![]() Jake learns about this local idiosyncrasy by accident, when he tries to defend what he perceives as a victim against a bully’s beating. Not only that, but apparently all the kids at this particular institution are not only blond and tanned and hard-abbed, but also devoted to mixed-martial arts. ![]() ![]() By the time Jake arrives at his new school and tries to settle into “Disneyland” more or less anonymously, his rep as an ever-ready fighter is already in motion, thank to YouTube. Neither Margot nor Jake anticipates the wonder of technology, however. “I’m not doing this when we get to Florida,” she insists, apparently grieving and resentful as well, and so, unable to provide movie-mommish nurturing. In a new town, where his hot buttons are unknown, mom hopes, Jake might begin again. Lucky for Jake, or not, his mother Margot (Leslie Hope, who must be missing Jack Bauer about now) is moving the family to Orlando, in order that her younger son, Charlie (Wyatt Smith) might pursue his reportedly prodigious tennis talents. Turns out he died in a drunk-driving accident, a tragedy for which the boy feels responsible, expressed as rage and violence. So, within two minutes of slamming, bloody, muddy mess on screen, you know that Jake has daddy issues. With vision blurred and sound amplified, Jake grimly absorbs the taunts of the other player, until the last straw that ignites an actual fight on the field: “Too bad about your old man!” He hits hard and takes it seriously, as indicated by the opening scene of never Back Down, in which he rams himself repeatedly into an opponent… in the rain. High school senior Jake (Sean Faris) plays football.
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