Never Back Down Movie
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Storyline
TAGLINES PLOT SUMMARY
At his new high school, a rebellious teen Jake Tyler is lured into an ultimate underground fighting club in a Backyard Fight, where he finds a mentor in a mixed martial arts veteran. After receiving threats to the safety of his friends and family, Jake seeks the mentoring of a veteran fighter, to train his mind and body for one final no-holds-barred elimination fight with his unrelenting personal nemesis and local martial arts champion Ryan McCarthy.
| Sean Faris | Jake Tyler |
| Cam Gigandet | Ryan McCarthy |
| Evan Peters | Max Cooperman |
| Djimon Hounsou | Jean Roqua |
| Wyatt Smith | Charlie Tyler |
| Affion Crockett | Beatdown DJ Swagga |
| Neil Brown Jr. | Aaron |
| Tilky Jones | Eric |
| Steven Crowley | Ben Costigan |
| Tom Nowicki | Mr. Lloyd |
| David Zelon | Ryan's Dad |
| Chris Lindsay | Beat Down Referee |
| Kyle Sabihy | Jake's Teammate |
| Patric Knutsson | Vocabulary Guy |
| Cameron Francis | ER Doctor |
5.10 out of 10 (3756 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Never Back Down - This Month's Perfect Date Movie
posted on 26 Aug 2009Never Back Down has the same formulaic plot line Hollywood always churns out. That being said, the plot is probably an asset since it allows you to be comfortable.For the guys, this movie is packed with a never-ending stream of well choreographed hand-to-hand. For the girls, a romantic subplot is nicely developed. My only caution? If you are the kind of person who finds Tarantino flicks disgusting, there will most likely be too much blood for you.Overall? This is standard Hollywood fare, but as long as you come expecting that, you'll be impressed with the artistry shown throughout the fighting sequences. They are TRULY impressive.
Great Film!!!!
posted on 24 Aug 2009I saw this movie at a screening tonight. I have to say that it was awesome. Definitely not what I expected. Great camera work, awesome fighting, great music and acting! The chemistry between Jake and Baja was cute.I was worried this film would be a cheesy teen flick and glorify the brutality of fighting, but it doesn't. The edition of Djimon Hounsou to the cast really gives this film depth.The film is more of a serious movie, with hints of really funny parts. It almost has an independent film vibe to it because of the camera work.Definitely recommended! Oh and to all you fighters out there....do not fret...it definitely shows that MMA is a tough sport that takes a lot of determination to perfect.
Great Movie!
posted on 24 Aug 2009This might not sound too credible coming from a 16 year old boy, but Never Back Down is now one of my favorite fighting movies of all time.The acting was great, the setting was great (although a little unlikely), and the girls were smokin'. But what really sets this movie apart from other fighting movies is the meaningful message that you will fail if you let anger control you (along with many other themes in this movie). Sure, there are great kick-ass fight scenes but there is also a great amount of depth in this movie, which is something not often found in other movies of this genre.I'm going to stop there, I don't want to give anything away, but if you should definitely see this movie if you haven't already.P.S. For the people who are complaining about the unrealistically good looking people in this movie, do you really want to stare at grotesque, obese girls for an hour and fifty three minutes? And do you really expect skilled MMA fighters to not have cut bodies? Get over it.
Fight scenes are pretty accurate
posted on 16 Aug 2009Lets not talk about the plot and acting beacouse the way I see it it's just an excuse for the fight scenes. (but hey , if you like that "looser beats the jock and gets the girl" ...) Fight scenes are pretty accurate : the moves are real and well executed, there is no stupid choreography or stuff like that , it's basically what you'll get in a real MMA match but more condensed. It's also the first movie I ever watched with realistic punch sound. From having been in a cage in several occasions, I can only appreciate the work done with the fight scenes and since it's the first MMA based movie I've ever watched , I'm pretty pleased with the results.Give it a try if practice martial arts or fighting sports, otherwise you'll focus more on the dull plot and won't get the fights right.
