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Of course, you have to take the good with the bad and there are also some more "cinematic" fights. It also helps that he had Epstein, who is a black belt in jiu-jitsu, and Eddie Bravo, former UFC commentator and inventor of the rubber guard at 10th Planet, serving as technical consultants for the fights. He seems to have learned a lot from directors like Isaac Florentine and doesn't cheat during the brawls. The man definitely knows his martial arts and should be commended for not only the (mostly) realistic action and training, but also imparting some wisdom in terms of the discipline's mental aspects (watch for a funny bit where he quotes Bruce Lee). In addition to the lead role as the trainer, Jai White also made his directorial debut here. The drama, for the most part, is very standard stuff, although I did find Case's personal history to be well down. Heading direct-to-video, this sequel apparently hits all the same notes as the first film.
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Can you guess which character ends up going rogue and using his violent tools for bad? They all learn how to enhance their previous skills (boxing, wrestling) in order to become well-rounded mixed martial artists for the upcoming Beatdown show produced by Max (Evan Peters, apparently the only connection to the first film). You have Tim (former UFC fighter Todd Duffee), a college student trying to help make ends meet for his single mom Zack (Alex Meraz), a former boxer who just had a humiliating loss that resulted in a career ending eye injury Justin (Scottie Epstein), the comic book geek looking to get revenge on the guys who beat him up and Mike (Dean Geyer), a college freshman wrestler who falls for Zack's girl and is dealing with the fact that his father left his mom for another man (really!). Four kids from varied backgrounds get training advice from down-on-his-luck former MMA star and now ex-con Case Walker (White). I never saw NEVER BACK DOWN, but this sequel features Michael Jai White so it was a must see for me. Again, the martial arts are not the only thing here that is "mixed." So are the themes. At the very end of this film, if you stick it out past the final fight (and many of you will not) there is a feel-good montage of the kind you usually see in afterschool specials. Here the MMA takes center stage and if there was a template for this film it was NOT Beatdown 1 (name notwithstanding) but BEST OF THE BEST, which (if you review that film) had a bit of a Disney flavor to it.
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The original in the series was less about MMA than it was about the horror of being a kid having to deal with other kids. What it lacks oddly is the sheer meanness that was visible in Beatdown 1. The film itself is entertaining and that is no small compliment. Man's got to do what a man has got to do. Therefore, when I notice that MJW has made the effort to turn the Beatdown franchise into a personal nestegg (this review written late in 2015, but I see there is a BEATDOWN 3 in the works) I cannot complain. It might be worth a watch if you enjoy fighting movies that is driven by the action and a solid storyline is left far behind in its wake.įirst thing this reviewer has to say is that in my other reviews I have been very clear that Jai White has taken a bum steer from Hollywood, he is a much better action figure than his CV would indicate.
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"Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown" is a mediocre action movie experience, although it does show some impressive fighting skills from Michael Jai White. It wasn't a continuation or anything, and sure it was with other characters, but the plot and storyline was a copy and paste job that was made so hastily.
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This sequel is a blatant and unnecessary remake of the first "Never Back Down" movie, to the point where it was embarrassing to bear witness to.
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Just don't get your hopes up for academy award winning performances. As for the acting, well I will say that it was adequate for the particular genre that it is. The rest of the movie was just, sorry to say, a rather mundane story. What makes the movie somewhat worthy watching is the fight during the actual Beatdown event, but it doesn't take place before well over an hour into the movie. Actually it was almost a frame-by-frame copy of the first movie.
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Story-wise then "Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown" was rather generic and similar to many other similar movies before it. Yep, it is one of those movies where an underdog receives a short period of training in martial arts, then rises to the occasion and wins despite impossible odds against many other well-trained combatants. For an action movie then this was as predictable as they come.