Never Back Down is a 2008 American martial arts film directed by Jeff Wadlow and starring Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Cam Gigandet, and Djimon Hounsou. The movie was released on March 14, 2008. The film is about a frustrated and conflicted and arrogant teenager who arrives at a new high school to discover an underground fight club. A 2011 sequel entitled Never Back Down 2: ..