I feel like I wrote the script, I literally predicted every single scene and the plot

Rating: 4/10 (31 August 2008)

I was kind of curious what Never Back Down was about, so I rented it, but after the rental I was thinking "Lemme guess... a new guy in a new school likes a girl... but she has a boyfriend... the boyfriend kicks his butt... boy is angry... boy goes to a street smart black guy who teaches him when to back down and fight well... a friend gets hurt by the big villain... boy fights guy once again with the big villain... boy gets girl... the end". Well, I hate to spoil things for you, but I was exactly right. These are beautiful white people who shouldn't have any problems since they're gorgeous and rich and powerful... but somehow have to create drama just to get some form of attention. This was an episode of The OC meets Super Sweet Sixteen trying to be the teenage form of Fight Club. This is a movie for the teenagers whose parents don't allow them to watch Fight Club, even then, I don't see why anyone would punish their child by seeing this movie.
Even though I spoiled the movie, I'll do the best I can to make it sound entertaining. Jake is the new guy in a new school, his father was killed in a car accident and his mother and littler brother are trying to get back to normal. But Jake has anger issues, at his new school he meets Baja, a cute girl who invites him to a party where he meets the school's tough guy, Ryan, who is also Baja's boyfriend. Ryan kicks Jake's butt and humiliated, Jake's only friend Max tells him about Jean, a professional who teaches Jake to control his anger while fighting the good fight.
Never Back Down is one of the most predictable movies I have seen and it's honestly stupid. The only reason I'm giving this movie a fair rating is because I think they did try, I don't think the director had bad intentions, but honestly, this is a trashy script that is just not impressive and is just another feel of popular TV shows that all those teens go crazy over. I wouldn't really recommend it, even for the teens, because I'd say that fighting movies are more for the adults... or at least the intelligent people who know better than rather how the fighting looks cool, let's imitate it and get severely hurt. But I'm going to be fair, I think a four should do it this time, but next time I may not be as generous, because these movies are getting more and more predictable.
4/10