Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.

Cooktopi The acting in this movie is really good.

nims-1975 This film is an In Between Good and Very Good film with some great acting by Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Cam Gigandet, Evan Peters and Djimon Hounsou. Never Back Down is a film which does have some pretty good fighting, but the film is to over Glamorized. The film does have some great things about it such as Jake Tylers rebellious teen character, Max Coopermans friendly, confident, passionate and keen character, Baja Millers friendly, loving and caring character and Ryan McCarthys violent and malicious character. The acting by Sean Faris as Jake Tyler, Amber Heard as Baja Miller, Cam Gigandet as Ryan McCarthy, Evan Peters as Max Cooperman and Djimon Hounsou as Jean Roqua was very good. This film did lack things in quite a few ways though and one of the main things was that the violent and malicious martial arts champion Ryan McCarthy had a big ego and was a complete dickhead, thinking he's the most powerful person ever, but Jake Tyler proved him wrong and knocked the living daylights out of him. Compared to Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown, this film was no way as good as that film and Never Back Down 2 was a hell of a lot better than this film. Never Back Down 2 was a lot more tense than this film, the fighters were a lot better than these fighters, the extremely powerful and absolutely brilliant martial arts film actor Michael Jai White was in the film not Djimon Hounsou and the fighting was a lot more tense, powerful and amazing compared to Never Back Down. None of the fighters in Never Back Down 2 had a big ego or were dickheads like Ryan McCarthy. Todd Duffee who acted as Tim Tim Newhouse is a MMA Champion in real life, is much more powerful than Cam Gigandet and would slaughter Ryan McCarthys arse to death. I'm not saying that this is a crap film, because it definitely isn't a crap film, it's quite a good one, it just has a few weak things to it that's all.

Tasin Nasir I don't know about the critics but I love this film. the quality of action, and filmography is really great. I also loved the way its story progresses and gradually develop each character. also the dialogs between Jake and his coach is thoughtful. the interesting part of this film is that each moment is enjoyable, not for a single moment I felt that it is going slow. I loved the screenplay and the message that everyone has their own fight, you must carry on the struggle. the final action scene is really awesome and it gives us the message about having peace in the mind. The ultimate message that the film provides us is we can't hide from our problems we need to face those and fight. Finally the ending scene left me with an awe. I love this film. I am really surprised to see this that the film got poor feedback from critics who can praise films like "hunger games" so heart-fully

tom-456 What's to like about this movie? Not much, except perhaps for Amber Heard. I tried to watch this on cable, but the first problem I had was with the sound track. Without doubt one of the worst selections of music I have ever experienced, right on par with those silly movies about street racing cars. Of course teenagers have always liked these kinds of movies, about self-destructive behavior, which is all that it really is about. But when did the music get this mad, with singers singing in a style that sounds like they are just telling the world where to shove it? How sad. The theme of this movie is silly and sad. The acting is pathetic, the photography, if you can even call it that, is so bad as to lead me to think that the people operating the cameras had never used cameras before, except maybe cell phone cameras. Not the very worst movie I've ever seen, but just one more movie of a genre that doesn't offer anything of any real value. I like Amber Heard, but not nearly enough to sit through this piece of junk.

Grit1441 Overall I found Never Back Down entertaining, although there wasn't anything about it that I feel was "great". The storyline has been used time and time again, but for fans of the genre it is worth your time to take this film for a spin. Some of the MMA action and training included some unexpected accuracy, especially how the training focused on position, functional strength with high endurance, and technique. Some fans of the sport will be disappointed that MMA is portrayed as an underground ring, and not as a fully sanctioned event however those same fans may also remember how MMA began at its roots. Fans of martial arts movies and/or action movies in general will at least appreciate the multiple fight scenes and pretty girls walking around in bikinis.