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Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Cam Gigandet, Evan Peters, Leslie Hope, Djimon Hounsou, Bjorn Jiskoot Jr., Wolfgang Weber, Affion Crockett, Tom Nowicki (mehr)Streaming (3)
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An seiner alten Schule war Jake (Sean Faris) ein Football-Star, aber auch ein Hitzkopf, der immer wieder in Streitereien geriet. Mit dem Umzug nach Florida, hofft seine Mutter, soll Jake seine Probleme in den Griff kriegen, zum Vorbild für den jüngeren Bruder werden. Doch sein Ruf folgt ihm auch an die neue High School. Schnell hat ihn Ryan (Cam Gigandet) im Visier. Er ist der härteste, populärste Fighter der Schule, der eine reiche Familie im Rücken und mit Baja (Amber Heard) ein Dreamgirl an seiner Seite hat. Von Ryan provoziert, lässt sich Jake auf eine Auseinandersetzung ein. Doch der erfahrene Free Fighter erteilt dem Neuling eine schmerzhafte Lektion. Auf Revanche aus, nimmt Jake Unterricht bei Jean Roqua (Djimon Hounsou). Ein Coach, der keine Schläger, sondern disziplinierte Sportler formt. Roqua lehrt ihn, dass Free Fight ein Sport mit festen Regeln ist, der blinder Aggression keinen Platz bietet. Im Training mit seinem neuen Mentor verbessert und verändert sich Jake. Er lernt, seinen Zorn zu kontrollieren, verliert sogar das Interesse, sich dem Rivalen beim legendären Untergrundturnier der Free Fighter zu stellen. Doch Ryan findet einen Weg, Jake zu einem letzten Kampf zu zwingen… (Verleiher-Text)
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Sometimes one wonders how a “Karate Kid” story, seen a hundred times over, can thrive in modern times, but here it has truly succeeded. Let's overlook all the clichés about the outsider trained by a wise master, who eventually triumph together when the younger one beats up opponents and the older one solves their family problems. It is incredibly obvious, striking to the eye, yet the action is very interesting and captivating in terms of acting thanks to Djimon Hounsou – this man has such incredibly raw, explicit style that takes your breath away. He showed it in Gladiator, in Blood Diamond, and now he proves it again in a minimal space. Mostly because of him, this can be endured, even though the label “no brain” is a given.
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Such is the classic film where a boy has some talent, in this case, it's fighting, but he gets beaten up. And then he finds a mentor who turns him into a proper warrior, and the boy himself teaches the mentor something. Of course, the boy ends up getting the girl, this time the annoying Amber Heard, and they all live happily ever after.
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What's the point of a film like this when every motif is so awfully stale and we know exactly how it's going to end the moment we read the synopsis? As a stylish, dynamically edited and motivational video with a good cast, it works more than adequately and we can follow the protagonist, his cruelly sexy girlfriend and ultra-charismatic coach until the end without any major psychological damage, but those who want something more, something beyond the conventional narrative equation, which the script describes with the verve of only a handful of similar stories for spoiled teenagers, will have to go elsewhere. Fortunately, I didn't want much more, and so a slightly overwhelming sense of satisfaction prevailed the moment the handsome, loving and virtuous boy knocked that awful rich c*nt out with a blinding punch. Symbolic, isn’t it? 60%
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I guess I watched the movie at the wrong time or something... I love sports movies, but here I felt more like I was at a failed fashion show in my underwear. I'm probably going to do it again:-)
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The children of YouTube culture look to the 1980s to fight each other with the intensity of Fight Club, to instead only end up gawking at girls in bikinis and the latest MTV hits. It's "no-brain" entertainment for a long summer evening, with no scene without a cliché and no character without an archetype. I give it 3 ½, which is held back only by the runtime - two hours is a hell of a lot for a film like this.
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