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Never Back Down

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Jake (Sean Faris) moves to Orlando, Fla., with his mother (Leslie Hope) and brother (Wyatt Smith). He feels like an outsider in his new school and frequently lets his temper flare out of control. But Jake wants to fit in, and he decides to go to a party with his classmate Baja (Amber Heard). There, Jake is pushed into a fight and humiliated. Another classmate (Evan Peters) sees what happened, and encourages Jake to visit martial arts trainer Jean Roqua (Djimon Hounsou).
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Though not without its pleasures, Never Back Down faithfully adheres to every imaginable fight movie cliché.

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Nell Minow Movie Mom Rated: C Feb 14, 2012 Full Review Hank Sartin Time Out Rated: 2/5 Nov 17, 2011 Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian A naive and truly obnoxious movie about the world of Mixed Martial Arts. Rated: 1/5 Oct 18, 2008 Full Review James Croot Stuff.co.nz Once again Wadlow does his best to keep a tired-looking format looking fresh with plenty of camera trickery and CSI-style anatomy lessons to liven up the fight scenes. Unfortunately, his good work is undermined by the cast's perfect teeth Mar 16, 2023 Full Review S. Jhoanna Robledo Common Sense Media Bloody fight film has heart, but it's no champion. Rated: 2/5 Dec 31, 2010 Full Review Bullz-Eye.com Rated: 2.5/5 Oct 18, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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steven d Really good martial arts movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/15/24 Full Review Ricardo G I remember watching this movie when I was younger and the movie might be a little bit cringe sometimes but over all is extremely entertaining. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/22/24 Full Review King K Really touched me Picuur was my favourite character i really relate to that character Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/16/24 Full Review Trevor B Never Back Down was really good!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/19/24 Full Review Devin B Don't understand why people bash this movie so much. I honestly like it overall and the action is very solid and well played out. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/13/24 Full Review luis L Great movie, exciting. Gotta ignore the critics. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/16/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Jake (Sean Faris) moves to Orlando, Fla., with his mother (Leslie Hope) and brother (Wyatt Smith). He feels like an outsider in his new school and frequently lets his temper flare out of control. But Jake wants to fit in, and he decides to go to a party with his classmate Baja (Amber Heard). There, Jake is pushed into a fight and humiliated. Another classmate (Evan Peters) sees what happened, and encourages Jake to visit martial arts trainer Jean Roqua (Djimon Hounsou).
Director
Jeff Wadlow
Producer
Craig Baumgarten, David Zelon
Screenwriter
Chris Hauty
Distributor
Summit Entertainment
Production Co
Summit Entertainment, Mandalay Pictures
Rating
PG-13 (Violence|Intense Sequences of Fighting|All Involving Teens|Some Sexuality|Language|Mature Thematic Material|Partying)
Genre
Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 14, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 20, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$24.8M
Runtime
1h 54m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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