'The OC' meets 'Fight Club'

Rating: 7/10 (5 June 2010)

I understand the low rating for this movie, but I thought it was better than a 6.1, probably in the high 6. I had extremely low hopes for this movie before watching it, but it was way better than expected. I am a big fan of both the TV show 'The Oc' and the awesome movie 'Fight Club', this is a combination of both, but far too less effective. I know this movie is a big cliché, but I really enjoyed it. This movie had a TV show feel to it and I liked that. Sean Faris looks like a younger version of Tom Cruise, too bad he doesn't have the same acting ability level. But it might be because of the mole, it is very distracting.
Jake Tyler (Sean Faris) is a senior high school footballer who has daddy issues (his father was killed in a car accident) and blows off his steam in random fights: be it on the football field or on streets. He is moving to Orlando with his mother and little brother who has got a tennis scholarship and meets Baja Miller (Amber Heard) in class. He immediately has a thing for her, but it turns out she already has a super-rich, hot boyfriend Ryan McCarthy (Cam Gigandet). Ryan knows that Jake is a hothead who can fight really well. Being a good fighter himself and also the tough guy at school, he challenges him and kicks his butt, humiliating Jake in front of everybody. Jake's only friend Max Cooperman (Evan Peters) tells him about Jean (Djimon Hounsou), a professional who teaches Jake to control his anger while fighting a fight.
You know rich kids just create unnecessary drama to make themselves feel important. That is what I have learned in my experience. They show it in this and it is very boring in real life, but the movie is enjoyable. The fights were really awesome and that is probably the reason anybody could watch this. I like Cam Gigandet, he was probably born to play the role of bad guys. With his good looks and acting skill, he could easily play the lead role, but he still plays the bad guy very convincingly. I actually hated him for killing off Marissa in 'The OC'. The film succeeds because of him and he has a real story. I don't have any complaints about the script, except it was too predictable. That was not necessarily a bad thing as the director has tried his best to make this an entertaining watch. Baja Miller is simply a prop for Ryan and Jake, she has no character development (she leaves one hot guy for another hot guy). The background music was good and the locations were superb.
7/10