Never Back Down is a 2008 American martial arts film directed by Jeff Wadlow and starring Sean Faris and Cam Gigandet.

It tells the story of a frustrated and conflicted teenager who arrives at a new high school and discovers an underground fight club there.

Jake Tyler has recently moved from Iowa to Orlando, Florida with his mother Margot and younger brother Charlie.

An internet video of Jake fighting with an opponent football player in Iowa who mocks him is shared at his new school, giving him a reputation.

After learning that Ryan was disqualified in his semifinal match due to an illegal eye gouge, Jake forfeits, seeing no reason to continue.

Eventually, Jake wins the respect of his fellow students, including Ryan, and Roqua returns to Brazil to reconcile with his father.

And with its emphasis on stupid violence, xylophone abs, and getting yourself on YouTube, it's yet another product that makes you feel bad about today's youth culture".

[5] Michael Phillips of Chicago Tribune gave the film two out of four stars, saying "[i]t's a little Karate Kid, a smidge of Fight Club (with none of the ironic ambivalence toward violence that David Fincher brought to that story), a lot of The O.C.

[6] Richard Roeper gave the film a positive review: "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".

[7] Movie historian Leonard Maltin cited the picture as "A wildly improbable and cliched, yet entertaining (particularly for fans of this genre), variation on The Karate Kid...wherein Faris and Heard have the Ralph Macchio and (respectively) Elisabeth Shue roles, while Gigandet (who can glare with the best of them) is in William Zabka's...All in all, the film Showdown tried to be".

[9] An unrated version called the "Extended Beat Down Edition", featuring nudity and more blood, was released on DVD on July 29, 2008.

[10] The trance track played, when Ryan and his dad argue, is called "Estuera – Tales From The South (Jonas Steur's Flow Revision)", it did not feature on the soundtrack.

A 2011 sequel titled Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown was released with Evan Peters reprising his role as Max Cooperman.

The film also stars Josh Barnett, Gillian Waters, Steven Quardos, Nathan Jones and Esai Morales.

With no returning cast, the movie stars Olivia Popica, Michael Bisping, Brooke Johnston, Vanessa Campos, Diana Hoyos, Neetu Chandra and James Faulkner.