Lessons Learned from Never Back Down

I imagine the pitch for this movie included some combination of The Karate Kid Part III, Rocky V, and Kickboxer. So if this type of film interests you, read no further because what I am about to post includes spoilers. These are the lessons learned from Never Back Down, not including the most important lesson, which of course is to never back down.

1. Organized MMA bouts between high schoolers is apparently legal.
2. All high school students in Orlando have iPhones and they have embraced new media and Web 2.0 applications.
3. Beating three guys in broad daylight in a fit of road rage will not result in your arrest. Additionally, a video of said beating posted to a YouTube-like website will result in a boost in your popularity among your high school peers.
4. Realfights4real.com is ironically not a real website as the film would like you to believe.
5. Djimon Hounsou, who probably should have won an Oscar for Blood Diamond, will definitely win one for Never Back Down.
6. Getting viciously beaten and slammed against cars and concrete will leave you with only a busted lip.

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