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Genres: ActionDramaSci
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Anthony Mackie, James Rebhorn, Kevin Durand, Hope Davis, Karl Yune, Dakota Goyo
Director(s): Shawn Levy
Country: USA, India
Year: 2011
Available Quality: DivX
IMDB Rating: 7.3 out of 10 (59779 votes)
A future-set story where robot boxing is a popular sport and centered on a struggling promoter (Jackman) who thinks hes found a champion in a discarded robot. During his hopeful rise to the top, he also discovers he has an 11-year-old son who wants to know his father.
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(24 May 2012)
HK Neo Reviews: Real Steel
A wise person name  Johnny Wong once eluded this film as inspired byChow Yun Fat's classic father-son drama  All About Ah Long. Wise wordsindeed. Then again, Hugh Jackman hardly ever puts a foot wrong in termsof movie selections. Here, Jackman is at his best in this father-sondrama disguised in a robotic "Rocky" boxing plot line. It is a moviethat is filled with clichés and more clichés. If you seen Rocky andnumerous underdog boxing movies, Red Steel is exactly that. Saying trueand simple and with an extreme focus on the father-son relationship,Real Steel is ultimately touching, moving, teary and fun to watch. Itis one of those movies that lifts you, inspire you despite its obviousflaws. On an end note  "let's keep this as a secret" Neo rates it 8/10.
barrymossel (24 May 2012)
Worst movie I've seen in years!
I am only giving this movie 3 stars because of the fighting robots.This movie was a very bad ripoff from I, robot and Rocky. Only veryvery very bad. The acting was bad, the characters unbelievable, thescript sucked, the story was the worst I have seen in years. Sure,fighting robots are cool, and even with no story at all I would haverewarded more stars. But this story was so bad, that I got irritatedthe whole movie. I haven't said this many times the word f#ck in twohours ever! I was actually hoping for the robot to shout out:ADRIAAAAAAAAN!So, no laughs, no thrills, no fun. Only fighting robots...And that kid, really, don't quit school! You can't act! Hugh, shame on you.
George Jozwiak (24 May 2012)
Outstanding
Any movie that gets the audience involved in a positive way and leavingcheering is an excellent movie. It is like Rocky on adrenaline and witha whole lot better acting. Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly and DakotaGoyo all have great performances. Dakota who plays the son really makesthe movie, but all the actors performances are great. The guy whothought it boring... well, you lack passion and your soul must be dead.Real Steel is the absolutely hands down best movie I have seen in along time. You will cheer, cry, laugh and be thoroughly entertained. Ihad to sit and watched the credits at the end just to catch my breath.Great movie.
dblind (23 May 2012)
A joke!
This movie is an insult to viewers intelligence. Funny, the thing that is most unbelievable in the movie are not the twometer, and a 100 pounds fighting robots, but the dialoge between theactors. I don't understand who else except a pre-teen boys can like it.Hollywood is really making only entertainment flicks which rely onthings blowing while an eleven years olds are saving the day. I foundmyself watching only the robot boxing on normal mode and every timethere was an father-son or "never give up and cheer" tale i couldn'tstand watching it so i forwarded the DVD. I swear i won't pay a dime tosee a movie like this in the cinema from now on.
paul-graham1991 (23 May 2012)
Absolute Garbage.
This was a movie filled with horrible acting, a horrible storyline andsome of the worst clichés I have ever seen. I really do not understandall the positive reviews.... ...at all. For a movie that was supposedto rely so heavily on CGI I found the CGI average at best. I reallywasn't expecting much when I saw who was directing this and even thewhole premise of a 'rock-em sock-em robots' movie starring Hugh Jackmanhad me thinking this was some kind of joke. The only thing I canimagine worse than this is the sequel that they are planning. A great deal of the acting felt forced and the child's acting consistedmostly of screaming in an incredibly high-pitched voice.In summation this movie is terrible.
paugie (23 May 2012)
Enjoyable. Will gladly watch again.
The kid reminds me of Ricky Schroeder. And therefore of The Boxer, JonVoight, uphill fights for love, etc. Yup, and there seems to be a richrelative hovering somewhere in the background, too. It's funny how thefather seems to be on a self destructive bent. With the boy trying totalk him out of it. Then somewhere along the line, they switch roleswith the boy being gung-ho and the father becoming the voice ofcaution. Hah, truly a father and son near to one's heart. Thoroughlyenjoyable movie. Shout as loud as you can, cheer our hero-robot hoarse.Now as to Hugh Jackman getting out of being typecast as Wolverine andthe like, well I first saw him in Kate and Leopold where he was so faraway from an action actor but very effective nonetheless. Go and watch.
