An awesome hybrid of The Karate Kid and Bloodsport.

Rating: 7/10 (23 March 2008)

Some filmmaker thought one day, since we are running out of ideas lets combine some 80's fighting films like The Karate Kid(1984), and Bloodsport(1988), and what you get is Never Back Down, The story of a teenager named Jake Tyler(Sean Faris, Best known from Yours, Mine, and Ours(2005) has just moved into a new town with mom(Leslie Hope) and younger brother(Wyatt Smith). Jake has a very big chip on his shoulder, and is estanged with his mother. One day after school, Jake is invited to a party, what he thinks is a way to make new friends, ends up turning into a UFC challenge, when Jake is lured into a fight by an antagonist named Ryan McCarthy(Cam Gigandet), although Jake puts up a pretty good fight, he is beaten down badly. In hopes to recover from this humilation, a new friend suggest a karate veteran named Jean Roqua(Djimon Hounsou). Althouh has doubts, he goes anyway. In hopes Jake will learn to exercise his mind and body. And thats all I'm gonna tell you. This film was not all bad, at times predicable, but still good. And the fight scenes were awesome, some were corny, but the rest were good. And everybody gives great performances also.