t bother to inform anyone of that fact . The movie follows Kan Fung , play by Andy On , a superhuman warrior who flees his old life to become a superhero habilitate in a Kato - inspired masquerade , battle pro - wrestler turned into humanoid animals while also being pursued by the sinister kung fu scientist Dr. Lang , dally by Adkins . City of Masksis goofy shlock , through and through , and feels like a product of the ' 90s dark age of B - level risible book movie with a baddie masked with a span of oversized science lab goggles , terribly rendered CGI gist , and a gigantic brain in a tubful that want the hero back in his clutches at all costs . City of Masksis absurd on every stage , but the wire - fu heavy fight scenery are decent enough , and the last conflict between Black Mask and Lang lets you do it the cinema is being headline by two future military action superstar in the devising .
30. El Gringo
Released in 2012,El Gringoisn’t one of the more memorable Scott Adkins vehicle , but it ’s tolerable as a Friday night watch . An unidentified traveler only know as " The Man " arrives in a Mexican town with a case full of $ 2 million , running afoul of drug cartels , DEA officials , and other assorted enemies , all while he just wants nothing more than a chalk of water . Adkins advance the celluloid from what it otherwise would have been without him with an in - over - his - school principal functioning , and the action scenes are n’t bad . As theantagonist , Christian Slateris also in tow and equally game as Lieutenant West . Overall , El Gringois neither a unsound natural process flick nor an especially great one .
29. The Legend of Hercules
A January release in 2014 does n’t exactly inspire confidence in something bear the titleThe Legend of Hercules , and make no mistake , the film is no masterpiece , but taken on its own silly terms , it ’s a goofy but charming B complex - movie . Scott Adkins plays the megalomaniacal King Amphitryon , whom the nominal demigod , played by Kellan Lutz , seeks to overthrow . 2014 also saw the waiver of the Dwayne Johnson - ledHerculesthat summertime , and when all was said and done , neither made that great an impact with most leaning a minute more favourably to the latter . Adkins is easily the standout ofThe Legend of Hercules , handling the fight scenes root on bythe epic scope of300beautifully and giving one of his hammy baddie performances to date . If you ’ve dumbfound 90 proceedings to vote down , The Legend of Herculeswill at least keep you on board with Scott Adkins going all in as its villain .
28. The Shepherd: Border Patrol
The first collaboration of Jean - Claude Van Damme and Scott Adkins , The sheepman : Border Patrolcame during the period betweenUndisputed 2andNinjawhen Adkins is still on the rise , and with Isaac Florentine at the helm , it ’s an alright action flick . Van Damme portrays ex - New Orleans fuzz Jack Robideaux , who join the moulding patrol in New Mexico , and soon notice himself battling drug smugglers . Van Damme ’s careerhad fallen off the radar a act in the other 2000s , gradually working his way back up in his straight - to - video workplace , andBorder Patrolis enough to make one wonder why he has n’t worked with Florentine more frequently . Adkins is around to slip the show as the villain Karp , with his and Van Damme ’s concluding fight being the highlight of the film . The two still shin to find the perfect project and a fight successiveness that truly put both of their attainment to use , for a while , which ended up beingUniversal Soldier : Day of Reckoning , butBorder Patrolat least get people used to the melodic theme of Van Damme and Adkins on - covert together .
27. The Expendables 2
The continuation to Sylvester Stallone ’s 2010 action star ensemble , The Expendables 2hit theaters two years later with a bigger crew and more of everything that made the first such a gust . This time , the Expendables battle the gang of implements of war principal Jean - Vilain , play by renownmartial artist Jean - Claude Van Damme , who ’s out to sell a stash of atomic number 94 on the smuggled market , while having a account to finalise with him after his murder of their Modern enlistee , Liam Hemsworth ’s Billy the Kid . Scott Adkins turned down an offer forThe Expendablesover programming withUndisputed 3 , and he distinctly relish the 2d luck to room the series as Vilain ’s aggressive companion Hector . As the best instalment of the serial , The Expendables 2is lower on the tilt due to Adkins still being in a subaltern role , but he channeled Boyka as Hector and get in one awful engagement scene with Jason Statham .
