And Hounsou ("Blood Diamond") deserves more screen time than he gets. Gigandet is more one-note as the villain of the piece. Faris is fairly likable, despite the pretty dopey scripting and the way in which the character is written. And this is one of the few instances where slow-motion camera work enhances such sequences.Īlso, the cast is physically convincing. Jake desperately wants revenge, so he begins mixed-martial arts training with Jean Roqua (Djimon Hounsou), though he has made Jake promise not to fight outside the gym.ĭirector Jeff Wadlow (2005's "Cry Wolf") stages some credible fight scenes. well, who knows what she wants from Jake.Īs it turns out, her presence draws him to a party where he suffers a beat down at the hands and feet of her jealous boyfriend, Ryan McCarthy (Cam Gigandet). However, fellow student Max Cooperman (Evan Peters) wants to be his new best friend, and Baja Miller (Amber Heard) wants. It's supposed to be a fresh start for all three of them, but Jake is having a hard time fitting into his new surroundings. Jake's mother, Margot (Leslie Hope), has just moved him and his younger brother, Charlie (Wyatt Smith), from the Midwest to Florida. Sean Faris stars as Jake Tyler, a hot-tempered teen brawler. Reverse Text (Reverse the entire text string) Flip Text (Reverse the text line-by-line) Reverse Words (Reverse the words only, letters will not be reversed) Flip Words (Reverse the words line-by-line, letters and lines will not be reversed) Upside Down text (Flips the text message upside down, letters a-z, 1-9) Bubble text (Transform text to circled letters, a-z) Encrypt text (Encrypts the. It is a little bit violent for most audiences, though there might not be enough action for Ultimate Fighting Championship fans. In fact, it's watchable - if you can stand the sight of people pummeling each other. Storywise its like a million other movies (Karate Kid, etc.) but the reason I enjoyed it, aside from the excellent fight scenes were the characters.
So there's a temptation to simply write this mixed-martial arts fighting drama off as "Rocky Junior," "The Breakfast Fight Club," "The Ultimate Fighting Kid" or even "Fightloose," if you will.īut surprisingly, the movie is not terrible.
Amber Heard as Baja Miller, Jakes love interest. If you need to make a change to the puppet, you can edit it back in Character Animator and any artwork changes back in Photoshop or Illustrator. Preview the composition to see the results.
Select the first PNG file in the exported recording’s folder. "Never Back Down" draws on a lot of older movies for inspiration - "Rocky," "The Karate Kid" and the popular John Hughes '80s-period movies, among others. Sean Faris as Jake the Gridiron Tyler, a trouble-prone teenager and the main protagonist. Choose File > Scripts, then select New Comp from Character Animator Recording.jsx. NEVER BACK DOWN - ** - Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Djimon Hounsou rated PG-13 (violence, profanity, slurs, brief gore, vulgarity, brief sex)