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Jade (Sara Walsh) is the star fighter, personal assistant, and henchwoman for Monro, the owner of a brutal, often murderous, underground fighting gambling operation in Underground (2010). The movie is the story of Michael, a teenage young man whose parents were killed. He is full of natural fighting talent and he is drawn into Monro's ugly business by the promise of making money by fighting. Monro tests him in a series of fights and is increasingly impressed by his instinctive and showy style of fighting. As Monro becomes more impressed with Michael, tensions arise between Monro and Jade, who does not think Michael is that good and who feels her own special place being threatened. Monro schedules a fight between Jade and Michael. As the fight begins, Michael doesn't take Jade seriously, but she shows him she's for real in their first testing exchange. However, Michael does manage to get under her guard with a quick gut kick that doubles her over. She quickly recovers, removes her shirt, and the bout gets serious.

Although Michael has beaten several other men, he's still a hungry amateur with a flair for fighting who has not yet fully honed his skills. On the other hand, Jade is a seasoned, versatile, deadly professional, and Michael is not yet ready to deal with Jade's combination of strength, speed, and skill. She makes every punch and kick count, and she easily blocks, ducks or leaps in the air to avoid most of his attacks. The first flurry ends with her putting him to the ground with a series of punishing body blows and a debilitating kick to the gut. She signals impatiently for him to get up and try again; she grins confidently as she waits to regain his stance so that she can punish him more. Again his attacks are mostly ineffective, although he does manage to boot her in the gut once more. Jade again pummels him with body blows until he is helpless and kicks him to the ground. She continues to stomp him, but Monro stops her from killing him: He wants Michael alive and in his stable. Jade steps over his fallen body, turns and looks down at Michael as Monro formally announces her victory to the viewing bettors.

Michael is sent to the hospital and recovers, but he also begins to understand just how evil the whole operation is. He rounds up some friends to take down the operation. As they enter the Monro's building Monro sends Jade to take care of Michael. This is her chance for vindication. Their final encounter begins with Michael running down a hallway to get to Monro and Jade running around a corner to intercept him. This is not only a life and death battle between good and evil - it is also a very personal fight. Michael is hungry to avenge his painful and humiliating beating by Jade. Jade is equally hungry destroy the young man who has spoiled her relationship with Monroe - she will both finish Michael and get back into Monro's good graces. The personal nature of this battle means that each of them wants to make sure the other recognizes their superiority along the way to a fatal ending.

Michael runs down a hallway and Jade appears from around a corner, flicks her high heels at him, flustering him, and then disappears back around the corner. He runs after her and is met by high kick to the chest, throwing him over backwards. Jade looks around the corner and then continues her kicking attack to his chest, driving Michael back. He traps her leg against the wall and fires back a kick. As he spins for a second kick, Jade keeps her guard high and, only too late, realizes he is aiming for her gut. He connects solidly, doubling her over. He could have pressed his attack and finished her but, instead he retreats a few steps and watches her. As she struggles to catch her breath, he signals her to bring it on and says "Payback, bitch." Seasoned pro that she is, she pulls herself together, flicks the hair from her face and prepares to get down to business. They reengage and their earlier pattern is really established where she avoids his attacks, while scoring on his body. They briefly lock up facing each other and Michael tries to spin free. Jade holds one arm, catches the other and flips him over her back. He lands on his feet and launches a kick into her midsection, but Jade rides it out, blocking and jumping. He throws a brutal roundhouse at her face, but Jade easily bends out of the way and replies by kicking him to the ground. She stomps his chest as he tries to rise, but he throws his feet upward, kicking her painfully in the jaw and throwing her head backwards.

