The Fighters

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Movie
German title The Fighters
Original title Never back down
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Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2008
length 110 minutes
Age rating FSK 18
JMK 16
Rod
Director Jeff Wadlow
script Chris Hauty
production Craig Baumgarten
David Zelon
music Michael Wandmacher
camera Lukas Ettlin
cut Victor Du Bois
Debra Weinfeld
occupation
chronology

Successor  →
The Fighters 2: The Beatdown

The Fighters (Original Title: Never Back Down ) is an American action film from 2008 . Directed by Jeff Wadlow and written by Chris Hauty .

action

Jake Tyler and his family move from Iowa to Orlando , Florida because his little brother Charlie has received a scholarship to go to tennis boarding school there. At Jake's new high school , the mostly wealthy and bored youngsters pass the time with boxing matches against each other. On his very first day, he tries to help Max Cooperman, one of these young people, in one of these fights, unaware of the facts.

Max then discovers a video on the Internet that shows Jake beating up an opposing player after a football game, which provokes him with the death of his father. With the sober Jake in the passenger seat, he caused a car accident while drunk, in which he died, whereupon Jake became very guilty and found it difficult to get his aggression under control. It is through this video that Jake wins the attention of Ryan McCarthy, the best fighter in the school.

Ryan then wants to fight Jake and lets his girlfriend Baja Miller invite him to a party in his house. There Jake, who actually doesn't want to fight, lets himself be provoked by Ryan with the cause of his father's death, fights him and is badly beaten by Ryan, who has trained various fighting techniques since he was a child. As a result, Jake is persuaded by Max, with whom he has since become friends, to let himself be trained by Jean Roqua, the best freefighting coach in town, in order to get revenge on Ryan.

In the meantime, Jake and Baja, who broke up with Ryan due to his high-handed behavior, get closer and eventually become a couple. Max tries to convince Jake to take revenge on The Beatdown , a prestigious fighting tournament that has been won by Ryan over the past few years. But Jake refuses, having overcome his guilty feelings of relationship with Baja and training with Roqua. As a result, Ryan beats the untalented Max the night before the competition ready for hospital, whereupon Jake takes part in the competition to stop Ryan.

Both fight their way to the semifinals, where Ryan is disqualified in his fight because of eye stitching and Jake does not even start because it is all about Ryan. When Jake leaves the hall, he is attacked by Ryan in the parking lot. After a one-sided fight in favor of McCarthy's, Jake had a flashback of all his previous experiences and training in Orlando. He remembers techniques that Roqua taught him and uses them. He knocked out the fight by rounding McCarthy in the head.

The final scene shows Roqua packing his things to travel to Brazil to visit his family and Jake enjoying his day with Baja at the lake.

Reviews

John Anderson wrote in Variety magazine on March 17, 2008 that this “glorification of violence” film could be a hit with the public. Anderson praised the portrayals of Sean Faris , the "charismatic" Cam Gigandet and Djimon Hounsou, who looks like Pat Morita .

Blockbuster TV describes The Fighters as a "flat thief-stripe" with a "dubious message: problems are best solved with fists."

backgrounds

  • The film was shot in Los Angeles , Orlando, and several other locations in Florida .
  • After the world premiere on March 4, 2008 in Hollywood , it was released in cinemas in the USA and Canada on March 14, 2008. The German theatrical release was on August 14, 2008.
  • The film had a budget of $ 20 million
  • The film played until April 21, 2008 more about 41.6 million US dollars one, including about 24.9 million US dollars in the cinemas of the United States.

Soundtrack

  1. "Above and Below" by The Bravery
  2. "Anthem for the Underdog" by 12 Stones
  3. "Teenagers" from My Chemical Romance
  4. "Someday" from Flipsyde
  5. "Wolf Like Me" from TV on the Radio
  6. "Under The Knife" by Rise Against
  7. "Full Circle" from Drowning Pool
  8. "Rock Star" by Chamillionaire & Lil Wayne
  9. "Be Safe" by The Cribs
  10. "My Generation" by Limp Bizkit
  11. "False Pretense" by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
  12. "Orange Marmalade" from Mellowdrone
  13. "You Are Mine" by Mute Math
  14. "Stronger" by Kanye West
  15. "Crank That (Travis Barker Rock Remix)" by Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
  16. "The Slam" by TobyMac
  17. "Pain Redefined" by Disturbed
  18. "Time Won't Let Me Go" by The Bravery
  19. "... To Be Loved" by Papa Roach (Featured during Theatrical Trailer)
  20. "Headstrong" by Trapt
  21. "All Around Me" by Flyleaf
  22. "Waiting" by Beyoncé
  23. "Back up" by Beyoncé

Sequels

In 2011 The Fighters 2: The Beatdown ( Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown ) was released, which is directly linked to the first part, but tells its own story. The director took Michael Jai White . In 2016 he also shot The Fighters 3: No Surrender .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Release for The Fighters . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ Age rating for The Fighters . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ Film review by John Anderson, accessed on April 23, 2008 ( Memento of the original from April 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.variety.com
  4. ↑ Blockbuster TV, show 26 (13 August 2008)
  5. ↑ Filming locations for Never Back Down, accessed April 23, 2008
  6. ↑ Never Back Down premiere dates, accessed April 23, 2008
  7. ↑ www.boxofficemojo.com, accessed February 11, 2009