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good movie

This movie ofcourse won't get a great review because it's made for the cliche teenager crowd...but it's not without some good things. Cam did a good job as the villian, and an even better job as a great fighter...basically saying that you don't have to be huge to be a badass. The acting isn't good but what would you expect. I dought this is realistic by any means...but the girls in Orlando were not imbelished at all, they are that hot.

The fight scenes were very well shot in my opinion. There are a lot of great camera angles there were used to make them more intense, which was cool. Sometimes you need a movie that can get you pumped up, this movie will do that for sure.

this is a movie what suprised me i like this movie and it is qute cool and i enjoy watching me.

This movie is a horrible portrayal of mixed martial arts and what it is all about. I can't complain about the fight scenes because they actually look realistic for an action movie, but as far as the plot goes the movie doesn't rise to the occasion.

I rate this movie low because it grossly misrepresents mixed martial arts in order to use a plot almost completely borrowed from "the Karate Kid". Before I get to the problems with this movie I'll state the good points to it. The fight scenes are very well choreographed. All the actors did a good job despite not having much to work with. Despite all the mis-portrayals of martial arts, the movie did portray MMA as an athletic endeavor. Everyone who fights in this movie trains hard, and there is no B.S. about Kata, or not physically exerting ones self.

The fist misrepresentation is when Jake joins a world class MMA gym and is told he is not allowed to fight anywhere else ever for any reason. There are two reasons to learn martial arts: so you can fight when you have to, and so you can fight in competition. Joining a MMA training gym and not being allowed to compete, cross-train, or defend yourself is like joining a basketball training gym and being told your never allowed to play basketball outside the gym.

Next the main character is forced into an illegal competition when his best friend is beaten almost to death. All characters consider calling the police but decline for fear of repercussions and instead decide to enter an illegal underground martial arts competition. Even the attending physician turns a blind eye. I hardly think the problem with this needs pointing out but I'll try.

Unfortunately the above seems to be a cliche pitfall in martial ars movies. The characters are placed in unlikely scenarios where they have to fight. This sort of thing attracts the wrong kind of people to martial arts. This movie could have been about facing one's fears in a competition but instead it became about settling scores without police interference.

Finally this movie portrays MMA in two ways. On one hand Max and Jake at some point become aggressive and cocky from studying martial arts, then later Max learns through training to control his emotions and use discipline to win. Studying martial arts and competing is actually a really good reality check. It requires a level head, and requires a lot of discipline. Sometimes martial arts lead to cocky assholes, but this is more often the case with martial arts that don't compete and tell there students that the techniques are too deadly to use.

Unfortunately this movie is supposed to be about mixed martial arts, but it only portrays illegal competitions, and portrays competitors as aggressive teens with daddy issues. The impression it sends to anyone unfamiliar with MMA is that the sport is synonymous with brutal fight clubs, and leads to aggressive behavior. I can't recommend this movie because it is ignorant, and it is lacking in decent plot. I hope that one day mma is portrayed in a movie by someone who actually wants to endorse it.

I really liked this movie a lot! I am not big on the whole fighting sceen but this movies had just enough action mixed with storyline to get it done! In all just a great job putting together a solid movie! Watch it!

Really underrated movie

About ten minutes in, when they show the "underground fight scene"...and then show the "battle of the x's"... I wanted to turn off the TV. It only stayed on because I was sick at home and there was nothing else on TV. Although this movie seems like it was made to cater to the MTV audience and teenage MMA fanboys.. In the end, it is actually a pretty good movie. It starts off looking like American Pie, but it actually has some heart and the resemblance of a good story. However, the cheese is on the heavy side.. so I can't really recommend it.

Even though this movie lacked almost everything it needed to succeed, im a huge mma freak, and i liked the movie.