balrokeiser I remember when this movie was announced, I couldn't have been more excited. I was in the height of my UFC-loving phase. The trailer featured Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson, Georges St. Pierre, BJ. Penn and Anderson 'The Spider' Silva. I didn't care that this was a straight-to-DVD movie. I wanted to see my favourite UFC stars act. I didn't really get that. What I got for my £14 ($22, €17) was a 90 minute ego stroke for Hector Echavarria (who also co-wrote and directed this movie, no surprises there).This movie follows the journey of the generically named Diego Carter, a world renowned mixed martial arts fighter, played by Hector Echavarria. It presents him as having it all. He was the best pound-for-pound heavyweight fighter in the world, he had any woman he wanted, money and close, loyal friends who were willing to appear out of nowhere just in time to help him fight goons. But what is the one weakness of someone who has everything they ever wanted? A tall blonde woman with broken English and a crooked eye! How does our hero Diego meet this goddess of a woman? Well, he's at a club kissing and groping another hapless woman when across the dance floor he sees the siren known as Sandra. He tells the woman he's currently with that he will be right back, then in plain sight of said woman, marches over to Sandra and begins flirting with her. Classy. Sandra, knowing that Diego is such a huge MMA star, leads him to an underground fighting club known as Blood Lust, a corrupt business ran by hilarious villain and slight jab at Dana White, Seifer. Who not only runs an illegal fight club, also has his hand in a prostitution ring, roping women into working for him with the hope of one day being set 'free' by Seifer. Basically, every fighter who brawls at Blood Lust is allotted a prostitute or 'Escort' as they are known. If you win your fight at Blood Lust, you get to sleep with your opponents Escort. If you lose, you lose 'everything', whatever that means. Obviously, Diego can't just accept one of the dozens of prostitutes, no, he has to want the most beautiful of them all in Sandra, who in turn is Seifer's main squeeze. Seifer begrudgingly agrees to allow Sandra to be Diego's escort and that is the base for the rest of the movie. What comes next is about 60 minutes of fighting, followed by a sex scene, followed by very awkward dialogues, followed by more fighting, rinse and repeat and you'll have this movie in a nutshell. This movie is hilariously bad and I can't help but think that Hector Echavarria, when writing this, just wanted to act out as many of his fantasies as possible. I didn't mention the cameos by the MMA fighters featured on the posters and front cover of the DVD because all in all, Anderson Silva, Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson, BJ Penn, Heath Herring and Georges St. Pierre probably feature for maybe 10 minutes of air time. This is the definition of a shameless cash in on big names and I was suckered in hook, line and sinker. Avoid this movie and if you want to see a movie like this done write, I would highly recommend 'Warrior' starring Tom Hardy.

kosmasp If you can watch the movie and try to be positive about it and see the fun of it (even and especially the unintentional fun of it, like in the bad acting), you might enjoy it. If this still doesn't work for you, take the title and try not to surrender before the end credits roll. You might like the music ... or the action ... or the women.But all in all, as you can see by the rating, you will likely not like the movie. I only got interested into the movie, because I heard they released the movie in a cut version in Germany. I can't tell you exactly what they cut out, but it wasn't the "softcore action" of the movie. It must have been a bit of the fighting, that goes on.And to be honest, if you like/love the 80s style US Martial Arts movies, you might more than enjoy this. And if it were shot in the 80s, van Damme would've been the first one to call for this! No offense to the writer/director/producer AND main actor of this, but he can would have been the better choice ... especially because he can act quite a bit more, than the guy on hand here.What kinda bugs me though, is that the guys, that seem to be able to hold their own (acting wise), get shoved to minor roles. Especially the Georges St. Peter guy and the Rampage guy (I think that's what he's called). If they would've been longer in the movie, it would have helped immensely!

Demetrio_Dagieu_S This might contain spoilers The high point of the movie is seeing a lot of MMA stars acting, all of them need to polish their acting skills, the best of them was Gorge st Pierre, but let's face it, these are fighters, not actors, lets think of their participation on the movie as cameos... now the "big" (phun intended) Actor/director/writer/producer of this movie has no excuse , his acting is as the title said, ooh so bad, really really bad, speaks on clichés, and all... physically, he stays in good shape, for a 45 year old desk jockey, not a MMA fighter, he surely can kick my ass with one hand, and can make at least 3 push-ups with one hand... but physically has no muscle definition and a nice beer gut, hardly your average action hero, never the less he can take guys 3 times his size (made of muscle) without breaking a sweet... cmon, the girls... sure there is a lot of T & A but hardy worth to endure the rest of the movie, you are best off renting some softcore

aashley-6 I was pleasantly surprised by this film as its something you can enjoy even if you're not that into UFC. Having said that it is ESSENTIAL for fans of UFC with appearances from Rampage, GSP and BJ Penn. Films starring sports figures have generally been hit and miss (Space Jam anybody?) but Never Surrender is definitely a hit. Rampage is particularly convincing and shows signs of what might be a looming crossover into Hollywood (The Rock anybody?)This movie doesn't require many brain cells and that's the joy of it - you won't get lost following the story and it never descends into anything even slightly mundane.Hector Echavarria does a great job as Diego Carter, a world champion who risks his life and his reputation in the illegal underworld or MMA. It's got women, weapons and wheels - so is satisfying on all fronts.The only disappointment is that it ends after 90 mins. I could have watched about 3 hours of it.Its out on DVD in the UK on 22nd June for all British fans of this fine sport... and for girls who want 90 mins of peace and quiet while their boyfriends sit glued to the screen.