TheRealMovieBoy (20 May 2012)
"Real Steel" Has Some Real Heart
"Real Steel" is a film with all the heart of "Rocky" and sheer BALLS ofsteel. It's about an ex-boxer names Charlie Kenton, who's been down onhis luck. His ex-girlfriend has just died, and he has gained custody ofhis son, Max, who he's never given two cares for. So in order for hisex-girlfriend's sister to get full custody of Max, Charlie blackmailsthem for 100,000 on the condition that he looks after Max for threemonths.The film takes place in the year 2020. Boxing has now become real lifeRock Em' Sock Em' Robots. When Max finds an old rustic robot in ajunkyard that has an unusual ability to take a lot of damage, heconvinces Charlie to let him fight, and they begin their journey to theWorld Championships.Charlie is played by Hugh Jackman. Quite a different performance whenhe doesn't have Adamantium claws coming out of his hands. He's a sly,smooth-talking, charismatic guy who's able to talk himself in or out ofanything. His acting is perfect. It's a totally believable character.The tough guy who pretends not to care because he's ashamed of leavinghis son.Max is played by Dakota Goyo, following up his short appearance as ayoung god of thunder in "Thor". His performance is as solid as can be.He doesn't care who mocks him or puts him down. He is determined toshow the world that an old bot can have heart in the ring. He goes tosome places that would probably make a kid his age wet his pants, likea place called The Zoo. All the music they needed in that scene was theScorpions song.The father-son relationship is really touching. You believe it 100% andnever doubt it for a second. You swear you're watching a real family inthis ridiculous future go through these struggles.The music in this movie is really good and fitting. There's a coupleEminem songs that are, shockingly, highly effective in putting you inthe gritty underground boxing scene, or touching scores in the finalfight that lift your spirits and connect you to the characters.The action in this film is awesome. There's about five fights, all welldone, all awesome, and all make you wanna you shout at the screen inencouragement. I always get like that in boxing movies for some reason,"Rocky", "Real Steel", it doesn't matter. Just give me guys punchingthe crap out of each other in style and I'm hooked.One little thing I wanna point out. Try counting how many in-filmadvertisements there are in for non-existent products. You will laughat some of the things. The XBOX 720, The HP robot controller. Some ofthe things are so hilariously plausible, you swear you're getting alook at the future.In closing, "Real Steel" is a touching, over-the-top, sheer amazingboxing movie that has all the heart you can ever want. If you wanna seea movie that about robots beating the hell out of each other doesn'thave the "Transformers" license, this is the movie for you. Whetheryou're looking for a drama, an action flick, a sci-fi piece, or just anice family film, "Real Steel" is the way to go.
Neil Welch (19 May 2012)
Big hearted enjoyment
It is the near future and boxing has been outlawed, to be replaced bygiant robots fighting instead. Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman), once aboxer of promise, is a small-time proprietor of fighting robots. Heowes money all over the place, and is essentially a self-centred loser.Even his on-off girlfriend Baily (Evangeline Lilly), his childhoodfriend daughter of his late trainer, sees no hope for him. Into hislife comes Max (Dakota Goyo), his long-forgotten 11 year old son by arecently deceased ex-girlfriend. Her sister Debra (Hope Davis) wants toadopt him although, as a matter of law, Charlie has custody. Onlearning that Debra's husband Marvin (James Rebhorn) is worth a bob ortwo, Charlie sees and opportunity to sell his rights to Max and solveall his problems. Marvin is amenable, except that they don't want Maxfor a couple of months because it would interrupt their holiday plans.So Charlie is stuck with Max. For now.This film, as many have pointed out, is a curious mixture ofTransformers and Rocky, as Charlie and Max pursue robot fightingsuccess through a series of bouts. It is also, as far fewer people havepointed out, derivative of Rain Man in that Charlie Kenton, like TomCruise's Charlie Babbitt, is a self-centred loser who finds his way topersonal redemption through the medium of a road trip with an unwantedrelative. I wonder if the choice of Charlie as the main character'sname is deliberate? From the trailers, this film struck me as amiablebut daft. But it turns out to be more than that. Even though the storynever really goes anywhere unexpected, it still takes place in adifferent world and, as such, offers us something new (and, by the way,the special effects are extraordinary - it is absolutely impossible totell when animatronics stop and CGI takes over). It is blessed withperformances which are wonderfully human.But, most of all, it has a huge amount of heart. I spent a great dealof the movie beaming broadly, and I thoroughly recommend it.
frank stein (18 May 2012)
I sometimes wish my brain was a toilet - so I simply could flush such a piece of ....
