loading loading...

Never Back Down Details

2008 DVD Certificate 15.gif
  • Rated:
  • 70
  • from 10,902 members

At his new high school, a rebellious teen (Faris) is lured into an underground fight club, where he finds a mentor in a mixed martial arts veteran (Hounsou). Read more

Starring Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Cam Gigandet, Evan Peters
Director Jeff Wadlow
Genres Drama

loading loading...

Never Back Down

At his new high school, a rebellious teen (Faris) is lured into an underground fight club, where he finds a mentor in a mixed martial arts veteran (Hounsou).

Starring Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Cam Gigandet, Evan Peters, Leslie Hope, Djimon Hounsou, Wyatt Smith
Director Jeff Wadlow
Studio MOMENTUM PICTURES
Run time DVD: 1 hr 50 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 49 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 15.gif
Genres Drama
Language English
Hearing-impaired English
Released DVD: 11 Aug 2008
Blu-ray: 18 Aug 2008
Production year: 2008
Format DVD
  • Critics' reviews of Never Back Down

    View all
  • 2 stars out of

    Jake Tyler (Tom Cruise-lookalike Sean Faris) has no sooner arrived at his new Orlando college than he is forced into a... read more on Time Out

    • Derek Adams, 
    • Time Out
  • Most helpful member's review of Never Back Down

    View all
  • 38 out of 41 people found this review helpful

    * * * This review contains spoilers * * *ShowHide

    Rated - 2 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Never Back Down

    • MrsG
      • MrsG from Whitley Bridge
  • Most recent members' review of Never Back Down

    View all
  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Karate Kid for a new gen.

    And, that's basically all it is. If you've ever watched the 1st Karate Kid film you'll know what I mean. Reading between the lines the storyline is practically the same. Nonetheless, it was good to watch. Fast paced, and good fight scenes. The ending was a bit lame though in comparison to the rest of the film.

      • A customer from Liversedge, W Yorkshire
  • News and features

    View all
    College Road Trip

    Horton holds top spot at US box office

    • 25 Mar 2008

    Animated hit Horton Hears A Who! has spent its second week at the top of the US box office chart, according to new figures from Nielsen. The film, which is from the same production company behind Ice Age and Robots, raked in over $24 million (£11.9 million) in its sophomore week to bring its total box office since its release to more than $86 million - the highest in the top ten. Writer/director Tyler Perry's comedy drama Meet The Browns took second spot, collecting over $20 million on its Read more

  • Image gallery

    View all
  • More like this

    View all

Rating breakdown

10,902 Member ratings
  • 100
1,203
  • 90
583
  • 80
2,215
  • 70
2,286
  • 60
2,471
  • 50
896
  • 40
629
  • 30
184
  • 20
285
  • 10
150

Buy from the LOVEFiLM shop


    • Never Back Down - BLU-RAY Version
    • Blu-Ray: £12.93
      Free Delivery
    • RRP £24.49 (you save: 47%)
    • Like THE KARATE KID with a Mixed Martial Arts kick, NEVER BACK DOWN centres on Jake Tyler, a new kid in town whose skills aren't enough to take on the school bully. So Jake begins to study the ...

    • Never Back Down
    • DVD: £5.93
      Free Delivery
    • RRP £15.79 (you save: 62%)
    • At his new high school, a rebellious teen (Faris) is lured into an underground fight club, where he finds a mentor in a mixed martial arts veteran (Hounsou)....