2011 · drama · action · martial-arts
Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown
Directed by Michael Jai White1h 39m2011
Four fighters from different backgrounds come together to train under an ex MMA rising star and then ultimately have to fight each other and the traitor in their midst.
Our read: Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown (2011) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded drama · action · martial-arts entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme drama / action, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
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