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Discover this new japanese production from  Stand Entertainment called "Underground",  starring Al Snow, WWE wrestling legend and Andy McPhee (Animal Kingdom), by Majestic - Australian production, director/producer Steve Ravic.

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Synopsis: 

THE PLACE

UNDERGROUND is a prison where people of all walks of life, both men and women have been abducted and forced to fight to survive or die a brutal death in front of private paying spectators. 

Anyone refusing to fight is left with no choice but to be killed. The victims are chosen and abducted for revenge or simply just for entertainment purposes.

Frank is the mobster that keeps his victims locked up in cages of a cellar secretly built amidst union corruption in the construction industry. The cellar is not even listed as existing on any city records.

If you survive in the UNDERGROUND, you are rewarded with food and a chance to live to fight another day. Everyone else becomes your enemy in the struggle to survive and live in the hope that one day you will find a way to escape. But If the fight does not take your life, chances are that insanilty will.

THE STORY

A bride to be carrying her bridal dress is abducted after meeting her secret lover for coffee where she is reassuring him that she will continue to see him after she gets married.

The bride to be wakes to find herself in the UNDERGROUND, forced to wear her wedding dress and enter the fight ring to the ceremonial music of ‘Here Comes The Bride’ playing as she walks down the aisle to step into the ring where sentenced to fight to the death against her husband to be and her lover in a three way death match with only one survivor.

The repetitive nature of the matches inspire the mobsters crazed associates to request professional fighters by offering good money to have the professional fighters delivered to the UNDERGROUND.

Tommy is a retired fighter who is now somewhat of a street hero with money problems. He is approached by the mobster Frank and his thugs wanting to arrange a fight, but not informing Tommy that the actual fight is to be a death match between Tommy and the mob’s prize fighter.

None the less, Tommy’s fiancé Karen reminds him that he is retired for a good reason and that she does not want him to get hurt whatever the monetary reward may be. Tommy agrees not to fight.

Karen is abducted and tortured and the mob threaten to kill Tommy to prey on her fear. She is asked to perform sexual favours to save Tommy from being killed. Karen does not believe Frank and refuses to submit to his demands.

In his pursuit to find Karen, Tommy is lured to the UNDERGROUND where his fiancé is humiliated in front of him by Frank who wants to prove that he means business so Karen eventually succumbs to Frank’s requests realising that Tommy could be harmed or kiiled.

Already tormented by being forced to watch the sexual abuse of his fiancé, Tommy agrees to fight on the condition that Frank and his goons no longer harm Karen and set her free. Frank only agrees to set Karen free on the condition that Tonmy wins the fight.

Tommy signs on to fight and is put in a cage whilst his fiancé continues to be abused. That is when he is first exposed to the the torturous UNDERGROUND and realises that there will be no freedom.

Tommy’s challenge is now not only to win, but to rescue his fiancé and escape THE UNDERGROUND!