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Never Back Down

Never Back Down SynopsisJAKE TYLER never goes looking for trouble, but it always seems to find him. Since the break-up of his parents' marriage, it's everywhere he turns. Freshly transplanted from a sleepy Iowa town to the heat and flash of new-money Orlando, Florida, Jake seems headed for even more rocky terrain as he is pulled into an underground fighting league — a kind of fight club for teens.

With the help of his new group of friends — a fight and life-savvy coach, a free-thinking and adventurous girlfriend, and a scrawny but charming best friend — Jake manages to rise above the chaos around him. But just as he's beginning to feel like he's in control, his world is turned upside down once again by an unrelenting campaign to get him back in the ring.

From Jeff Wadlow, director of the stylish teen thriller CRY WOLF and winner of the Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival for his short film THE TOWER OF BABBLE, comes this ripped-from-the-headlines story, in the tradition of such inspirational classics as THE KARATE KID, ROCKY and THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS.

In the end, when the safety of his friends and family is on the line, Jake has only one option. Never. Back. Down.

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Release Date: March 14, 2008
Genre: Action-Adventure, Drama and Teen
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Distributor(s): Summit Entertainment, LLC
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Director:
Jeff Wadlow

Writer(s):
Chris Hauty - Screenplay
Robert Munic (II) - Screenplay (rewrite)

Producer(s):
Craig Baumgarten - Producer
David Zelon - Producer

Movie Casts:
Djimon Hounsou
Sean Faris - Jake Tyler
Amber Heard - Baja Miller
Cam Gigandet - Ryan McDonald
Evan Peters - Max Cooperman
Leslie Hope - Margot
Ryan Watson - Beat down fighter
Lauren Leech - Jenny
Affion Crockett - Beatdown Dj Swagga
Jill Sayre - (voice)
Jim R. Coleman - Referee
Tilky Jones - Eric
Chris Adler - Fight Club Fighter
Alexandria Iona - Baja's Friend
Wyatt Smith - Charlie Tyler
Wolfgang J. Weber - Fighter
Rachael Thompson - Fighter - Battle of the Ex's
Jeremy Palko - Running Back
Neil Brown Jr. - Aaron
Steven Crowley - Ben Costigan
Jason Nathaniel Powers - Cell Phone Kid
Jamie Hartley
Amazona - Mansion fighter
Artie Ahr - Beatdown Boy
Rich Freeman - Fight Club Fighter
Michael Rummel - Hornets Head Coach
Chris Lindsay - Beatdown Referee
Byron Peck - Fighter Registrar
Anesti Vogia - Fighter
Igor Smorshok - Club Fighter
Jennifer Paige Moralez - Student / spectator
Joseph Cortez - Fighter / Lopez
Devin Higgins - Lakefront Mansion Fighter #2
Cameron Francis - ER Doctor
Aaron Pushkar - Fight Club Instigator
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