![]() ![]() ![]() However, Remedy is going in an entirely new direction, partnering with the Helsinki, Finland-based Fried Music studio to create custom songs from artists from across the globe to bring each chapter to a close. In Alan Wake 2, chapters are still presented like episodes, punctuated by licensed music. Featuring world-renowned performers like David Bowie, Nick Cave, and Roy Orbison, its music was pulled from various genres and decades to deliver companion songs as each TV-style episode came to a close. This won't matter to those who just want to see a lot of mixed martial arts, but it does severely limit any interest in this movie beyond those who are already fans of MMA.It's hard to forget the soundtrack to 2010's Alan Wake. This is one of at least five secondary stories that never really gets resolved. ![]() ![]() While the movie attempts to show that Mike isn't mad that his father is gay - rather, he's mad that he left his family - it's clear throughout that Mike is triggered by the shame he feels that his father is gay. While the dyed-black emo haircut of one of the characters is certainly dated, what's even more dated is the overall attitudes everyone has over the fact that the father of one of the lead characters has come out as gay after leaving his family. Aside from the demographic fond of saying, "'Sup, brah?" in a nonironic fashion, it's hard to imagine anyone else seeing this as anything more than cheesy B movie fare. Then maybe Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown could have been something entertaining for those who aren't superfans of MMA. If only the production values were less amateurish. If only the filmmakers spent less time on the fight scenes and more on the fundamentals of scriptwriting, character development, and conflict. If only the actors in this sequel had spent a little less time in the gym and more time in the Drama Club. But Case has issues of his own, to say nothing of the in-fighting between the four trainees, and as the night of the "Beatdown" looms ever closer, each fighter must come to grips with his weaknesses as well as his strengths as they all prepare to settle their disagreements once and for all inside the cage. Case is a tough-as-nails trainer who will need at least one montage to get these four guys in MMA-fighting shape. Max encourages Mike and Zack to find the best trainer around, Case Walker, who teaches mixed martial arts in a vacant lot. When Mike starts college, he meets Max, who is trying to organize and promote an MMA "Beatdown" event. And Justin has a bad MySpace emo haircut and works in a comic book store, thus making him the target of bullies in the neighborhood. While going to school, Tim works full-time trying to help his mother - who has now taken work in a strip club - to keep their house after his father died. Zack is a boxer who has been told that after getting beaten up during his last match, he has a detached retina - and if he keeps fighting, he'll go blind. In NEVER BACK DOWN 2: THE BEATDOWN, Mike has been kicked off the wrestling team after beating up a rival and his coach: The rival had joked about Mike's dad coming out as gay. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails. Overall, this is a low-budget movie best enjoyed by fans of MMA. A severely drunk man outside a strip club attacks the owner, dancers, and clientele with a broken bottle. There's constant profanity, including regular uses of "f-k" and its variations. When it's discovered that the father of one of the fighters came out of the closet as gay and left his family because of it, jokes and references to homosexual stereotypes and anal sex are made at the fighter's expense, shown to be an easy way to get him riled up, and while there seems to be some acceptance toward the end of his father, there's a general intolerance on display throughout the movie. There's also brief female nudity (breasts), and a sex scene in which all private parts are strategically covered by long hair or camera angles. It should surprise no one that there's constant MMA-style violence: punching and kicking, boxing and wrestling, blood and broken bones. Parents need to know that Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown is a 2011 movie in which four young men from different walks of life decide to compete in an MMA "beatdown." It's not a direct sequel to the 2008 Never Back Down. ![]()
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