"Never Back Down!" is present day for "Wash on, wash off"
posted on 14 Aug 2009What makes Never Back Down one of the better movies of 2008 is the lack of the overused polished actors, actual emotions, and entertaining action.This movie gets your adrenaline up and makes you wanna knock out a complete stranger. Sean Faris plays Jake Tyler, a rebellious teen who moves to Florida because of his little brother's tennis scholarship. His vicious past of violence attracts the local bad-ass Ryan, who specials in mixed martial arts. After a beating in front of the whole school, Jake trains with a legendary fighter in hopes to beat Ryan.The acting is superb, and very enjoyable. Fair warning, don't drink an energy drink before watching.
Better Than Expected, Yet Still No Masterpiece
posted on 14 Aug 2009This movie was better than i thought it was going to be. The lines were a little bit cheesy and all but it did work. The cheesy lines kinda made the movie good and made it seem like a high school movie, like it was supposed to. The only thing in this film that bothered me was the main "villain." Cam Gigandet, who played Ryan McCarthy in the movie might as well have been called Tyler Durden, (Brad Pitt) from fight club. They made the two look exactly the same and there characters were almost the same except for the fact that Brad Pitt is a better actor than Cam is. Overall this was a very entertaining film and i would recommend watching it at least once to see if it is the type of movie that you like.Another thing that i did like about this movie was the technique that was used in it. I am a huge mixed martial arts fan and i thought that this movie would be a lot of stupid one punch knockouts with no technique used, however i did like the use of technique. This movie definitely went to show that with training and technique you can definitely be great at what you want to be. Good moral value movie. Shows many ways to release anger and stress and overcome problems and situations.
The O.C meets UFC
posted on 10 Aug 2009I think its easy to watch a movie like 'Never back down' and look at all its bad points. Yes the storyline is predictable, yes the good guy will win in the end and Yes he will also gets the girl, but whats so wrong with that.This movie, in its-self is not going to be something that provokes a lot of thought but that doesn't mean to say it can't evoke emotion. Though You've probably seen this movie a few hundred times in a sense, that doesn't make it any less fun to watch.Watching the training sequences it evokes memories of 'Rocky' and many other Martial Arts montage ridden Hollywood flicks, but at the end of the day, you have a cast full of beautiful people, a message thats lost in the violence and plenty of cliché ridden teen angst. This film has it's draw backs, and its mostly in it's predictable MTV nature, but needless to say overlooking the floors, this movie is plain good fun for martial arts fans everywhere. The fighting may not be up to some standards of self proclaimed mix martial artists or UFC fanatics, but at the end of the day I enjoyed it immensely. I was a former British Team Kickboxer and films like this always remind me of why I wanted to fight in the first place, to kick peoples ass and make hot chicks want to cover me in whipped cream. though in reality the dream is no where near as sexy as this film,its still highly entertaining if you're looking to kick back after a hard day and work and watch some pretty boys get their asses kicked.
Great!
posted on 27 Jul 2009It really is a mix between The O.C. and Fight Club, which are two of my favorites. Cam Gigandet is absolutely gorgeous and a great actor. Sean Faris is a lot hotter now that I've seen the movie. Djimon Hounsou is an amazing actor and has a great character in this film. The fight scenes were awesome!! Some the camera shot were crazy!! The storyline actually isn't too bad. It makes you feel for characters and you even have a moment where you feel kinda sad for the bad guy. Yes, it is predictable but that is not a reason to not see this movie. Take all of your friends and your boyfriends to see this because this is one that everybody will love!
Lame Version of "The Karate Kid"
posted on 25 Jul 2009This movie is almost exactly like the "Karate Kid", but in a lame, rip-off sort of way. It just wasn't good, and for many reasons. It was like a terrible cover of a good song from the '80s, if "Karate Kid" was the good, original song, and "Never Back Down" was the tasteless cover. The new kid in town gets beat up by the leader of some fight-club wannabee bullies, who has a girlfriend, who happens to falls for the new kid. And after his beating, the new kid trains and trains with a non-American fighting master and goes back to the leader of the fight club wannabees and guess what he does. Hmmm, sound familiar? It's clear that this film targets the teenager looking for the practical slow-motion fighting scenes and a bad attempt at drama. If you're a teenager who is into non-stop cellphone use, over use of slow-motion, and the dated high-school house parties then this movie is for you, Teenager. But it just seems as if the writer watched "Karate Kid" and simply upgraded the story with new millennium cliché's involving cellphones, Youtube, and over-played hard rock songs.The drama isn't dramatic, the comic relief isn't funny, the fight scenes aren't that entertaining, and the storyline isn't original. The only thing that looked in any way genuine were the training sequences. I like to say give every movie a chance, but with this one, don't expect to walk away happy and wanting more.
