The movie Never Back Down is a true story in the idea of presenting traditional male stereotypes because it shows a lot of ideas of what men should be. A few of the stereotypes that are presented in the movie are that men are fighters, aggressive, show no emotions and protectors. Jake, Ryan and Hounsou fit the stereotype that men are aggressive and fighters because that's what Hounsou trains Jake to get better at and what Jake and Ryan do when they meet each other for the first time. Throughout the movie all three of them never show emotion except for anger and aggression. The only time any of them show any other emotion is at the very end of the movie where Hounsou breaks down when he talks about what happened to him and his brother and why he left his family and the reasons he tells Jake this story is he always wants Jake think are you doing the right thing.
Another stereotype this movie presents is that men are the protectors of women. When Jake confronts Ryan about what he is doing to Baja and Ryan's response is that he doesn't care. So Jake goes and helps Baja with the problems with Ryan throughout the movie and eventually Baja leaves Ryan and goes out with Jake. All of this happens right before Jake and Ryan go to a tournament that ended with Jake and Ryan fighting and Jake winning. Finally throughout the movie it shows you that you can learn thing from your life and from the things you do in your life. So in the end the movie Never Back Down is a true story because it shows a lot of stereotypes about men.
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