Real Steel (2011) (original) (raw)

Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground boxing venue to the next. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max to build and train...

Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground boxing venue to the next. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max to build and train... (less)

Director: Shawn Levy
Writers: John Gatins, Dan Gilroy, Jeremy Leven, Richard Matheson
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, Kevin Durand, Hope Davis
Producer: Don Murphy

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Review by Brian Orndorf, October 6, 2011

4 / 10

To appreciate the clunky charms of �Real Steel,� one must accept a bizarre premise that finds the citizens of futuristic America clamoring to watch robots engage in boxing matches. It�s a ludicrous plot befitting an absurd motion picture, but one that at least makes the attempt to be more than just a simple metal-crunching exercise in mindless violence. Youngsters will surely get a charge out of �Real Steel,� but anyone who�s spent time attending movies over the last 40 years will be able to predict every turn of this script, every beat of the performances, and every last swing of the sock-em ...read more...

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