26. Assassination Games
The sophomore squad - up ofJean - Claude Van Damme and Scott Adkins , Assassination Gamesis closer to a crime thriller than an activity flick and is best enjoyed on that level . Van Damme and Adkins portray assassins Vincent Brazil and Roland Flint , who are forced to squad - up in pursuit of a common foe . Director Ernie Barbarash has repeatedly shown his skill with legal action films , by and by working with Van Damme again onPound of Fleshand Adkins onAbduction , whileAssassination Gamessettles into a darker , more simmer plan of attack . Van Damme ’s Logos Kristopher Van Varenberg also appears in the film in the role of Schell , while his daughter Bianca also portray Flint ’s comatose married woman Anna . Taking the mode of a cheat game , Assassination Gamesworks in good order as an noetic thriller , though the first face-off between Brazil and Flint is decidedly far too abbreviated .
25. Legacy of Lies
A dark , contemplative spy thriller , Legacy of Liesbasically takes the venial role Adkins had intheaction - spy thrillerThe Bourne Ultimatumand commit him at the throttle . Adkins portray Martin Baxter , a former British SAS private eye who gets roped into a conspiracy involving the Russian Cosa Nostra , and journalist Sacha , played by Yuliia Sobol . A spy movie first and an action motion-picture show second , Legacy of Liesis milled and pristine even by today ’s elevated straight - to - television standards , with enough solid action scenes to get the viewer ’s line pumping . That said , the tempo overall is a little too much on the slower side , but Adkins still flexes his versatility in a role less reliant on spin kicks than what he ’s known for . Picture Scott Adkins throw off into an former 90s ' thriller adapted froma Tom Clancy tale , andLegacy of Lieswould be it .
24. Abduction
Nearly two decennium after the goofyBlack Mask 2 : metropolis of Masks , Scott Adkins team up with Andy On again for the more straightforwardAbduction . Adkins plays Quinn , a humans abducted by otherworldly beings in 1985 and dropped into Vietnam in 2018 , find to deliver his girl and teaming up with On ’s Conner , who ’s on a seeking to save his abducted wife . share some similarly shaky plot component with their prior collaboration , Abductionis far more fine - tune up in its substantially dour premise , with wad of capital action scene along the elbow room , let in a rematch between Adkins and On ( the latter is far less known in the West than Adkins , but fan ofHong Kong action cinemaknow On well from film likeTrue LegendandOnce Upon A clip In Shanghai).Abductionis largely an gratifying mixing of sci - fi legal action and human race - on - the - run , though the ending is a bit of a psyche - scratcher in the wallop it seems to be going for .
23. The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud
Scott Adkins veered right smart off out of his usual pilothouse with the video biz comedyThe Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud , and it ’s a welcome case of zany reinvention . Adkins impersonate the titulary video secret plan hero , who becomes a guide to Isabelle Allen ’s Sarah . Sarah is an adolescent girl who finds herself pulled into the biz and transform into Max ’s sidekick , Jake , played by Elliot James Langridge . The story is basically a blank space twist ontheJumanjisequels , butMax Cloudkeeps the formula sweet with lots of laughter , video game - cheer engagement shot , and a complete neglect for taking itself in earnest . The comedic endeavors Adkins has made have always hewed into more grownup territorial dominion , but he shows he can also drive home laugh in family picture show with his committed , camp performance as Max Cloud .
22. Special Forces
The first of many collaborations between Scott Adkins and manager Isaac Florentine , Special Forcesis basically the diametric ofIncoming , a very grim - budget straight - to - picture action picture show that well makes you draw a blank it was made for centime . Marshall Teague plays Major Don Harding , who commands a team of special forces troops on a delivery mission in Eastern Europe who terminate up unite force with British SAS secret agent Talbot , play by Adkins , who has his own score to settle down with one of the bad guys . Teague , well - known forRoad House , is well - cast of characters as the military commander , and while Adkins is in a supporting role , it ’s one of the show - stealing form , especially in his combat with the assassin Zaman , played by Vladislavas Jacukevicius in the midst of the plosion - fulfil final battle . If it were released today , Special Forceswould be just the former straight - to - video action movie to be well ahead of the big - screen competition . In its own clip , Special Forceswas the form to quietly build up love being draw around among activeness fans like a configuration of miniskirt - folklore .
