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      Never Surrender

      R 2009 1h 26m Action List
      Reviews 17% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings A champion athlete (Hector Echavarria) enters the brutal world of underground fighting. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member How bad is Never Surrender? It's as bad as your mind will allow you to comprehend. It feels more like half-wit writer/director Hector Echavarria's personal fantasy, rather than a film. Through some dark sorcery, this man convinced real, world-class fighters to appear in his film. Despite this, the fight scenes still suck, amazingly. Echavarria wears the same outfit as in Death Warrior, another of his dismal films. I theorize that these were shot at the same time, and perhaps Never Surrender is composed entirely from the leavings of Death Warrior. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member reminde me of Van Dame movie lion heart Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review jesse d It was really dumb. whheeww, this is like a K-mart special or some shit. Just a whole bunch of pointless violence and sex adrenaline flick, with macho overtones. Dont be fooled by the superstars on the cover they hardly make any appearnces in this smauz of a movie. I think theyre trying to use this production as a vehicle to launch MMA ppv sales, or just experiment with the celebrity of fighters, in any case its no excuse for such a poor showing, and almost embarassing to the sport. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member B rated, that is all Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member BJ's style of fighting was the most authentic, whereas most of the other fighters' styles were compromised because they're in a movie. So it's unrealistic, GSP is voiced over, ummm Anderson Silva loses, they throw in some nude scenes for more attention, the main character is some anonymous guy who sucks at acting, martial arts and his physique is worthless as well. Oh and, Heath Herring loses to a 60 year old Russian cave-man? Way to ruin a movie! If they only tossed all these fine MMA fighters into the octagon and made a tournament, it would make more sense. Yeah, they're all from different weight divisions but on screen it wouldn't matter... It was cool seeing all these fighters I've watched perform in the octagon for so long, but man oh man... It sucked so bad they, dare I say, almost embarassed themselves. Good thing Anderson had a brief appearance, it would break my heart if he had to act longer in this work of "art". Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Egregious acting, some of the worst fight choreography EVER, unintentionally hilarious, mismatched scene sequences, bemusing soft-core porn, writing that will make you cringe in isolation, and some of the best MMA fighters ever (GSP, Anderson Silva), make this one of my top woeful attempts at film-making ever. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A champion athlete (Hector Echavarria) enters the brutal world of underground fighting.
      Director
      Hector Echavarria
      Producer
      Barry Brooker, Alan B. Bursteen, Angel Cassani, Brenda Doby, Stan Wertlieb
      Screenwriter
      Hector Echavarria
      Production Co
      Destiny Entertainment Productions
      Rating
      R (Violence|Graphic Nudity|Strong Sexual Content|Some Language)
      Genre
      Action
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Aug 14, 2012
      Runtime
      1h 26m