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Jan
19
2008

In The Tradition of Such Inspirational Classics as THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS …

Posted by Todd Brown at 6:47pm.

Posted in Trailer Alerts , Martial Arts, Action, USA & Canada.

Best. Synopsis. Ever.

JAKE 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 beginningto 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.

Yes, boys and girls, The Fast and the Furious is now an inspirational classic.  Heh.  Silly as that may be the trailer for this has arrived online and while it obviously is hoping to put the same glossy, teen friendly sheen on MMA that Fast and the Furious did on drag racing it also looks to have some pretty impressive fight work in it.  And, hell, it’s got Djimon Hounsou in a key support role and he’s always worth watching.

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Reader Comments

  1. methosb 01/19/2008 @ 7:34pm

    As an MMA fan, this trailer is insulting.

  2. Swarez 01/19/2008 @ 7:53pm

    Yesssss. They got a scrawny but charming friend in it. I’m so there.

  3. ChevalierAguila 01/19/2008 @ 11:10pm

    All i can say is:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fWvub_WBho

    Gee, i wonder who wins at the end D:

  4. bOOmStiCK 01/20/2008 @ 4:21am

    He’s gonna need a montage…

  5. GAPS 01/20/2008 @ 7:23am

    “ripped from the headlines” indeed.

  6. Mike 01/20/2008 @ 11:33am

    I’m with methosb on this one.

    Plus, “never back down from a fight” is a really great, inspirational message for the kids…

  7. plastique 01/20/2008 @ 9:04pm

    Ong Bak, eat your heart out!
    I’m totally gonna ask my mom to take me to this one after school!

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