![]() ![]() ![]() He has a rising reputation with the students of his new school due to an internet video of him when he was a football player at his previous school fighting with a frustrated opponent player who makes derogatory remarks about Jake's father. His father died in a drunk-driving car crash accident, which is the subject of taunting from other classmates. Jake Tyler has recently moved from Iowa to Orlando, Florida with his mother, Margret and younger brother Charlie who is a budding Tennis star, the move being in furtherance of his tennis career. It received generally negative reviews from critics and grossed $41.6 million worldwide against a budget of $20 million. The film was theatrically released on March 14, 2008. It tells the story of a frustrated and conflicted teenager who arrives at a new high school and discovers an underground fight club there. ![]() A less sunny and more serious glimpse into the reality of underground fight rings, Never Back Down: Revolt stands apart from its predecessors, but in pushing so hard to be different, it will potentially alienate the audience that fell in love with the series.Never Back Down is a 2008 American martial arts film directed by Jeff Wadlow and starring Sean Faris, Cam Gigandet, Amber Heard, and Djimon Hounsou. Judged outside of the franchise, Never Back Down: Revolt has some interesting ideas, the female angle working in its favour. The changes make for a story far darker in tone, a move that may not suit everybody’s tastes, nor will the decision to push the martial arts aspects deep into the background. How another woman can betray others and place them into this Hellish nightmare feels especially cruel.Ī definite departure from what has come before it, Never Back Down: Revolt leads the series into a dangerous new territory. Another interesting switch-up is that, for once, it isn’t a man running the show and by having a woman at the top, the fate of Anya and her friends seems so much worse. It’s a nice change of pace to see women be able to work together rather than turn on one another. The captives embrace more of a sisterhood than the overdone females at war. An important component to the story is that, despite women on women violence, the group don’t actually want to fight each other. This gives the battles an edge of desperation and unpredictability, meaning that nothing about them looks clean and glossy. Anya and the other women aren’t fighting for prestige or honour, but for their lives and freedom. Without a formal grudge match or big competition to train for, the need for precision and excellence disappears. ![]() The fights themselves are scrappy and visceral. One more trailer for Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ ahead of this week’s release There’s also a strong chance those fans of the previous films will be lost as this is a much more confronting watch. In changing itself so dramatically, there’s a strong sense that this is a Never Back Down film in name only, a sneaky trick that is often used to ensure eyeballs on a movie that might otherwise get lost. Taking the tournament and battle-of-honour angle out of the piece and replacing it with such a stark subject matter adds an element of horror, removing the feel-good martial arts movie vibes that have seen the series through until now. The more serious tone and topic push the series for the first time into the 18 certificate arena, due to it being more aggressive and bloodthirsty. As the premise suggests, Kellie Madison’s Never Back Down film is much darker in tone than what has come before. Having performed well, Anya finds herself kidnapped and forced into a series of battles for her freedom. Never Back Down: Revolt begins when Anya (Olivia Popica) is drafted to take part in a fight to help alleviate her brother’s debt. It’s a great move forward for the series as female characters have been lacking so far, mainly existing as love interests for the men, despite most of them being fighters in their own right. The talent in front of the camera reflects those working behind it, and this fourth movie is all about embracing feminine strength and resilience. Not only is our lead character female for the first time in the series, Never Back Down: Revolt has been written and directed by women too Kellie Madison directed the script written by Audrey Arkins. Whereas the first two sequels connected to one another, and the original, the latest entry is a stand-alone story that shifts from sunnier climates to London, and the protagonist from male to female. ![]()
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