An average fighting movie

Rating: 7/10 (5 September 2017)

Jack Taylor, a guy with a really bad temper who picks up fights very easily moves with his family to Orlando to start a new life. After making sensation on the internet and of course at his school with his latest fight, Jack gets invited to a party where he gets provoked to a fight by local champion Ryan. Unable to resist temptation he accepts but unfortunately for him, a great humiliation is about to begin. Eager to redeem himself in front of everybody and especially Baja (his wannabe girlfriend), he seeks help from a mixed martial arts veteran (trainer at a local gym), hoping to defeat his opponent in an important competition called Beatdown.
It's all about never backing down (as the title suggests), struggling to reach your goal, learning to control your temper, your nerves and your thirst for revenge in critical situations, which can represent the difference between life and death. The story isn't as put together as I hoped, even predictable most of the time, the producers being more concentrated on the fights rather than on the actual plot. It leaves you with the feeling that it could have been better if all the aspects of the movie had received equal attention.
It's quite a good movie but it hasn't got anything that can make it stand up from the crowd.