A Nutshell Review: Never Back Down
posted on 25 Jul 2009Donnie Yen's recent Flash Point provided action movie fans a glimpse of Mixed-Martial Arts, or MMA, where the best of breed techniques in taking down an opponent get gelled together to provide unpredictability in offensive and defensive response, coupled with the transformation of almost every part of the body into a well-oiled mechanism to dish out some serious punishment. But with Hollywood, well, you can bet your last dollar that the philosophy behind this brand of martial arts get dumbed down to 3 words - "Mix it up".Like many movies starring teens and targeting the same demographics, Never Back Down follows a standard formula that most of such movies adopt, especially with taking things to the streets, like Fast and Furious 3, and the Step Up movies, which dealt with different subject matter like street racing, and street dance. Throw a misunderstood teen into a new environment, where he learns that his current skills (if you can call them that) pales in comparison to the boys in the big league. Add a beautiful lass to beguile the protagonist, and she'll either serve as motivation or fodder to get his butt kicked because she just so happens to the antagonist's main squeeze. So in a fight for respect / pride / to get the girl, he goes into training mode, and comes back in time for the finale with chick around arms. That's about it.So don't go into this movie expecting a lot more. Touting itself as a new fight club, it is anything but, especially with everything cerebral removed from the plot. I also don't see how it won this year's MTV Movie Awards for best fight sequence, as most of it dwelled on grown men hugging tightly on the ground engaged in complex body grinding and twists. Action fans will be a tad disappointed with the quality of fights shown here, as this is not really MMA. I believe if you throw Donnie Yen into the mix, he would pawn everyone in the movie, even those who choreographed the supposedly deadlier moves, which boiled down to a series of boxing hooks and punches.With the formula in place, everything else will just fall into its rightful position. Sean Faris stars as Jake Tyler, a teen with anger management and guilt issues who can't control his temper and flares up easily when his dad gets insulted. In his new school, he chances upon 2 things, an underground fight club, and hot blonde Baja Miller, who turns out to be the girl of his would-be nemesis Ryan McCarthy (Cam Gigandet), who turns out to be the biggest baddest fighter in school. Losing both the girl and his pride in one fell disgraceful swoop, he undergoes training with MMA exponent Jean Roqua (Djimon Hounsou) whose rule is simple - you do not fight outside his gym. Expect rules to be broken, expect the two mentor-mentee to bond, expect some rationale to be provided to head to the fight we've been waiting for, and while the peer movies gave us a finale to remember, this one fizzled out with cheap moves.But I've got to say something about the movie. Fans of Tom Cruise will definitely see shades of Cruise-like characters in Sean Faris. He's like a walking, talking Cruise clone, only that he's younger, taller and more muscular. In fact, if you take Cruise back to his teens, Never Back Down would probably be one of the movies that would fit into his budding filmography. Not that I'm gay here, but seriously, if you happen for any reason, choose to watch this movie, tell me if you agree with me. They shouldn't have billed the movie as the new fight club, they should have billed the movie as starring the next Tom Cruise. Though of course it remains to be seen if Faris can steer clear of crazy couch-jumping antics.
not good for kids
posted on 23 Jul 2009Just watch the film,its really tell how people are today, life and death is just a game now to the young people of this world.they don't understand the meaning of backing down, Kids from all ages these days carried knife's they think its a way of life! this sad, this film show how through Mobile and internet how people seeing people get hurt or even get kill? its about time we stand up and say enough is enough, why do people have to get hurt and people died for the enjoyment of others, i did kick boxing and karate for over 15 years i use to enjoy the sport not the blood side of it, its about self control and treating people as people not as object for sport.
