In the recent years we have seen more and more MMA fighters cross over into the movies. I guess being played by a real life MMA fighter, could add a lot of credibility to any bad ass in a movie. On the other hand, they usually have no real training or experience in acting, so the non-action scenes usually come out rather bland.

"Never Surrender" is a MMA movie from Lionsgate Films that was released straight to DVD and starred a whole list of top tier fighters. George St.Pierre, BJ Penn, Rampage Jackson, Heath Herring and Anderson Silva all have roles in this debacle of a movie. If you are expecting a quality credible MMA movie, you might want to give this one a miss. But if your looking for some cheesy acting, tits and WWE style choreographed fights, then this is for you. Watch the trailer for the movie below:



Andrei Arlovski also has a new movie coming out, called Universal Soldier: Regeneration. Starring in this third installment of the Universal Soldier franchise is Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren. I honestly didn't think these guys made movies anymore and as you can probably guess, it's going straight to DVD. Watch the trailer for the movie below:



As more and more fighters cross over into the movie industry, I'm sure they will grace us with many more embarrassing moments. There is however one very positive side to this: MMA gets exposure to the general public. MMA is growing at an incredible pace all over the world and I guess this Hollywood exposure can't hurt.

Sometimes it does have a direct negative effect for MMA fans though. For example, take the Rashad Evans vs Rampage Jackson fight. This time the fans really got screwed out of a potentially great fight, by Rampage pulling out to go play Mr-T in the new A-Team movie. I'm sure I speak for most MMA fans when I express my dissappointment. I'd much rather see Rampage battle it out in the cage with Evans, than see him running around on the big screen with a mohawk.