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Synopsis: At his new high school, a rebellious teen Jake Tyler is lured into an ultimate underground fighting club in a Backyard Fight, where he finds a mentor in a mixed martial arts veteran. After receiving threats to the safety of his friends and family, Jake seeks the mentoring of a veteran fighter, to train his mind and body for one final no-holds-barred elimination fight with his unrelenting personal nemesis and local martial arts champion Ryan McCarthy.
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Director(s): Jeff Wadlow
Production: Summit Entertainment
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
39
Rotten Tomatoes:
22%
PG-13
Year:
2008
110 min
$24,767,490
Website
2,421 Views


Beatdown! Beatdown! Beatdown!

Beatdown! Beatdown! Beatdown!

The first match is about to begin.

Let's give it up for Camin and Mintz!

This is a no holds barred match.

No eye gouging,

no crotch shots and no biting.

Bout ends with a tap out or a knockout.

Fight!

Come on, Mintz!

Check that right.

Do it, man!

Camin and Mintz!

It's gonna go down!

Whoa! It's over.

Kick to the face.

Mintz is going on to the next round!

Yeah!

Show your stuff. Show your stuff.

Jake Tyler, checking in.

We're still in the first round.

And we have 32 fighters

going for the title of Beatdown King.

And right about now, we got the new guy,

Jake Tyler, trying to throw up

against current Beatdown King,

Ryan McCarthy!

Oh, my God!

Wow!

Ryan is so hot!

Check mine out, too, yeah.

Strictly for the ladies.

New guy, he's been doing some push-ups,

but he's still a dead man walking.

McCarthy and Tyler.

Yo! Yo! Yo! Yo! Yo!

Slight mix-up, man.

It's not McCarthy versus Tyler.

It's McCarthy versus Taylor.

I'm sorry, y'all.

It's McCarthy versus Taylor,

and not McCarthy versus Tyler.

We made a mistake. We misread. I'm sorry.

I can't read sometimes.

I can't read. Damn it!

Don't boo me. I'll beat your ass.

You dodged a bullet there, huh?

Stick around. This'll be quick.

Oh, knee to the head!

Beatdown King.

Leg lock!

Jake Tyler!

Yeah!

Reversal!

He tapped out! He tapped out!

Jake Tyler returns from the dead.

Yeah!

Only eight guys left, people!

And we got Jake Tyler versus Dak-Ho.

Down! Let him bring it!

Jake Tyler is hurt!

A kick to the ribs.

Many exchanges with these two.

Watch out!

Superman!

Punch to the face!

Dak-Ho!

- Come on!

- Dak-Ho is killing him out there!

Bust that pretty face!

Tyler slams Dak-Ho.

Leg lock! He's got the ankle.

I think it's a wrap for Jake Tyler.

It's over. It's over.

Reversal!

Jake Tyler, back from the dead.

How does he do it?

Triangle choke!

He tapped out!

It's over! It is over!

Jake Tyler is going on to the semi-finals.

I can't believe it! Dak-Ho is out of there!

Fight fans have got to love it.

Give it up for the new guy, Jake Tyler!

Hey!

Are you sure you can fight?

Yeah. Just give me a minute.

I said just give me a minute.

So, I show up,

and that's the welcome I get?

You look like sh*t.

That's an insult to sh*t.

What are you doing here?

I guess I couldn't walk away either.

Why not?

I went back and sat with Max after you left,

wondering when...

If someone from his family

was going to show up.

Then I realized they already had.

I get it,

why you're fighting.

It's like the Shield of Achilles.

You're fighting so that

you don't have to fight again.

Shield of Achilles.

Nicely done.

You can do this.

This is the semi-final round!

Looks cute, but it's not enough.

Body slammed on the floor!

Come on, champ. What are you doing?

Why can't you finish?

He ain't even fighting back.

Why you taking so long, champ?

This ain't the Ryan McCarthy

we've been seeing all night!

Give us a show, baby!

He taps out. Villa taps out!

Ryan McCarthy is the winner!

Give it up again!

Yeah!

Let him hear it, y'all. Let him hear it!

We love you, Ryan!

McCarthy is going on

- to the Championship Round!

- Wait. Hold up.

Let me see.

McCarthy! Illegal move. DQ. Eye gouge.

- Eye gouge?

- You're out.

- Get over there.

- What? Keep it moving.

- Hold on, y'all!

- You're out!

Ryan McCarthy eye gouges Villa!

He is disqualified.

This is Jake Tyler versus Tommy Kline.

Oh, yeah!

Are you ready?

Ready?

Fight, already!

- What happened to McCarthy?

- DQ.

Fight!

Did he just tap out?

You're not serious!

Come on, let's go.

Jake Tyler taps out!

He didn't even throw a punch yet.

The winner by default is Tommy Kline.

So, what the hell is going on tonight, man?

All right, y'all.

I guess the championship match

is between Villa and Kline.

Sounds like a bad law firm.

I'm pissed off.

I'm going in the back to cool off.

You sure you're okay?

Yeah.

What the hell was that?

This is about me and you.

I don't care about some tournament.

You giving up? Is that what you're doing?

No. I showed up. I'm here. I'm ready.

There's nobody here to watch now.

That's all you care about, right?

"Spectator sport"?

That's all you got.

Now you got nothing.

Walk away from it, man.

Ryan, stop!

It's on.

The real championship is going on outside.

Where the hell y'all going?

Y'all can't leave the Beatdown like that.

Fight? Oh, sh*t!

Light them up, man!

Watch his feet!

Kill him, Ryan!

Come on, Ryan. You past his door, baby.

Don't let him tie you up!

Come on, grapple with him.

Get on the ground with him.

Yeah, baby. Come on, Ryan, get up!

Come on, Ryan! Get up!

Come on, Ryan. You did it before.

Overhand right. Overhand right.

Jake, you're weak, man. You're weak, Jake.

You ain't got nothing!

This is the Beatdown right here!

You got moves!

Nice shield! Nice shield!

Go for the ribs, Ryan. He's hurt.

Go for the ribs.

Come on, Ryan! Get him!

Come on, Ryan! Get out of it!

Come on, Ryan!

Crack those ribs, baby.

Break them. Tenderize them!

Go, Ryan!

Ryan, stop it!

Jake! Come on!

Don't freak out, man!

Jake!

What the hell are you doing?

Ryan, you're an a**hole!

Come on, Jake! Tap out, man!

Jake!

What are you doing? Ryan!

Ryan, let go!

You're gonna kill him, Ryan!

What the hell are you doing?

Jake!

Yeah!

Sorry.

You should not be driving a stick.

That's big talk from a guy

who takes the bus.

Hey, Max. You okay?

Improving significantly.

Yeah!

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