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Never Back Down Details

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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

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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
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  • 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

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  • 38 out of 41 people found this review helpful

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    Rated - 2 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Never Back Down

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  • 7 out of 7 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 0 stars

    Dreadful

    A previous reviewer of this film says 'this is a great film one of the best films i have ever seen'. This person needs to watch more movies. This is shockingly dreadful. An awful plot, awful acting, the lead actress range of skills involve biting her lip every time the main guy (who only got the gig because he looks a little like Tom Cruise) walks towards her.

    A great film if you are 9. Avoid

      • TheMilk from Cardiff
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10,955 Member ratings
  • 100
1,208
  • 90
586
  • 80
2,230
  • 70
2,295
  • 60
2,481
  • 50
900
  • 40
632
  • 30
186
  • 20
287
  • 10
150

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