Never Back Down (Blu-ray) PG-13

Win or lose... Everyone has their fight.
Never Back Down (Blu-ray)
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  • Rated: PG-13
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 53 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: July 29, 2008
  • Originally Released: 2008
  • Label: Summit Inc/Lionsgate

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Rotten23%

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Total Count: 84

Spilled34%

AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 609,722
Rating: 2.5/5 -- While the character of Jake isn't an emotionally taxing one, Faris has his moments, especially in a low-key scene in which he attempts to explain why his character is full of rage. Full Review
Austin Chronicle
Oct 18, 2008
Rating: D -- Movie is dopey. And with its emphasis on stupid violence, xylophone abs, and getting yourself on YouTube, it's yet another product that makes you feel bad about today's youth culture. Full Review
Entertainment Weekly
Mar 19, 2008
Rating: 2/5 -- Come back Mr Miyagi, all is forgiven. Full Review
BBC.com
Apr 8, 2008
Rating: 2/4 -- A sort of teenage Fight Club, complete with daddy issues, Never Back Down is a slight refinement of the sort of picture that was ascendant in the '80s... [Blu-Ray] Full Review
Groucho Reviews
Aug 5, 2008
I laughed so much at the litany of clichés that I finally had to admit I was entertained from start to finish by this cheesy knock-off.
Ebert & Roeper
Mar 17, 2008
Rating: 2/4 -- It's a little Karate Kid, a smidge of Fight Club...a lot of The O.C. (evil boy Gigandet played an evil boy on that series), and presto: probable hit.
Chicago Tribune
Mar 14, 2008
Rating: 2/5 -- Bloody fight film has heart, but it's no champion. Full Review
Common Sense Media
Dec 31, 2010

Product Description:

There's no eye-gouging, no biting, and no crotch shots allowed, but everything else goes in NEVER BACK DOWN, an invigorating high school sports/ultimate backyard fighting hybrid. Sean Faris plays Jake, the new kid (with a troubled past) who butts heads with rich alpha-male bully Ryan (Cam Gigandet, channeling Brad Pitt in FIGHT CLUB) at Miami High. Amber Heard plays Baja, the hot blonde who tricks Jake into attending a combination pool party/fight club held at Ryan's MTV cribs-style mansion. Jake doesn't want to fight at first but gets goaded into a blind rage and then gets his butt kicked. Enter Djimon Hounsou as the local fighting instructor who teaches Jake some self-discipline (and how to throw a cement block at the camera from 30 paces). Director Jeff Wadlow clearly harbors nostalgia for the halcyon days of TOP GUN and FLASHDANCE; the emo-rock-scored training montages flow as free as Baja's blonde hair during her frequent slow-motion walks down the hall. Jake even has a wisecracking slacker cameraman sidekick (Evan Peters) who uploads all the fights to the internet. Concerned parents will be glad to know there's not much drinking or kissing, and no matter how hard the punches and roundhouse kicks may be, everybody gets to keep their teeth. Special acting shout-out to Wyatt Smith as Jake's tennis-prodigy kid brother and Leslie Hope as their stressed-out single mom.

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  • Sales Rank: 46,756
  • UPC: 025195043243
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