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Never Back Down (2008)

Directed by Jeff Wadlow

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Overview

Jake, full of anger after his father’s death, is just starting to find a place for himself at his new Orlando high school - until Ryan, head of an underground MMA fight club, picks Jake out as a prime opponent. After being trounced by Ryan in front of the entire school, Jake begins training under the firm, moral guidance of a MMA master, where he learns how to fight… and how to avoid a fight. But it becomes obvious that a rematch will be inevitable if Jake wants to stop Ryan and his bullying, once and for all.

Rated PG-13 | Length 115 minutes

Actors

Sean Faris | Amber Heard | Cam Gigandet | Djimon Hounsou | Evan Peters | Leslie Hope | Wyatt Smith | Neil Brown Jr. | Lauren Leech | Tilky Jones | Steven Crowley | Tom Nowicki | Chele André | Affion Crockett | Chris Lindsay | David Zelon | Jonathan Eusebio | Jocelyn Binder | Deon Stein | Milissa Sears | Andy Ussach | David W. Scott | Marnie Van der Burgt | Wolfgang Weber | Aaron Pushkar | Nadine Avola | Jayson Talbert | Elissa Kapneck | Jennifer Paige Moralez | Joanne Spracklen | Randi Krasny | Stacy Westbrook | Joyce Kirkconnell | Alyx Libby | Stephen Pflug | Kristin Popelka | Bjorn Jiskoot Jr. | Jasmine Burke | Vanessa Vega Rivera

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
07/22/2011TVDVDLibrary5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

The last disc from my library loan pile for the week, so we knocked it off.

NBD is pretty much a generic teen fish-out-of-water movie, completely interchangeable with any other movie in its genre. Think any dance movie, except with MMA in place of dancing; or really Karate Kid, except with… MMA.

Mildly entertaining, nothing more.

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