Monday, September 8, 2008

Never Back Down



Jacket: "Jake is the new kid in school. When a beautiful girl befriends him, Jake thinks he's set. But instead, her fight-club boyfriend Ryan, smacks Jake a bloody, black-eyed welcome. Humiliated, Jake then turns to a mixed martial arts master (Djimon Hounsou), who teaches him how to fight ... and how to walk away. But it becomes obvious that a brutal re-match is inevitable if Jake wants to stop Ryan and his bullying once and for all."

Spot-on quote: "It's a little Karate Kid, a smidge of Fight Club ... a lot of The O.C." - Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune.

Wikipedia: "Richard Roeper, host of At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper, gave the film a marginal "thumbs up" saying "I laughed so much at the litany of clichés that I finally had to admit I was entertained from start to finish by this cheesy knock-off." Michael Philips, guest critic for that week gave the film thumbs down and felt the film was "not worth recommending for any reason".[3]"

I may have lost a lotta brain cells watching this, but it was almost worth the eye-candy.

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