Never Back Down: No Surrender

And that is just friendly advice. You do know that villains never think they'll back down. Until they do, then they not only think it, they actually do it. But apart from the obvious and the predictability what else is there? The fight scenes of course and they are pretty well staged. Though that shouldn't be surprising if you have seen Michael Jai Whites previous work before.

Characters try to shine through, but not every beat of the story or of their development works well. It means well, but that doesn't always go down that well. Well enough of that, because most likely you watch this or consider watching this because of the action involved and there you won't be disappointed (unless you expect Tony Jaa ... wait he also is in it. But just in a cameo role! More juice and fight is in the "Chocolate" star, also getting a short appearance in this).

So while I haven't seen the previous Never Back Down, this is based on, you can watch it and still enjoy it too

The first conclusion is more than simple - Michael Jai White deserved his movie from Never Back Down series and the last minutes of preview part suggested very clear the birth of this one.

In same measure, more than martial art , a good point of this film is the try to create a coherent story, from romance to the rvalries conciliated by common interest, different fight styles . And , sure, different relation with antagonist.

And exactly this effort to offer more than fair option for fights fans gives some value to this film who is correct crafted, interesting acted and has not so bad dialogues ( or plot ).

In short , a surprising nice work , more serious than pretext for impressive kickboxing scenes.

It's a great action movie with some amazing action scenes, but the problem is that feeling of there is acting going on , that wont let you to live the movie, I'm not sure if choosing Josh Barnett to play Brody James was a good choice at all, however the other actors did just fine, Michael Jai White did his magic as usual. The whole idea of never back down always impressed me , cool fight scenes and giving moral to the story the action that's going on, and having a goal to achieve , working hard for it, therefore if you are looking for a good action movie this one will be just fine for you, don't expect much.

Good movie with good story, a well climax and a necessary dose to action lovers. White is appointed to train his friend for an big MMA fight with Psycho Caeser. After many dramatic turns finally White fights with Caeser before final ring. The story is so in short, Directed by White. Also acted his girlfriend's role by his real wife Gillian White. A cameo by Tony Jaa at climax at least me cheering up to see him because I am big fan of him from 'Ong Bak". And also fan of White for his perfect and electrified martial arts skill. Here he also gives lessons how to fight and how to train yourself in martial art is a appreciated part of the movie. I like this one. Jeeja Yanin also have a small role to impress us (Lady Tony Jaa in 'Chocolate'). Actually this is second movie which I saw after ' Million Dollar Baby' on focusing in details on how to fight perfectly. Good attempt by White. He must be thankful for this and I am waiting for his such movies in future. Some viewers think this is 80's movie( due to Karate) but those martial arts ( like Karate, Wushu etc.) never loose its charm and will be ever fresh in every period of time till the art of fighting unarmed will live.

This is absolutely a paint-by-numbers martial arts competition flick, and standard fare for fans of its star, Michael Jai White. Or JCVD; or Scott Adkins, et. al. But after you've slogged through the main body of the production, the climactic sequence nets you a big overall win for your temporal investment. That reward begins with a truly unique and amusing cameo as a lead-in to the inevitable Big Fight all the typical character arcs and tepid dialog have been setting up. Often it ain't about what they do, but how they do it. Coffee for the closers.