Starring Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Cam Gigandet & Evan Peters.

Jake Tyler (Faris) is the new guy in school. He’s just moved to Orlando with hi Mother and little brother so that his brother can train for tennis. He left behind a fiery attitude that got him in trouble for fighting on his football team at his old school. His issues stem from the loss of his father, and his inability to prevent his father from driving drunk one fateful evening.

He finds out that a bunch of the students at the new school participate in an underground “fight club”, but he is hesitant to get involved. The ringleader of the club is Ryan McCarthy (Gigandet), and he uses his girlfriend to trick Jake into showing up at a party only to seduce Jake into a fight. Jake refuses to fight, at least until Ryan brings up his father. Their initial fight has Ryan beating up Jake in front of the whole school.

Jake starts going to a fighting gym with the intent of learning more so that he can get revenge.

This was a damn good movie with lots of good fighting sequences, but left a feeling of “karate kid” in my mouth. Still worth the watching though!

Rating:

Moviepeeker scores Never Back Down a 7.0 out of 10
Movie Released by Summit Entertainment