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| Based on | Characters created by Chris Hauty |
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Release date | 2008–2021 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $23,000,000 (2 films)[1][2][3][4] |
| Box office | $41,627,431 (Total from 1 theatrical release) |
The Never Back Down film series consists of American martial arts sport movies, centered around an original story and characters created by Chris Hauty. The plot of each installment details the events that surround its various underdog characters, who must exceed expectations and overpower their more experienced competition in a variety of legal, semi-legal, and illegal MMA competitions.
The series as a whole has been met with mixed critical and financial successes. The original movie received poor response from critics,[5] despite earning a profit at the box office.[1] The second and third installments which followed earned praise from critics who considered them an improvement,[6] though their monetary performance on home video is unknown.[2][3] Conversely, the fourth film had mixed reception critically, with various reactions calling it inferior to its predecessors,[7][8] while others believed it was a worthy sequel from the female perspective.[9][10] Despite each movie's initial performance, they were later classified by some critics through modern analyses as some of the best classics of their genre.[11][12]
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NeverBackDown_RTwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Curran, Brad (November 25, 2021). "Every Never Back Down Martial Arts Movie Ranked (Including Revolt)". ScreenRant. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ Moore, David J. (2021). "Never Back Down: Revolt (2021) Blu-ray Review". The Action Elite. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ Jerva, John M. (November 17, 2021). "Review- NEVER BACK DOWN: REVOLT is Essentially an MMA Film of Missed Opportunities". Action-Flix.com. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ Felperin, Leslie (February 16, 2022). "Never Back Down: Revolt review – oddly empowering woman-a-mano combat". The Guardian. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
...oddly empowering woman-a-mano combat...The latest in this pulpy fighting franchise has Chechen refugee Anya punching the patriarchy...the most significant relationships in the film are between her and her brother, and then later between the women locked up in the makeshift prison, who decide to stop fighting each other and work together to overthrow the patriarchy – sorry, overthrow their traffickers.
- ^ Curran, Brad (November 17, 2021). "Never Back Down: Revolt (2021)". Kung-Fu Kingdom. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ Arora, Gaurav (May 25, 2023). "10 Combat Sports Movies Which Will Make You Want To Jump In The Ring Right Away". ScoopWhoop. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
Never Back Down is one series which took MMA obsession among youngsters to a whole new level.
- ^ Aulino, Giancarlo (October 10, 2021). "Top 5 MMA films that you should watch now". Sportskeeda.
The film sheds light on the training that goes into MMA. In doing so, viewers gain a greater appreciation for the training and athletic ability required to be successful in MMA.