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Never Back Down (Single-Disc Edition) | 
 enlarge | Actor: Sean Faris
Studio: Summit Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $26.99
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 2095
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 113
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: SUMD66105147D
UPC: 025195043229
EAN: 0025195043229
ASIN: B0014DZ2WS
Theatrical Release Date: March 14, 2008
Release Date: July 29, 2008
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Product Description
Jake is the new kid in school. When a beautiful girl befriends him he thinks he is set. Her fight club boyfriend isnt happy. Jake turns to a martial arts master who teaches him how to fight..And how to walk away. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (summit) Release Date: 01/06/2009 Starring: Sean Faris Cam Gigandet Run time: 113 minutes Rating: Pg13
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If you get caught up in the sweaty fight scenes in Never Back Down--and, despite the formulaic plot, you very likely will--it will be due to the sheer kinetic pleasure of muscular bodies in motion. Jake (Tom Cruise look-alike Sean Faris, Yours, Mine, and Ours), full of anger after his father's death, starts to find a place for himself at his new Florida high school--until Ryan, the head of an underground mixed-martial arts (Cam Gigandet, The O.C.), picks Jake out as a prime opponent. After being trounced by Ryan in front of everyone in school, Jake begins training under the firm, moral guidance of a martial arts master with a hidden past (Djimon Hounsou, a long way from Blood Diamond, but still bringing his essential gravitas to the screen). Basically, Never Back Down boils down to a cross between The Karate Kid and Fight Club, minus the sociopolitical commentary. The story and characters are a bundle of featherweight cliches, but that won't stop the aggressively edited fight sequences from stoking a viewer's adrenaline. Also starring Amber Heard (All the Boys Love Mandy Lane) as the very blonde love interest, who (along with an abundance of girls in bikinis--'cause, y'know, it's Florida) is there to assure everyone that these handsome, chiseled boys are strictly heterosexual. --Bret Fetzer
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 good movie January 7, 2009
I bought this for my teenage son for Christmas and it's right up his alley. Exciting, not girlie, and of course, there's fighting involved!
 Could Have Been Good December 28, 2008
No shot lasts longer than two seconds. The director (influenced alas by last year's trendy faux "realism" of Blair Witch and Saturday Night Live) jerk-cam seems to think lots of viewers will tolerate constant jitter, zoom, shaky camera, and rapid two-second-long shots. Well, honey (director boy), most great directors create realism via dialog, acting, creative pacing, and a steady, normal camera. Unless you're on meth, your kind of filmmaking can easily make viewers either sick to their stomach or just annoyed. People don't view the world this way, honey. Meth-cam is old news and the reason this wasn't a pretty good flick. Good acting for the most part, and an interesting story idea. Ruined by the stupid ice-cam jitter-shot. Some people talk really fast, to show that they can put sentences together quickly and, thus, must be smart. Think about it.
My opinion December 22, 2008
Its a little violent but just what my son in law is into. If you liked Fight club you'll love this one!
Excellent movie October 24, 2008
this movie is excellent if you want to see a little action mixed with the OC.
I definetly recommend NEVER BACK DOWN!
 Not Worth Watching September 22, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
I don't think I'll ever understand movies like this. I've never seen the point of boxing or fighting except for one man to prove dominance over another. And honestly, nobody cares who's more masculine. You don't have to be at the top of the masculinity food chain to have a good life, and that's the message this movie doesn't send.
"Never Back Down" entices a wide female audience with lots of buff shirtless guys beating each other up. "Never Back down" also entices a large male audience with a story of the underdog rising to the top by beating the life out of people. And unfortunately neither draw makes for a good film. The entire point of this movie is that the underdog cannot and will not have a happy, peaceful life until he can beat the resident school bully. This is not the kind of message that needs to be sent to teenagers. While I may have only just left my teenage years, I do not believe that violence is the answer to all our problems and therefore think this movie was a horrible idea from start to finish. I've never wanted to throw the remote at my television set any more than when I watched this film.
If you're big on boxing and men being each other up, yes you'll like this movie. And I know there's a big enough audience out there that will appreciate this film. But I honestly don't see the point in anything the main character does in this film, and therefore cannot recommend it to anyone else.
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