Title:
Never Back Down

Release Date:
14 March 2008 (USA)

Produced By:
Craig Baumgarten, David Zelon

Directed By:
Jeff Wadlow

Cast:
Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Djimon Hounsou, Cam Gigandet, Evan Peters

Genres:
Action / Drama / Sport

Studio:
Summit Entertainment, LLC

Distributors:
Summit Entertainment, LLC

Synopsis:

Jake Tyler has recently moved to Orlando, Florida with his family to support his younger brother’s shot at a professional tennis career. Jake was a star athlete on the football team at home, but in this new city he is an outsider with a reputation for being a quick tempered brawler. Making an attempt to fit in, at the invitation of a flirtatious classmate, Baja, Jake goes to a party where he is unwittingly pulled into a fight with a bully named Ryan McDonald. While he is defeated and humiliated in the fight, a classmate introduces himself to Jake and tells him about the sport known as Mixed Marshall Arts (MMA). He sees a star in Jake and asks that he meet with his mentor, Jean Roqua. It is immediately apparent to Jake that MMA is not street fighting, but rather an art form he wants to master. Roqua will take Jake under his wing, but it is up to Jake to find the patience, discipline, willingness and reason within him to succeed. For Jake, there is much more at stake than mere victory. His decision will not just settle a score; it will define who he is.

Strengths

•    The fighting in this movie was an accurate depiction of Mortal combat with some theatrical effect but its extremely entertaining
•    Amazing fight choreography, one of the best depicted fight scenes of Hollywood cinema
•    Quite realistic plot

Flaws

•    The movie is amazing in itself with negligible flaws but the main negative point earned by this movie is only the repetitive plot (The story)
•    An advice for all, Do not judge this movie from its trailers as they suck completely but the movie as a whole is good