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  • Actors: Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Cam Gigandet, Evan Peters, Leslie Hope
  • Directors: Jeff Wadlow
  • Writers: Chris Hauty
  • Format: PAL, Colour, Dolby, Surround Sound, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Momentum Pictures Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 18 Aug 2008
  • Run Time: 99 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0016ZUN1Y
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,720 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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DVD Description
Shortly after moving to a new town with his family, Jake Tyler finds himself face-to-face with local martial arts champion Ryan McCarty and suffers a humiliating beating.

After relentless taunts Jake seeks the mentoring of a veteran fighter (played by two-time Academy Award nominee Djimon Hounsou) to train his mind and body for one final, no-holds-barred, elimination fight with his merciless nemesis.

Featuring adrenaline-pumping action and starring Sean Faris (Yours, Mine, and Ours, Smallville), Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond, Gladiator), Amber Heard (Friday Night Lights) and Cam Gigandet (The OC), NEVER BACK DOWN is a coming-of-age story that is sure to throw a punch this April.

Special Features
Audio Commentary Jeff Wadlow, Actor Sean Faris & Writer Chris Hauty Theatrical Trailer Deleted Scenes Blow By Blow: Breaking Down The Fights Alternate Angle Fight Mode

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A fast flowing mixed martial arts flick with a really energetic and wholesome story, 31 Aug 2008
By Richard Jagdhar "radolphin entertainment" (London, England) - See all my reviews
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If you take the martial arts classics of "Karate Kid" and "No Retreat No Surrender" and add some Beverly Hills / Fight Club ingredients - the outcome would be this movie. A fast flowing, punch, block, submit and kick, quick thinking adrenaline rush movie.

In my opinion there aren't enough of these movies. The majority of recent martial arts movies have overpaid Hollywood actors or an abundance of high wire CGI effect ridden pieces, that look good and are excellent films in their own right - but it's so nice to see a movie that looks really good, contains some excellent choreographed fight scenes and has some upcoming stars.

The story sees Jake Tyler (Faris), American football all-star who has anger issues in consequence to the death of his father. He moves house with his family and joins a new school where his past American football exploits are discovered and he's tricked into a martial arts fight contest with Ryan McCarthy (Gigandet). It's a high-flyer world of huge mansions, flashy cars, and gorgeous girls but Tyler seeks refuge and support in a local martial arts club run by Jean Roqua (Hounsou) and begins to train to become the best he can be.

Beyond the adrenaline rush of training, sparring and learning techniques this movie touches on the emotional side of blame and disappointment, pride and friendship and more than anything - determination.

Excellent mixed martial arts movie, that has an awe-inspiring soundtrack and definitely, when it comes to the fighting sequences, this hits the mark.
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8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A++++++++++++ , 18 Aug 2008
This film is fantastic, full of action and top quality martial arts.... The acting is brilliant, well worth watching........ The music in this film is also top quality, this is a modern day version of the Karate Kid, i highly recommened this film!!!
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2.0 out of 5 stars Never Back Down, 29 Jan 2009
By Dan Morgan-kane (U.K.) - See all my reviews
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Before I sat down to watch this, my brother had already pushed my expectations higher than previous by suggesting that NBD probably wasn't my kind of flick. I must admit, though, it wasn't quite as cut and dried as I thought it was going to be.

The positives - Aesthetically, Never Back Down is not too far short of making my self-image crumble. With abs tighter than your boss with a pay rise, and all the ridiculous notion that everyone in (Florida?) is actually supermodel material, was quite easy to get drawn into, in a guilty pleasure sense. The fight scenes were also generic, but, exciting. The acting was, for the most part, really, really good. I hope to see more of the leading lads especially in the future.

The negatives - These are the detracting factors of this movie. They are; the plot; in short, it's a bit of a mess. I don't know if I've missed the philosophy train, or anything, but I found it to be a bit confusing; it seemed to relate to the situation as one would the British position during the second world war, which was a little, well, Hollywood. The character development was montaged and odd, I managed to scrape bits of information from the DVD extras though. This movie, because it is so attractive, could also be quite dangerous. I can already see pre-pubescent boys the Western world over trash talking and rib-smashing each other; all for your viewing pleasure on you tube.

Never Back Down really is a movie that makes you wonder if it's worth rating. Not because it's generic, regurgitated, messy and irresponsible; but because with things like melancholy lyrics at the happy ending of the movie, you wonder if this is really just a piece of throw-away entertainment, and if they even cared about what they were doing, or just having a bit of a laugh. Not intended for the glaring eye of the middle-aged critics, but for the pants of the average thirteen year-old boy with girls to win and rivals to best, Never Back Down seems pretty much like, well, the Karate Kid 2008 actually.

Switch off your brain, ignore the moral dilemmas, stack up on sugar and you've got one hell of a thrill-ride; enjoy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars never back down dvd.
brilliant film,definite must,tells a story,bit like a jean-claude van damme film,but these are kids,wont say too much as its worth seeing. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mrs. S. J. Thurland

4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly good
I picked this up because it was £3, and I thought "well, what the heck." I wasn't expecting greatness - just a few fight scenes and a bit of narrative to hold them together. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Bismaquer

4.0 out of 5 stars A much less far fetched modern day version of the Karate Kid
Enjoyed the film and bought it after seeing at the cinema. Some good fight scenes and well put story. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Fast climber

4.0 out of 5 stars For fight fans!
I think other reviews cover the synopsis pretty well so I won't go into detail.
I thought this film was filled with all the classic cliches that we've seen a million times... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Dollybird

1.0 out of 5 stars Dont buy this, buy the Karate Kid set instead.
Everyone elses remarks about it being an updated Karate Kid is pretty correct, except I enjoyed the Karate Kid where as this film was pretty rubbish. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mr Shackleford

3.0 out of 5 stars A film which cant make its mind up
I had to give this movie three stars because it cant decide whether its a low brow actioner or something a little more profound, on the other hand it strongly deserves three stars... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Lark

5.0 out of 5 stars Instant Classic!!!!!!
I saw first caught a glimpse of this film in the cinema when the previews were playing and a few months down the line my girlfriend bought it for me on dvd. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Mr. L. Jaffray

5.0 out of 5 stars This film is out of this world!!!!!!!!!!
I highly recommend this film to you. There are some great fight scenes, especially the end fight between the two main characters played by Sean Faris and Cam Gigandet. Read more
Published 10 months ago by N. Stubbs

2.0 out of 5 stars Pants
Ok.. I'll not spoil it for those who wish to watch the film, but the whole moral debate becomes farcical very quickly. Read more
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