Never Surrender (film)
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David Storey
Curtis Petersen
B.J. Penn
Georges St. Pierre
Anderson Silva
Quinton Jackson
Heath Herring
| Never Surrender | |
|---|---|
 "Never Surrender" Film Poster | |
| Directed by | Hector Echavarria |
| Written by | Hector Echavarria David Storey |
| Produced by | Hector Echavarria Curtis Petersen |
| Starring | Hector Echavarria B.J. Penn Georges St. Pierre Anderson Silva Quinton Jackson Heath Herring |
| Distributed by | Lions Gate Entertainment |
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| Language | English |
Never Surrender is a 2009 MMA film about an MMA champion who finds himself fighting in illegal underground cage fights. The film's cast features a number of real MMA fighters. It was filmed in Los Angeles, California and was produced by Destiny Entertainment Productions. It is distributed in the United States by Lions Gate Entertainment.
- Hector Echavarria as Diego Carter
- Patrick Kilpatrick as Seifer
- Silvia Koys as Sandra
- James Russo as Jimmy
- Georges St-Pierre as Georges
- Anderson Silva as Spider
- Heath Herring as Stone
- Quinton Jackson as Rampage
- B.J. Penn as BJ
- Damian Perkins as Diamond
- Lateef Crowder as Marco
- Gunter Schlierkamp as Crusher
Reception
Bill Gibron of PopMatters gave the film a score of 7/10 and called it "groin-grabbing entertainment that never even attempts to engage you on an intellectual level" and "unapologetic at delivering exactly what you expect from a movie made up of MMA members".[1] Sander Collin of Cinemagazine rated the film 3.5/5 stars and opined that the film was lighthearted and entertaining if forgettable and unoriginal.[2] Conversely, David Walker of DVD Talk rated the film 0.5/5 stars, calling it "so bad that it only warrants a viewing if it appears on cable (uncut, of course), at a time when there's nothing else on, you have nothing else to do, you have insomnia and have run out of sleeping pills."[3]
