Never Back Down

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  • Opened March 14, 2008 
  • 1 hr 46 min
  • PG-13 | mature thematic material involving intense sequences of fighting/violence, some sexuality, partying and language - all involving teens

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 13+. More on child suitability

  • Jake Tyler (Sean Faris) is the new kid in town with a troubled past. He 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. After he is unwittingly pulled into a fight, defeated and humiliated, a classmate introduces him to the sport of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). It is immediately apparent to Jake that MMA is not street fighting but rather an art form he wants to master, and he soon finds his mentor in Jean Roqua (Djimon Hounsou), who takes Jake under his wing. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Cam Gigandet, Evan Peters, Leslie Hope
  • Director: Jeff Wadlow
  • Genres: Action/Adventure

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TV Guide
| Maitland McDonagh

Formulaic and derivative, but sufficiently well made to work as both teen-angst melodrama and bone-rattling brawl picture. Read full review

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Although the movie set in the hot new arena of mixed martial arts is a bit short on star power, it's energetic and warm-hearted enough to become a word-of-mouth hit. Read full review

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Boston Globe
| Wesley Morris

The movie is just a cheesy, preposterous, semi-eroticized way of yelling, "Fight! Fight!," when two people go at it in the school cafeteria. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Ruthe Stein

A junior version of "Fight Club," only with no movie stars and different moves. Read full review

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Sean Faris in "Never Back Down."