![]() Its like 90s kickboxing movies goodness but at the same time with better direction, better acting, betting production value as a whole. ![]() In the end i had a ton of fun with that movie, its movies like that i am waiting for and i welcome so much the release once in a while. I don't want to go into a spoiler review so i will not say more, but lets just say that the focus in clearly on the main characters and there relationship together. The battle is not personal on that level. The only thing that people may have a grip with, just like i do, is that the movie lacks a great antagonist. Non the less Michael Jai White make it work super great. Good action, solid character development, the story is engaging even tough a bit less personal than in previous movies. But after having seen the movie, i do feel the movie is a lot better than the trailer. ![]() I mean it didn't looked as good as i had in mind for the next step in Case Walker story. So when the trailer drop, i was a bit surprised. It was inevitable that the third movie would focus on Case, after all Michael Jai White is a huge name in the martial art style and the story of the kids from the second movie was wrapped up. The character of Case Walker was good but so was the other ones as well. The second one came as a good surprise and i enjoyed it again a damn lot. Phillips & Tim P.I enjoyed a lot the first one back then, surprisingly even tough it had an Hollywood cast and was very commercial i loved it. Michael Jai White as Casey "Case" Walker Jr.įilming started in September 2010 and finished in November in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.Alex Meraz as Zack "Smoke and Thunder" Gomes.Dean Geyer as Mike "Wrestler Kid" Stokes.Case gets a call from "Big" John McCarthy and confirms his return to MMA. As Mike celebrates his win, he finally calls his father and ask him to go out to dinner because they have a lot to talk about. Justin attempts to retaliate by jumping Mike from behind, but Mike counters with a superman punch to the face. In the tournament finals, Mike engages Justin in a grueling fight until he wins by breaking Justin's right shoulder via an Omoplata submission hold. Mike defeats Zack, while Justin injures Tim in the restroom, thus eliminating him from the tournament. With each facing their own trials to reach the final match, it comes down to only one of them versus their own. The rest of the group, in revenge, band together and take on Justin at the Beatdown. Because of this, the team builds a new gym where they can train and hold the Beatdown tournament.ĭanger strikes when Justin snaps from constant bullying, goes rogue and decides to not only attack his personal enemies but also the group itself by framing their mentor and setting him up to go to jail. Later on, Case is harassed by police officers, who threaten him for violating his probation. A few weeks into training, the four trainees argue over their reasons for training and deserving to be there more, the worst of it being Justin and Zack hurting each other physically, leaving them to settle it themselves. Max offers Case the chance to make some money and at the same time, help him promote the Beatdown. Max Cooperman is in charge of another upcoming fight at the underground event "The Beatdown", and four fighters are training in a vacant lot under very-experienced martial artist Case Walker: Zack Gomes, who recently quit boxing after sustaining a partially detached retina from a match MMA fighter Tim Newhouse, whose family is in debt following the death of his father Mike Stokes, a college student dealing with issues of his father leaving his mother for another man and Justin Epstein, a comic book store clerk who is the frequent target of bullying. The film marks White's directorial debut. The film made its world premiere at the ActionFest film festival in Asheville, North Carolina, on April 8, 2011, and was released on DVD on September 13, from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. It is a sequel to the 2008 film Never Back Down. Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown (also known as The Fighters 2: The Beatdown) is a 2011 American martial arts film starring Evan Peters, Michael Jai White, Dean Geyer, Alex Meraz, Todd Duffee, Scott Epstein and Jillian Murray.
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