21. Ninja
After many load-bearing and nefarious roles in the other 2000s , Scott Adkins graduate to go human beings status withNinja . The movie consider Adkins impersonate American Ninjutsu passe-partout Casey Bowman , who , along with his fellow student Namiko , played by Mika Hiji , must protect a chest of weaponrywielded by ninja warriorsknown as theYoroi Bitsufrom the bloodthirsty Masazuka , played by Tsutoshi Ihara . Ninjawasn’t quite as out - of - this - world as many had hop . Its surprisingly abbreviated run time makes it the rare event of an action movie being a little too tight - paced , and the last battle also blurs together otherwise excellent scrap scenes . Nevertheless , Ninjais a fun modern update of the ' LXXX ninja movie craze , and showed that even when the Adkins - Florentine duo only earns a Bel , it ’s what an A+ would look like for countless others .
20. Hard Target 2
Landing a whopping 23 years after the 1993 Jean - Claude Van Damme original , 2016’sHard Target 2is a late but very worthy unbent - to - video subsequence . Afterhighly formidable MMA fighterWes " The Jailor " Baylor ends up shoot down his best friend in the band , his guilt haunts him as he competes in secret fighting in Thailand , before the hope of a big fighting extend to him being hunted through the jungles of Myanmar . Hard Target 2oddly sharesBoyka : Undisputed ’s plot gadget of Adkins playing a skilled MMA fighter who unexpectedly kill an opponent , but their similarities end there . unfeigned to the original , the flick is backpack with peck of gun - fu and martial arts , the latter being a more prominent component this metre . A swell true cat and mouse game in the jungle and another fantastic leading human being turn over from Scott Adkins , Hard Target 2is a case of better deep than never .
19. Wolf Warrior
Wu Jing had back - to - back hits in 2015 , asterisk inSPL 2 : A Time For Consequencesalongside Muay Thai maestro Tony Jaa , and directing and starring in the ChineseRambowith 2015’sWolf Warrior . Wu Jing play Formosan soldier Leng Feng , who finds himself support his building block during an plan of attack by Western mercenary hired by the vengeful drug lord brother of a terrorist Leng Feng previously killed . Scott Adkins plays the mercenary Tom Cat , and though martial art is a secondary element of the picture show , it does n’t neglect to go out on a engagement between him and Wu Jing . Two years later , Leng Feng ’s first mission was completely overshadowed by the grievous achiever ofWolf Warrior 2 , but the pilot is still a briskly - paced action photographic film withsome martial arts fightsadded in , and sport the talent of Wu Jing and Scott Adkins , it ’s not one to miss .
18. Green Street 3: Never Back Down
The third chapter in the series of football hooligan - based films , Green Street 3 : Never Back Downsees Adkins as Danny , a former penis of the West Ham United ’s Green Street Elite gang who returns to London to retaliate the death of his buddy in a hooligan conflict . Green Street 3is as rough and rowdy as you ’d expect , with viciously bestial battle between each " business firm " ( a word of advice to American witness - boning up on British slang would n’t be unwise ) . Joey Ansah of theYouTube hitStreet Fighter : Assassin ’s Fistis also onboard as Danny ’s copper friend Victor , with him , Christian Howard , and Amed Hashimi engineer the action scenes , which are about as full of swearing as they are actual strikes . As an natural process dramatic play that ’s a bit rougher around the bound , Green Street 3gets the job done effectively .
17. Seized
The latest straight - to - television title to boast the gens of Scott Adkins and Isaac Florentine , Seizedfollows Adkins as former special ops agent Nero . Nero is coerce into eliminate the rival criminal offense bosses of Mzamo , played by Mario Van Peebles , after his son is kidnapped . Seizedis cut from the same cloth as Adkins and Florentine ’s 2015 movieClose Range , a relatively low - scale buthigh - stakes military action moviethat knows incisively how to utilise its nonaged scope for maximal impact . Van Peebles is clearly having a ball as the sinister but not all unredeemable Mzamo , while the action scenes are frequent and predictably superb , including a aspect - off between Adkins andUFCfighter Uriah Hall . Though Christian Howard ofStreet Fighter : Assassin ’s Fistfame is underutilized , Seizedshows that the potency of Adkins and Florentine ’s body of work together has yet to wear off .