What was the point again?
posted on 21 Jul 2009This is a movie you can watch if you're your basic teenager dreaming of winning big fights and hot chicks. If not, you can watch it one time and almost enjoy yourself.The acting is on the level. It's not bad, but it doesn't particularly impress either. What really frustrates is how pathetic the story is. The idea is nice enough. The movie's basic idea is that a guy has been trained to box by his dad. He tends to get into fights, though he tries to avoid it. He winds up in the latest school and decides not to get involved in anything. However, this school has an underground fight club going on, led by a rich kid who is also something of a sadistic sociopath. The main character gets his ass kicked because he's just a traditional boxer. So he goes to train MMA at a gym, owned by a man of principles. In other words, if you train at the gym, you can't fight with strangers.Anyway the middle bit is just foreplay until the Big Finale where the main character crosses the line and fights the bad guy. What's really sad is how most of the movie keeps parading the "violence isn't the answer" slogan, which is nice, but in the end all problems, and I do mean all, are solved by kicking the baddie's ass. So in the end it ends up depressingly hypocritical. And also pathetic. The movie has the potential to make a good point about violence (and teenagers). And everything else in the movie is just a teenage boy's wet dream: fights and glory, expensive parties and a hot chick.
This movie Rocked!
posted on 13 Jul 2009Im totally in love with 'Never Back Down'! Ever since I saw it all I can think about is this movie and Sean Faris! I have never seen so many guys with 6 packs in a movie before. Besides the camera shaking during some of the fight scenes, all the fights were awesome! It shows there is another way to fight: the difference from normal boxing versus using their whole body to fight and to not give up just because the fight is getting tough... hence the 'Never Back Down' title. Throughout this 2 hour movie I never once looked at my watch... it went from a fight right to another adrenaline junkie fight or practice. It was a fight/comedy/and a little romance thrown in there movie. I'd see it again and again!!
This was just bad. Pure and simple.
posted on 13 Jul 2009Let's just start with my personal debate: Was the the most cliché' or second most cliché movie ever. And I really can't think of one that takes the cake from it. I started thinking that this might have been the worst 8 bucks I have ever spent near the beginning with the tedious overplayed high school drama, but didn't start all out laughing at how bad this movie was until the supporting male friend figure shot off the line "But you can do what I could never do" "What's that?" the protagonist replies. To which the former replies "Achieve greatness." And I am totally serious. That's really in that movie. In Short: Cons: Woefull Acting. Tedious Cliché-y dialogue and inter-personals. Pros: Good fighting and the female lead is really hot. And thats it.
Good "Karate Kid" moments + MMA = an enjoyable movie.
posted on 09 Jul 2009A lot of people say "Never Back Down" is a lot like "The Karate Kid". I agree, but I think it grabbed the good karate parts and switched them with some nice Mixed Martial Arts(MMA)ones. The story is basic: bad boy Jake Tyler(Sean Faris) moves to Orlando and ends up stirring trouble with Ryan(Cam Gigadent), the best fighter in the city. Tyler then has to train with his own Mr. Miyagi, MMA instructor/fighter Jean Roqua(Djimon Hounsou), to fight back and show Ryan how tough he really can be. The characters are pretty much "O.C."-esque but they manage to still entertain. The soundtrack is also really good, with titles from My Chemical Romance, Rise Against, Limp Bizkit, and more. But the best part is the fights. From Jake's first bout with Ryan to the final match at the Beatdown, the film's underground fight tourney, the fights entertain every time. Don't let the goofy title fool you: this is overall a really good fighting drama.
