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Published: March 14, 2008
Youths find anger outlet in 'Never Back Down'
By Matthew Price
In "Never Back Down,” Sean Faris stars as Jake, a rebellious high schooler who has a hard time getting a handle on his emotions.

He moves with his mother ( Leslie Hope ) and his younger brother, Charlie ( Wyatt Smith ), to Florida , to enroll Charlie into a camp for tennis prodigies.

Jake hopes to leave the past behind, as his father recently died in a drunken-driving accident.

But when he moves to Orla...

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