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Review of Never Back Down: No Surrender

I didn't even know they were making a third one of these. The way these are going though reminds me of the Undisputed series. The first one barely has any relation to the second one. Then a supporting character of the second one ends up as the main character of the third one. It's a bit silly if you think about it. Oh well Michael Jai White is awesome and so is Scott Adkins who became the main of the Undisputed series. I also like the poster for this which makes it look almost like a legit UFC fight. Michael Jai White also works as the director again after part two . He also takes a shot at the screenplay this time around. This has a couple really awesome action stars including JeeJa Yanin (Chocolate) and [spoiler]Tony Jaa (Ong Bak trilogy).[/spoiler] MMA in a boxing ring? I don't think I have seen that except in like the very beginning of the Ultimate Fighter seasons. Don't you just love it when people are defiant? This series has deviated greatly from what the first one was. The second one was still similar, but this one is practically another series. I wonder how this is supposed to go. Josh Barnett's acting is a little underwhelming as well as the woman who plays his wife. I mean the focus is on the action here of course. Hopefully it will be good considering the martial arts powerhouses included. That doesn't seem safe at all. Oh man I miss street vendor food. Why can't Texas have more of that around? That's definitely an interesting training set up. Okay that is actually kind of cool. It kind of reminds me of the Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock movies. He had me going for a minute there too. Well hello there. Okay I wish I was that strong. Haha oh wow lol! So why exactly is that a bad thing? The fights here have been pretty tame so far which is disappointing. Now that's just immature lol. Dude that's not necessary. JeeJa Yanin is still amazing. Her English is so adorable too. The humor throughout this is kind of amusing while some of it is a bit corny as well. I feel like besides one scene they made it watchable for the family. Wow a flashback to the second movie! Man you can clearly tell that Michael Jai White has buffed up after 5 years. Of course that's what would happen. I didn't expect any cameos nice. That final fight was smart, different, and the most interesting of them all. I do wish we got to see some action from Tony Jaa though. It could have had some better action. The acting could have been tweaked as well. As a one time watch I liked it. I just wish it had offered something more.
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Added by BAMF
7 years ago on 30 May 2016 23:25