Good movie
posted on 07 Jul 2009I saw this movie a couple of days ago and i was really impressed! At first i thought that this would just be another brain-dead movie but it was so much more. Solid acting, good story and nice fighting scenes.The thing i don't understand are the bad review about this movie. Sure, it isn't something new, it's basically a "Karate Kid" clone but made in the 21th century. It gives you a nice story and is a solid flick, not a prizewinner or something but considering that it gives you what it promises then it's a great movie. Don't expect Fightclub or anything like that, this is something more "simple".The story is about Jake Tyler, a kid who just has moved to Florida. He start school but before he knows it he gets beaten silly by another kid in school who is a really skilled MMA fighter. Now Jake takes up training to fight back but realizes that revenge isn't everything and also makes new friends and a girlfriend. It's a classical story, nothing new but it still works. The plot is engaging and you really want to see Jake succeed with his training and his emotional travel. The acting is good, sometimes it can get a bit over the line but otherwise it's good. The fight in this movie are well executed. One thing that is really bad in this movie is when they show Jakes younger brother, a tennis star. He is so annoying with his "sweetness" and the fact that all the kid does is act smart by mumbling up numbers and facts about tennis.I recommend you to see this move, it will be much better then you think!
American Pie meets karate kid.
posted on 03 Jul 2009Another over hyped movie which leads to nothing more than just watching a bunch retarted teens making-out or beating each other skulls in. I like how the movie likes to show off every bit of "half-naked" guys and girls while at school, Christ, what world are they living in? The best way to describe this movie would be American Pie meets Karate kid. This film is just another over hyped movie which will make millions and millions of dollars from a script which was probably written by a bunch of monkeys with a type-writer.Being a big movie nerd, it pains me to hear the comments people will make when they watch this movie. I can see it now; "Oh dude, did you see those tits and ass? That movie was so awesome" I feel like I'll be the only eighteen year old who will hate this movie with a passion.American Pie meets Karate kid....
Good Flick!
posted on 01 Jul 2009I saw the movie at a screening in LA a few weeks back, and really liked it. I haven't really gotten into the whole UFC/mixed martial arts thing, but I thought the fighting in this movie was exciting. Very fast, very intense, and as movies go enjoyable. The editing and the stunts worked well. The story is cliché, but so what, as it never gets old. A coming of age fight movie has to have something going on between the fights, and Djimon Hounsou did an amazing job. The movie is definitely worth a look and Djimon is always clutch. The movie works for what it is a fun, action-packed and full of hot girls flick! I'd see it again.
loved it
posted on 29 Jun 2009It was a great movie. The plot was pretty much the same as any movie o guys fighting over a girl but the fight scenes were insane! I was never really into UFC but now I love it. Ryan was a bit scary he loved to hurt people for know reason and Jake did not want to fight but he had to at the end and the fight with Ryan was intense. I did not know what was going to happen. But at the end the good guy won and got the girl and never had to fight again. I think of the movie as a Step Up on steroids or a really really great Karate Kid movie. If you love romantic action movies then this movie is for you. Sure it has its cheesy moments but who doesn't love that?
Kick! Punch! It's all in the mind. If you wanna test me I'm sure you'll find, the things I teach ya are sure to beat ya, nevertheless get a lesson from teacher.....
posted on 26 Aug 2009Hiyah! Never Back Down as a MMA movie is weak, flat out. For anyone who's done any sort of MMA training and has decent taste in movies, you should easily realize this is just MMA MTV style. There's nothing about it. Show hot chicks, show flashy cars, show lubed up dudes, and the melodramatic back stories that everyone is pretty much bored with by now.The movie isn't completely awful, the dude who plays the "badboy" actually has some decent charisma. He reminded me of Paul Walker and Brad Pitt combined. Obviously Djimon(sp?) can act, so that's no surprise, but one thing he can't do is fight. His form was very amateur. And that's another thing that was poorly done with this film; the training for the actors. The kicks for our acting stars were beyond bad. Whoever trained the stand-up for this movie should be laughed at. I can't really make fun of the grappling, since the editing was so ridiculously fast. One second no submission, the next a knee bar...what? Huh? With what I said above with how flashy it is, it's by far the biggest reason you'll keep watching. Not a single person is ugly in this movie, not a crappy car is seen in sight, and I think I saw a dog take a turd that was CGI'd with "bling" on it....I think. I was hoping it'd be so bad that MST3K would one day bash on it, and maybe they will, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It's just a movie that was made for the MMA craze, predictable and hip as humanly possible. Check out Red Belt instead.