I am SUPER excited for the new UD3 to release, which is why it kills me to be the one who gives a negative opinion of the new poster.

At first I was just excited to see something new, but once the initial excitement passed I wasn't that impressed with that I am assuming is the official poster for the film. Looking at this I know nothing about the movie other than Boyka is back and it screams "straight to video."

First off, I am not sure what message about the movie I am supposed to take away after looking at this poster. To the casual fan, I would think most everyone would think that Boyka is fighting Chambers again and they just re-cast Michael Jai White's character.

Second, the photos aren't that great. This is a movie that has one of the strongest cast of martial arts fighters ever assembled and the poster does nothing to sell the audience on that point. All we really see is that Boyka is back and he is still ripped.

Thirdly, what is in the background exactly? Is it a prison, a warehouse, do they fight in the street?

And lastly, which is more of a personal preference, the colors don't pop enough. Adkins and Jenkins blend right in with the background.

Here is what I would love to try as an alternate version of this poster. Get a profile picture of Bokya on the left side of the poster from the shoulder up facing right. Then get a profile picture of Dolor on right right side of the poster facing left. This would create the two main competitors facing off with each other, which alone should tell the audience that these two men will compete against eachother. The background would be a stock photo of prison bars. These two facing off would occupy the top half of the poster.

Below the picture of their faces is a smaller photo of what is one of closing shots of the trailer where Dolor is throwing a low kick and Boyka is countering with a superman punch. A still shot of that would give the poster a great action shot and once again reiterate that this is a martial arts movie that takes place in a ring.


I would also photoshop in above the action shot all the flags from the competing fighters countries as if they are hanging from the ceiling. (which they are in the film). This will help sell the international tournament style of this movie.

To give the poster a little more international martial arts feel and show how this film is different from the previous two films, I would try to give all the remaining competitiors a thumbnail size picture of their face at the bottom and list the country they are from below them. Or maybe use their counrties flag as the background and just list their names under the photo. Guys like Lateef Crowder and IIram Choi are not well known in the US, but do have a cult following and are very well known internationally which should only help sell this movie to more fans.

Lastly, I would give the movie a great tag line which I don't have on the top of my head. I am not suggesting to use this, but something like "The worlds greatest prison fighter has just met his match." Something like this would sell the audience that these new fights, especially Dolor, are badass.

I would love to take a stab at this concept if I could get my hands on some hi-res photos of the images I mentioned. I would also just need to know the specific countries the fighters represent in this movie so I know what flags I would need.

well you have some points here...but I guess when you say it screams straight to vid...well that´s what it is and if we look at most dvd covers from that kinda films...well...

I just think the pic of scott looks extremely badass since he looks like a superbeast on it...that´s the only reason for my hype....the rest I give to you...you are right...

guys remember there will be a few different covers look how many we had for ninja

giangrosso,

Would it be possible to get some photos to take a stab at this. If I have time, this would be a high end version. You can email me privately if need be.

Thanks.

Boyka,

Thanks for the support. As for your comment about this movie going direct to video. I agree that this will never hit theaters, but that should never stop a company from doing a first class marketing campaign.

I would love to take a stab at this.

Very good ideas for a better cover!

The only thing I can come up with, on why they used Turbo in the poster, is that the trailer seems to imply that this character seems to have something to do with Boyka. Or that he seems to be some sort of center figure in the movie. Hard to say since I haven't seen the movie yet, for some particular reason Turbo also seems to be in a quite good shape, so he makes a good choice for a big guy posturing in the cover.

Still, I would really like to see those other covers SlamNation was mentioning about. Some very good covers could be established with a bit of imagination

Fixet,

Thanks for the support as well.

I agree with your points on why they used Turbo on the cover, but don't agree with the logic of the people who decided this. If Jenkins was an A level actor like Morgan Freeman, then it makes sense to put him on the cover since he will help sell this movie to more viewers. But Jenkins is not currently an A level actor and his relationship to Adkins makes no sense from the poster. Are they friends, enemies, is that Chambers, etc? Scott is the star of this film. Maybe putting Dolor on the cover is not a great idea, but I would know better once I start playing with it. I do think having some kind of action shot as well as embracing that this is a martial arts movie with international talent is important.

Thanks for the support. Hopefully with enough fan support I can give this poster a try. I only want to see this movie do well.

id love to see a fan creation poster! the only pictures i have are the ones iv put on the main site. http://www.scottadkinsfanz.co.uk/undisputed3.htm


look forward to seeing it.

giangrosso,

Sounds like I am going to be limited with materials. Is it safe to say that if the initial conceptual poster is good that it might be easier to get some high-res photos for a future version?

Would it be possible for you to get confirmation on the countries represented so I can gather materials for the poster?

il try and get some info for you.

Much appreciated.

I would have entered the fan made poster contest but I was not around the forum back then.

Another question maybe you can find out....do you know what font they are using for their title?

ok iv got the countrys for you from isaac. These are the ones around the ring.

Greece, USA, Russia ,Colombia , Croatia, Brazil, France , N, Korea

giangrosso,

Thank you SO much for your help.

I started last night on the template and having the official countries will be a major help. Thank you for taking the time to contact Isaac.

I will continue to work on it throughout the week and I hope to have something to show you soon. Like I said, since my materials are not very high quality I can't make the dimensions too big. But hopefully everyone will like the concept.

My lowest quality image is the "Superman punch" that is taken from the trailer, since the trailer is such low quality. If there is an HD version of the trailer that can be posted that might work better. I am thinking of using the shot of Boyka putting Dolor in a triangle just because the quality is so much better, but some people might not think of that as much of an action shot.

il try and get some high resolutions pics from the trailer for you.

i think the poster is a good one and looks much better than most of the covers of other DTV-Films ... especially the SPHE ones


I keep the fingers crossed that the release of U3 won´t take so long as the NINJA release