16. Castle Falls
Re - teaming Adkins with Dolph Lundgren , who also direct , Castle Fallssees Adkins portray Mike Wade , a former MMA champion who takes a temp occupation in an old hospital scheduled for demolition and discovers a collection of base containing $ 3 million . However , a condemnable gang get to get the money for their jug big knob , along Richard Ericson ( Lundgren ) , who needs money to save his go girl . Mike ’s budding friendship with a fellow worker ( Vas Sanchez ) works inan Easter bollock to Adkins ’ Yuri Boyka , and though the moving-picture show moves a fast pace , the script give viewers plenty of time to get to know Mike and Ericson and sympathize with their tough situations . Lundgren ’s direction preserve viewers on their toes with the ninety - minute timeframe the theatrical role have until the building is brought down , which also observe the gunplay compartmentalized due to the building being filled with explosive . This leave plenty of opened quad for the movie ’s warlike arts fights , and with Tim Man as fight choreographer , they hit with everything fans of Adkins and Lundgren love to see .
15. Savage Dog
A low - budget natural process movie set in the jungle of 1959 Indochina , Savage Dogwas the pointedness where Jesse Johnson began to go up up the social rank of square - to - video action at law filmmakers . Adkins ' Ex - IRA soldier Martin Tillman is trying to leave his life of no - grip - barred fights behind . After the murder of his friend , Valentine , play byplayed by Keith David , Tillman embarks on one last military mission of payback . Adkins and Johnson have become as exemplary a director - star parcel as Adkins has long been with Isaac Florentine , andSavage Dogsqueezes everything it can get out of its limited budget , with explosions and gunfight one would n’t readily expect from an action movie of this scale . The fight scenes ofSavage Dogare also quite suitably reflective of the title , with Adkins not only getting in a fantastic climactic replay with Marko Zaror fromUndisputed 3 : Redemption , but even going brain - to - head with MMA great Cung Le . Just two age onward of her breakout role onthe Netflix hitWu Assassins , JuJu Chan Szeto also makes an appearance as Martin ’s romantic interest , Isabella , and Keith David at once raise any movie by his cobwebby charisma and impossible to duplicate smiling .
14. Close Range
arrive in 2015,Close Rangewould be a much more fair action movie under normal condition , but Scott Adkins as the leading man and Isaac Florentine as the managing director remains a proven jazz band . Adkins portrays the cynical , for the most part anti - social Iraq War veterinarian Colt MacReady , who comes out of his cloistered life to deliver his niece after she ’s been abduct by a Mexican criminal offence boss . The secret plan is n’t anything innovative , and any moving picture being position for the most part in such a peculiar area is always a sign of filmmaking frugality . However , in the hand of Isaac Florentine , Close Rangeis likeJohn Wickon a farm , while adjustingAdkins ' usual on - screen fighting styleto fit within the confines of the setting . Whether it ’s MacReady ’s more subject - graze battle with a determined bravo , dally by fight choreographer Jeremy Marinas , or theDaredevil - worthy one - shot fight that opens the motion picture , Close Rangeis action at law moving-picture show minimalism of the highest order .
13. The Debt Collector
Scott Adkins had been part of ensemble and duos before , but it was n’t until 2018’sThe Debt Collectorthat he really get the opportunity to be one half of a buddy movie pairing . When former British soldier French , played by Adkins , fall on some hard times , he joins up with local collector Sue , played by Louis Mandylor , to cash a ready payday in Holy Order to save the rental on hismartial arts school day . The fight sequences are as coarse and plenteous inThe Debt Collector , but the real playfulness is in the head - butting chemistry of Adkins and Mandylor , shaking down defaulters more and more reluctant to pay up . French is the acerbic sturdy guy next to Sue ’s veteran but marginally more diplomatic " mediator , " as the movie call him . The ending is a trap door of electrical shock for the fates of French and Sue , but sequelDebt Collectorsshows they only sit on the workbench for so long .
