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Best Movie about People getting Kicked in the nads
by Tess (movies profile)
Apr 20, 2008
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22 people found this review helpful
This was the best movie ever about people getting kicked in the nads. Except maybe Kickboxer, with Jean Claude Van Damme. But this movie has way more heart. You totally root for Jake, even if he is a hothead jerk sometimes. In real life the actor who plays Jake broke one of his vertebrae doing this movie. True story. I can't remember the name of the actor, but I'm not bothering to find out because let's face it, this is the last thing he'll ever really do, except maybe a diet coke commercial or something.
Movies about people getting kicked in the nads just don't fare well.
Such is life.
Here's some details from the official site about the movie. It's a lot of fancy talk for "You WILL see people get kicked in the NADS":
Set against the action-packed world of Mixed Martial Arts, NEVER BACK DOWN is the story of Jake Tyler, a tough kid who leads with his fists, and, often, with his heart. Jake Tyler, played by Sean Faris (Yours, Mine and Ours), is the new kid in town with a troubled past. He has recently moved to Orlando, Florida with his family who has relocated to support his younger brother's shot at a professional tennis career. Jake was a star athlete on the football team at home, but in this new city he is an outsider with a reputation for being a quick tempered brawler. Making an attempt to fit in, and at the invitation of a flirtatious classmate, Baja, played by Amber Heard (Hidden Palms, Alpha Dog), Jake goes to a party where he is unwittingly pulled into a fight with a bully named Ryan McCarthy, played by Cam Gigandet (The O.C., Who's Your Caddy?). While he is defeated and humiliated in the fight, a classmate introduces himself to Jake and tells him about the sport known as Mixed Martial Arts (M |
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