One of my favorite movies and really enjoy watching is Never Back Down. Director Jeff Wadlow, uses Hollywood’s three Act Structure to develop the film. A film about a young man that moves to another city and finds himself in a totally new environment. The movie starts out with a football game and we learn a little bit about the Main Character’s past Jake (Sean Faris), we learn he has a past he cannot deal with and most of the characters are introduced. The main plot of Act 1, comes when the protagonist is embarrassed and humiliated in front of the whole school by losing a fight and getting really bad beaten up.
The second act starts as the main character gets an offer to start training at a local Mix Martial Arts club. The second act gets developed as he starts liking the gym and training with Rocca, his MMA coach. He is enjoying the art of Mix Martial Arts not because he wants to get back at the guy that beat him up as he originally intended, but because he is becoming very good friends with his coach. The big decision in Act 2 is when he decides he is not going to enter a MMA tournament and the Ryan(the antagonist) finds out.
The Third act, where the climax occurs is when Max, Jakes best friend, is brutally beaten up by Ryan in order to make Jake participate in the tournament. Jake fights his way through the tournament because he knows that Ryan will make it to the finals. As Jake prepares to fight in the semifinals, he learns Ryan has been disqualified and decides to forfeit and walk out. Ryan is furious about the forfeit and confronts him in the parking lot; a fight for the ages breaks out. Jake ends up winning the fight and the respect of Ryan.
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