'Never Back Down' Sean Farris, "The next Tom Cruise?"

Never Back Down
Set against the action-packed world of mixed martial arts, Never Back Down is the story of Jake Tyler (Sean Faris), a tough kid with a big heart, who has to learn that in life, everyone has their fight.

Orlando, Florida may as well be the moon for Iowa-native Jake with its ten-million dollar mansions set ten feet apart. The privileged teenagers of this American Dream on steroids want for nothing; they zoom around upscale neighborhoods in expensive cars, wearing bikinis and flip-flops, affecting the jaded ennui of kids with too much, too soon. Life is one big party for them.

Jake was a star athlete on the football team back home, but in this new city he is an outsider. Considered "the new kid" with his taciturn attitude and lumberjack attire, Jake's not winning friends anytime soon, and that's OK with him. Quiet and withdrawn, he's silently suffering from the recent loss of his father. It's not long, however, before Jake's troubled past re-emerges when a clip of a spectacular football-field fist fight from Iowa is forwarded around his new school.

Things take a turn when he meets Baja (Amber Heard) in class. She's beautiful—and smarter than she lets on. At her invitation, Jake goes to a party where he is unwittingly pulled into a fight with a bully named Ryan McCarthy (Cam Gigandet). He is defeated and humiliated in the fight and subsequently wary of everyone, especially Baja, who may have set him up. But it's Jake's enthusiastic, good-hearted classmate Max (Evan Peters), who sees a champion in Jake. He tells Jake about the sport known as mixed martial arts (MMA) and invites him to meet with his coach, Jean Roqua (Djimon Hounsou).

It is immediately apparent to Jake that MMA is not street fighting, but rather an art form he's determined to master. Roqua will take Jake under his wing, but it is up to Jake to find the patience, discipline and motivation to succeed. For Jake, there is much more at stake than mere victory. His decision will not just settle a score; it will define who he is.

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[mrfly1995]

haha bull. after i saw this movie i felt like fighting any1 outside

[orlandoc67]

never back down is the best

[Spartacus217]

Is he going to be a Scientologist too?

[latina305mami]

next tom cruise?? really??

[PhilippeDeAndria]

this movie changed my life

[demonface2010]

never back down 2, i wanted ryan maccarthy there but such an awesome movie

[DaAlzki7852]

@DaAlzki7852 Mad? Wow u really need to get a life, and some sense, if you believe someone I dont know, never seen before, never heard of before is gonna get me "mad".

[CrimesonWitcher]

@DaAlzki7852 Look at you getting mad over nothing because I called you out on your stupid comparison. Whos the emo here loser.

[DaAlzki7852]

@CrimesonWitcher OMG dude get off your high horse, its not a literal comparison, just bits and pieces, get a life emowannabe

[CrimesonWitcher]

@DaAlzki7852 SO? Ryu is still Japanese and I don't see how Cam is like Ken just because he's blond.

[DaAlzki7852]

@CrimesonWitcher But Ryu has Dark Hair and light complection, like Sean Farris, and Cam Gigandet (blonde cat) is like Ken