12. Debt Collectors
The finish ofThe Debt Collectormay have leave behind French and Sue at death ’s door , butDebt Collectorsjust beak up with both of them active and give up once more . With French having just been fire from his fishgig as a bouncer , Sue recruit him for one last round of shakedown inthe infernal region of Las Vegas . Debt Collectorsis every bit the caldron of glowering humor and smackdowns of both the forcible and verbal variety as the original . French ’s caustic rundown of the American Revolution to a gang gainsay him to a saloon fight gets its story object lesson enwrap up in a fraction ofHamilton ’s runtime , with an acidulent punchline well out of Disney+ dominion . Just like its precursor , the activeness scenery ofDebt Collectorswould be ripe at home in an R - rate Jackie Chan picture show with their comedic profanity and penalty , with French and Sue eventually hash out their diverging professional method acting in aThey Live - inspired alley beatdown . As another doctrine of analogy of navigating life ’s harsh challenges , Debt Collectorskeeps the laughs coming and the fists furious .
11. Eliminators
2016’sEliminatorswould pit Scott Adkins against Stu Bennett , knowin the WWE worldas Wade Barrett , and the movie is a curiously under - the - radar offer fromWWEStudios . Adkins ' Former U.S. special factor Thomas McKenzie lives a quiet life in London under the Witness Protection Program but is pull to spring back into action when his former founder - in - natural law hatches a game of vengeance . The villain plot is a little more layered and personal than one might carry , which adds some excited weight to the floor ofEliminators . The action scenes are also top - of - the - line , with Adkins even trade fisticuffs with Aaron Gassor , known on YouTube as Ginger Ninja Trickster . Without a doubt , the high spot ofEliminatorsis Adkins and Wade Barrett waging warfare not once but double in a swell blend of soldierlike arts and grappling . The lackluster trailer frankly didEliminatorsno favour , but it ’s lots of action - heavy playfulness no matter .
10. One Shot
Adkins ’ third film with conductor James Nunn that unfolds ina single unplowed shot , One Shotfollows him as Navy SEAL Jake Harris , arrive at a CIA prison to see suspected terrorist Amir Mansur ( Waleed Elgaldi ) off site . When a grouping of insurgents storm the base to retrieve Mansur , government affair Zoe Anderson ( Ashley Green Khoury ) realizes that he ’s the only stab they have of stopping a unsportsmanlike bomb from exploding in Washington D.C. With single - take action scenes leading to the rise of whole single shot movies like1917,One Shotis one of the best to ever pull that gismo off . One Shotis systematically gripping with the admirer ’s bottle - necked into an office while trying to hold the incoming attacks at embayment . One Shotalso has a surprising amount of emotional ruth in Mansur ’s tragic loss of his son in a U.S. lagger strike and his stumbling into a peripheral connection to the insurgent ’s plot in his grieving . One Shotbringsthe feel of a telecasting gameto its explosive conflict , and allows Adkins to channel a more close - quarters combat style with knife and wrestling maneuvers in the fight scenes . When it comes to the intricate artistic production of unmarried - take action , One Shotis immersive and powerful as it gets .
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9. Ip Man 4: The Finale
For the last chapter of the darling saga of Bruce Lee ’s wise man , Donnie Yen himself wanted Scott Adkins as its scoundrel , with a bare photo of the two hold the handwriting posted to societal media being enough to makeIp mankind 4 : The Finaletwice the must - see it already was for fans of the serial . The titular Wing Chun lord andmentor to Bruce Lee himselftravels to San Francisco to look for a school to ship his rebellious son to . His peaceable movement to work up ethnic bridges put him at odds with both the Formosan kung fu residential area and xenophobic locals , especially Gunnery Sergeant Barton Geddes , played by Adkins . By this point , Donnie Yen could embody Ip Man blindfold and with his hands tied behind his back , and his swan song to his signature role is impactful and emotional . Danny Chan is also fantabulous as Bruce Lee just hitting his bloom , with Chris Collins a formidable foe to Ip Man as belligerent Marine hand - to - hand fight instructor Colin Frater . Meanwhile , Adkins give one of his most off - the - chain scoundrel performances yet as the impossibly bellicose Geddes . TheIp Manseriesconcluded on a high preeminence withIp Man 4 , pure with a Donnie Yen - Scott Adkins struggle that madeThe Finalea grand one .
8. Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Though Scott Adkins has churned out several of the salutary advanced action movies in the straight - to - video sphere , it ’s still quite the surprisal that one of them also happens to be the bestUniversal Soldiermovie . Adkins play a world named John , who awakens in a hospital layer after his family is off by former UniSol Luc Devereaux , played by Jean - Claude Van Damme . John presently finds himself on the ravel alongside a cleaning woman named Sarah ( Mariah Bonner ) and gain there ’s far more at shimmer than he thought . After the superb franchise revival meeting that was 2009’sUniversal Soldier : Regeneration , Day of Reckoningis like a psychedelic Jason Bourne - style repugnance movie as John realizes his superhuman long suit and laboratory origins , with natural action scenes that are as visceral asthe conflict ofThe Raidmovies . For a sci - fi series that never unfeignedly lift to greatness , Day of Reckoning , in its own style , isMatrix - levels of labyrinthine storytelling wrapped around wads of spectacular martial artwork military action .
7. Accident Man
Based on the eponymic title featured in the British comic bookToxic!from the early ' 90 , Accident Mansees Adkins portray Mike Fallon , an assassin specializing in making his hits take care like tragical bad luck , with Fallon going on a revenge missionary station after his pregnant ex-wife - girlfriend is slay . Accident Manhad long been the best-loved project of Adkins , and he grow and co - spell the screenplay with Stu Small . While he ’s long been known for harder action movies , Accident Manshowed that he was equally adept at black funniness . In particular , the underground earth ofJohn Wickwould be kick in a comedic whirl in Fallon ’s bozo bunch of fellow assassins , including the duo Mick and Mac , run by Michael Jai White andStar Warsalum Ray Park , along with the competently name Jane the Ripper , played by Amy Johnston . lack in neither activity nor laugh , Accident Manwas another win for the radius - rate comic Holy Writ movie subgenre .
6. Avengement
Jesse Johnson is one of a growing number of stunt people to transition to directing , and if anything can be called his most tough as nails sashay to date , it would doubtless beAvengement . The motion-picture show sees Adkins playing escaped convict Cain Burgess , who recounts the story of his unlawful internment and delegation of vengeance over the course of study of the movie . With a set of metal teeth and a expression burned by jury-rigged napalm , Cain is the most ruthless fibre Adkins has ever play , basically reverse himself into a wild fauna to survive prison . TheBronson - esqueAvengement , ranked asAdkins ' pet movie of his own , is simultaneously non - stop activity and a simmer dull burn , with the many fighting view and Cain ’s narration gradually build to the female parent of all bar combat . Adkins had to labor for the necessary production time for the final conflict sequence in the gin mill to be the explosion of unhinged action that he and Johnson specify , and viewers should be eternally thankful that he did — Avengementtruly pop off out on a bar brawl that has really has no equal .
5. Triple Threat
After being Jean - Claude Van Damme ’s right - mitt man inThe Expendables 2 , Scott Adkins got to let loose all of his antagonistic might in the mega - soldierly arts ensembleTriple Threat . AlongsideAdkins as the main villainare Tony Jaa , Iko Uwais , Tiger Chen , Michael Jai White , Jeeja Yanin , Michael Bisping , and Ron Smoorenburg , a line - up guarantee to leave any soldierly humanistic discipline motion-picture show fan speechless just reading it . When a squad of mercenary lead by the vicious Collins , play by Adkins , point a wealthy benefactor combating organized crime , it ’s up to Payu and Long Fei , played by Jaa and Chen , to stop them with the assistance of the crafty Jaka , played by Uwais . Also under the direction of Jesse Johnson , Triple Threatis stinting to the extreme point , wasting no sentence to get the ball rolling on its natural action - pack sale pitch , and swiftly putting the extremely talentedmartial artist Uwaisand Chen in a Muay Thai fight as a do - over from their dissatisfactory anterior grimace - off inMan of Tai Chi . All of it builds to a glorious closing curtain ofTriple Threat ’s ensemble wag state of war on one another , and through it all , Adkins cement once more he ’s just as energetic and wildly engage as a villain as he is a hero .
4. Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing
In the other 2000s , Scott Adkins was a name and a aspect that many had some general but not informal familiarity with from his body of work in action movies , butUndisputed 2was his breakout as the indomitably determined prison house MMA fighter Yuri Boyka . Pitting him opposite Michael Jai White ’s George “ Iceman ” Chambers , Undisputed 2pulls off an unexpected and very apt switcheroo of baffle viewers to cheer for the downfall of Chambers with his pompous mental attitude while alsogetting them on Boyka ’s sidethrough his unbreakable focusing of turn out that he truly is The Most Complete Fighter in the World . True to that jactitation , the fight scenes ofUndisputed 2are utterly off - the - hook shot .
3. Undisputed 3: Redemption
A shattered knee can only put The Most Complete Fighter in the World down for so long , with Boyka stepping back into the mob inUndisputed 3 : Redemption . This prison term , Boyka ’s pulled into an international MMA tournament of eight prisoners from around the humankind competing for their freedom , developing an alliance with Mykel Shannon Jenkins ’ Turbo when it becomes clean that the competition is being rigged in the favor of Dolor , act by Marko Zaror . As the villainous Colombian fighter , Zaror is a delectably unworthy adversary and a real challenger for Boyka , whose bad knee from the last pic give him one more obstacle to overcome . The conflict sequences also continue to be out - of - this - cosmos , especiallyBoyka and Dolor ’s final encounter , but by the final stage of the movie , another conflict would still lie in the lead for him .
2. Ninja II: Shadow of a Tear
Whatever the shortcoming of the firstNinjamay have been , they ’re totally out the windowpane inNinja II : Shadow of a Tearas Adkins and Isaac Florentine payoff to deliver one of the risky , most action - packed straight - to - video soldierlike arts films ever made . In the sequel , Casey venture into the jungles of Myanmar on a revenge mission after the pregnant Namiko is remove , receiving guidance along the way from his fellow Ninjutsu master Nakabara , played by Kane Kosugi . The action mechanism scenes ofShadow of a Tearare an assembly line of incredible , from a one - pellet dojo fight to Casey ’s fiery raid of a drug compound , where he also faces off with fleet and formidable collaborator played by combat choreographer Tim Man . The true statement about Nakabara ’s intentions are n’t precisely a heavily obliterate privy inthe ninja movie role Kosugi channel , but that ’s a blemish that ’s highly easy to forgive in his and Casey ’s final duel of ninja masters . Not only isShadow of a Tearone of the best motion-picture show of both Adkins and Florentine , but it ’s also arguably the expert ninja motion picture of all time .
1. Boyka: Undisputed
Boyka ’s movies have always packed a slug , butBoyka : Undisputedis easily the most personal and aroused fight he ’s ever faced . After accidentally kill an opponent in the gang , Boyka risks his newfound freedom traveling back to Russia to compete in a serial of fights to free the fighter aircraft ’s widow woman from the clutch of the Russian mafia . Directed by Todor Chapkanov with Isaac Florentine producing , Boyka : Undisputedis the upright of the series , theUndisputedfranchise always get good and the MMA engagement as radioactively exalt as ever . It ’s also the thick of the three in showing not just the honorable serviceman that Boyka has always been , but the in effect one that ’s he ’s been all along , confronting the guiltiness he hold over the sinning of his past and putting everything he ’s achieve for himself on the melodic phrase to right a horrific damage . Boyka : Undisputedcaps off Boyka ’s account with unbelievable action wrapped in a tale of sacrifice and atonement , and isScott Adkins ’ best to day of the month – though hopefully , either that pitchedUndisputedTV serial publication or simplyUndisputed 5 in movie formget off the background to get Boyka back into the pack again !
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