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Never Back Down

2008, Movie, PG-13, 113 mins

NEVER BACK DOWN
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This unlikely hybrid of THE KARATE KID (1984) and FIGHT CLUB (1999) is formulaic and derivative, but sufficiently well made to work as both teen-angst melodrama and bone-rattling brawl picture. Newly widowed Margot Tyler (Leslie Hope) moves her sons, 17-year-old Jake Tyler (Sean Faris, who bears an occasionally distracting resemblance to Tom Cruise) and 10-year-old Charlie (Wyatt Smith), from Iowa to Orlando, Florida, in hopes that they can all make a fresh start. Tennis p... read more leave a comment
Year: 2008
Rated PG-13

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Sean Faris: Jake Tyler
Amber Heard: Baja Miller
Cam Gigandet: Ryan McCarthy
Evan Peters: Max Cooperman
Leslie Hope: Margot Tyler
Djimon Hounsou: Jean Roqua

 

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