Film Review: Never back down 3: No Surrender

 Genre: Martial arts  / Action

Cert: R-rated

Director: Michael Jai White

Screen writer: Chris Hauty (characters) Chris Hauty (screenplay) Chris Hauty (story)

Michael Jai White (screenplay)  

Starring: Michael Jai White , Josh Barnett , Gillian White, JeeJa Yanin , Esai Morales , Stephen Quadros , Nathan Jones , Brahim Achabbakhe , Ron Smoorenburg , Tony Jaa , Elidh MacQueen , Aaron Brumfield, 

Running time: 1hr 30min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: Men with there tops off , few scene of nudity , couple kissing 

Violence & Gore: This is a martial arts film so expect fighting to be brutal & fast

Profanity: R-rated language 

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Scene of drinking from the main characters

Frightening/Intense Scenes: There are a few intense moments through out the film not nothing frightening.

Story: Picking up after the events of Never Back Down 2 , former MMA champion Case Walker help out a friend who fighting a dangerous mma fight only to get involved in the situation , get involved in the fight to become champion once again.

Likes : Normal when it comes the third film of a franchise it can get a little mediocre , i can honest say this is not the case with this film , incredible directing from Michael jai white he has real vision when it come to this type of film.
The fight scene are well choreographed with some of the best fighting ive seen to date in these types of film , of course you always get one of those cock ass one in a film that think their the best which is funny because when you see the fight in this film lets just say he get his mouth shut.

I like the style of this film using MMA Fighting in a real arena give the film more solid grounded story than just some bullying theme, Michael jai white is at his best inn this film dispute his age he still got the bad ass attitude you mess you get put down hard.

I love the training scene this film remind of kick boxer & rocky in away just a mma feel with some awesome show tracks from Snowgoons ft Onyx - Do U Bac Down & Light 'Em Up - Vo Williams ft. Robin Loxley during the training it really adds to the scene get you pump for the fight to happen.

The acting is pretty well done as well pretty solid story complemented with great fight scene , although there are a few moment when the film is a little slow there are a few flaws i the film but as a whole this film is pretty good.

There are some funny moments special with a cameo of Tony Jaa , your like what the hell is he doing lol moments which you kind of gotta laugh at or your just find him weird , i love the fact this follow up from the last film although it a shame this didn't include any from the last film on a video flash back scene of what happen in the second film you dont see anyone from never back down 2 which is a shame.

But ya if you loved the first 2 film's your gonna love this one as it got great fighting , good train scenes with great music & a twist in the story that keep this interesting , gotta say brilliant directing from Michael.

Dislikes : There were a few scene that could have been given more purpose as they were they didn't really need to be in the film as it was mainly focused on the main characters of the film & not the side characters.

Overall : Brilliant fight scene , Good acting, good directing & solid story. Good twist.

 

Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment  / 8.6 out of 10 for concept.