As Michael rises, Jade is back at him with a series of kicks to the upper body. He sweeps low and she jumps high over his leg. He swings for her face and again she easily moves out of the way. He's still too sloppy and she's still too quick for him. She gives him a smile that says, "tough luck, chump-now you die" and moves in for the kill. Her punch connects and spins his head and upper body. As he recovers, she grabs his shoulders and begins throwing her knee into his belly, but Michael has improved his blocking since their last encounter. He catches the blow and then raises his crossed arms to Jade's shoulders. His arms effectively block hers as he raises his knee into her body and kicks free. As soon as he has some distance he launches a sidekick under her guard and into her belly - another bullseye that keeps her doubled over painfully. He keeps up a series of spinning sidekicks driving Jade back, just as Jade had done to him at the beginning of the fight. Jade, ever the pro tries to protect her wounded body long enough to recover and get back into the fight, but this time Michael is relentless. Jade spins into the wall and Michael kicks her back, smashing her hard into the wall and then delivers a powerful blow to the base of her spine that seems to have broken her back. She sinks to the ground, motionless. This time it is Michael that we see, stepping over Jade's fallen body.

01 Jade meets Michael-cute boy

Aww, a cute little scrub

02 Jade and boss discuss Michael

Boss, he's not that good.

03 Jade and boss go to watch Michael fight

Our guy will beat Mike.

04 Tensions increase as boss sees more in Michael than Jade does

I had to kill guy after his embarrassing loss. Do you think you could beat Mike?

05 Jade prepares for her fight with Michael

Let's get this over with.

05a Michael doubles Jade over with a kick to the gut

Ouf! Time to get serious

06 Jade removes shirt as it gets serious

Look what I've got!

07 Jade kick

Another body blow

08 Jade's skill, power and speed overwhelm Michael

Come on, get up and fight

09 Confident smile-try again boy

You're going back down!

10 Again Jade gets the better of the exchange and she sends him down with a final kick

Body blows and a final boot to the floor

10a She steps over her defeated foe

Jade steps over her beaten foe

11 You know what to do

Here he comes. You know what to do, Jade.

12 Final grudge fight begins

Not so fast, punk!

13 Jade flicks her shoes at him

Jade flicks her shoes at his head. Beautifully muscled legs!

14a Gotcha

Boom! Gotcha!

14aa Beautiful predator

Is he down?

14b Attacking

Spinning kicks to the body

14c gut shot

Ouf! He got under her guard

14e How'd he do that

She catches her breath as he taunts her

15 Back to business

Back into action

16 They grapple standing

They grapple standing

17 She hooks his arms and flips him

Jade hooks his arms and flips him

18 Jade gets another kick to the gut

Jade blocks & rides this kick

19 Quick revenge as she kicks him to the ground

Quick revenge as she kicks him to the ground

20 And stomps his chest

Jade stomps his chest.

21 From the ground he boots her jaw

Mike heaves his feet up and boots her jaw

21a He moves to sweep Jade off her feet

Mike sweeps low to take her down

22 Jade jumps over his kick

Jade easily jumps over the kick

23 And lands on the attack

Jade lands on the attack

24 That confident smile - you missed again - you're dead

Jade easily dodges his blow and smiles: Amateurs! Time to finish the job.

25 Jade grips him to launch a knee into his belly

Jade grips his shoulders and launches her knee into his gut

26 Michael blocks

Mike saw it coming and blocked

28 Michael moves to counterattack

Mike blocks Jades arms and counterattacks.

29 Michael kicks free from the clinch

Mike kicks free

30 Michael gets under Jade's guard and boots a solid heel into gut

He gets under Jade's guard and boots her hard in the belly

31 He continues his relentless kicking attack to her gut

He continues his relentless kicking attack

31 Jade tries to back up and cover up as the kicks to her gut continue

Jade backs up and covers up

35 Jade in pain struggles to stand and continue the fight

Jade struggles to hold on and catch her breath

35b After so much punishment, Jade's wounded body won't cooperate

Jade's wounded body won't respond fast enough

36 He kicks her into the wall and delivers a bone crunching punch to her spine

Mike kicks her to the wall and punches her spine

37 Jade slumps to the ground

Jade slumps to the ground

38 Michael steps over fallen Jade

This time it is Michael who steps over the fallen Jade

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