Yes, this rock ’em, sock ’em, kickbox ’em high-school smackdown doesn’t pretend to be anything more than The Mixed Martial Arts Kid. But as predictable as it is, Never Back Down is more entertaining than it has any right to be.
At best, the horror/thriller genre has been tenuous of late, but Cry Wolf's teenage babble, with its cheap almost-thrills, further skews the line. If you see it, don't say you weren't warned.