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Never Back Down [2008] | ![Never Back Down [2008]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51vWu%2Bi76fL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Jeff Wadlow
Actors: Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Cam Gigandet, Evan Peters, Leslie Hope
Studio: Momentum Pictures Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: £15.99
Buy New: £5.98
You Save: £10.01 (63%)
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 894
Format: Pal
Rating: To Be Announced
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 109
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5060116722826
ASIN: B0016ZUN1Y
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: August 18, 2008
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 A fast flowing mixed martial arts flick with a really energetic and wholesome story August 31, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you take the martial arts classics of "Karate Kid" and "No Retreat No Surrender" and add some Beverly Hills / Fight Club ingredients - the outcome would be this movie. A fast flowing, punch, block, submit and kick, quick thinking adrenaline rush movie.
In my opinion there aren't enough of these movies. The majority of recent martial arts movies have overpaid Hollywood actors or an abundance of high wire CGI effect ridden pieces, that look good and are excellent films in their own right - but it's so nice to see a movie that looks really good, contains some excellent choreographed fight scenes and has some upcoming stars.
The story sees Jake Tyler (Faris), American football all-star who has anger issues in consequence to the death of his father. He moves house with his family and joins a new school where his past American football exploits are discovered and he's tricked into a martial arts fight contest with Ryan McCarthy (Gigandet). It's a high-flyer world of huge mansions, flashy cars, and gorgeous girls but Tyler seeks refuge and support in a local martial arts club run by Jean Roqua (Hounsou) and begins to train to become the best he can be.
Beyond the adrenaline rush of training, sparring and learning techniques this movie touches on the emotional side of blame and disappointment, pride and friendship and more than anything - determination.
Excellent mixed martial arts movie, that has an awe-inspiring soundtrack and definitely, when it comes to the fighting sequences, this hits the mark.
A++++++++++++ August 18, 2008
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
This film is fantastic, full of action and top quality martial arts.... The acting is brilliant, well worth watching........ The music in this film is also top quality, this is a modern day version of the Karate Kid, i highly recommened this film!!!
This film is out of this world!!!!!!!!!! August 25, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I highly recommend this film to you. There are some great fight scenes, especially the end fight between the two main characters played by Sean Faris and Cam Gigandet. The acting is also very good, especially from one of my favourite actors, Djimon Hounsou, who plays the part of a MMA instructor.
Never Back Down is THE film to see!!!!
Instant Classic!!!!!! August 27, 2008
I saw first caught a glimpse of this film in the cinema when the previews were playing and a few months down the line my girlfriend bought it for me on dvd. All i can say is that this film is great! Good acting, good storyline, superb fighting scenes and very nice women in bikini's. Instant Classic.
Buy it now! You would be fullish to miss out on such a great film.
A Karate Kid for the 21st Century.... September 2, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
..and that's basically it. The plot is virtually identical to the Karate Kid, but without the camp 80's-ness of it. It also parallels the Iliad to a certain degree, which I quite liked, especially since the book was referenced in one scene.
Decent action sequences though if you can overcome the paucity of the plot, which is, lets face it, thoroughly predictable. Decent lead actor, looking not like Ralph Macchio, but more a young Tom Cruise, and another example of just how good an actor Dijmon Hounsou is, even outside of real character roles.
I thought I'd grown out of this type of, well, cr*p, but I was entertained. I don't much like the concept of UFC/MMA, especially not portrayed as a rite of passage, but the violence was contextual without glamorising it too much, the sequences were good enough, the soundtrack hot and heavy, and if you're prepared to turn your brains off for a couple of hours, it's not that bad a movie. I doubt if it'll become the cult movie that the Karate Kid was to us kids of the 80's, but what is??!!
4 stars for a expected 2 star film!
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