I actually believed, Hollywood stopped making such films at the timeWalt Disney died. Non animated Disney Movies where in a class of itsown, but this movie reaches beyond those borders of awfulness. Who in their right mind can find a single positive thing to say aboutthose 90 min plus something of clichés and stereotypes. I honestlybelieve the scriptwriter teamed up with the director and blackmailed abunch of people into that. if anything else made this movie happen Ireally have to doubt reason and accountability of a lot of peopleincluding me, as I unfortunately managed to watch the first 30 min ofthat masterpiece. This isn't even good enough to watch it witch one eyehalf open, while lying in bed trying to cope with your hangover. Are people getting dumber by the second, or is there another reason whyHollywood manages to put out one decent movie every two years. Ihonestly don't get it, but somehow feel insulted. How is a rating of7.4 possible, how is it possible that according to IMDb this movie mademore than 200mil?There are watchdogs who prevent people from watching explicit adultmaterial or gore and violence - why isn't there anybody who serves thepublic by placing a stupidity or intellectually-insulting rating.
nylon-2 (18 May 2012)
Spielberg sentimentality and a 100% predictable script
In the first 30 seconds, I knew this film inside out. Poor little kidand bad dad would come together in a loving embrace. Poor little robotwould probably become president. Typical mawkish junk from Hollywood.Save yourself a couple of hours and just recall Rocky, Robocop, andKarate Kid. That's all there is, folks. Nothing new. Nothing memorable.Blah.Yawn. Yep. The plot goes exactly where you think it will.The FX are pretty good, but a film can't survive on CGI alone. Decentacting is pretty desirable too.Blah. To satisfy IMDb's minimum number of 'Blahs'.
David Ferguson (15 May 2012)
A Boy and his Robot
Greetings again from the darkness. Director Shawn Levy brought us the"Night at the Museum Movies" and I guess that's about the same audiencehe is after with this one. You probably won't get this comparisonanywhere else, but "Dreamer" with Kurt Russell and Dakota Fanning isthe film that this one most reminds me of - A spunky kid trying toprove everyone wrong in an against all odds competition. But I wouldnot put this one at the level of Dreamer, which had better performancesand a much better script.Hugh Jackman is a pompous, bombastic, self-centered hustler who triesto stay one step ahead of the collectors chasing him. He is alwayslooking for a big score in the robot boxing game. What? You aren'tfamiliar with this sport? Well the film is set in not too distantfuture, but the only thing I could tell had evolved was the technologyof robots and video games. Jackman's world gets jacked up when his 11year old son (Dakota Goyo) is thrust into his life after the motherdies. Yes, he has been an absentee father and the kid is ridiculouslysmart and cute.The two of them set off to make noise in the robot fight world with adilapidated old model that they rescue from the junk yard. There arevery few surprises along the way, but father and son develop a bondthanks to the success of their robot.Supporting work is provided by Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, KevinDurand, Hope Davis and James Rebhorn. These are all competent actorswho deliver fine work, but there is nothing special to the script. Theone thing that makes this one a little different and will certainlyappeal to 10-12 year old boys, is the fighting robots. The fights areaction-packed and enjoyable to watch. They actually look like boxingmatches ... only with metal creatures, who for some reason are built tomimic human movement.There have been countless other robot movies: Transformers,Bicentennial Man (Robin Williams), I Robot (Will Smith) and, of course,Lost in Space! Don't expect much more from this than those.
fatsamuraireviews (15 May 2012)
Not Just Rock'Em Sock'Em Robots
The trailers made me wonder if I wanted to see a movie based on Rock'EmSock'Em Robots. My biggest fear was that it was going to be another CGIeye candy extravaganza. Well, I am pleased to say it was not. There isa lot more story than just the robots fighting. The effects were acompliment to the story and not the main reason for the movie. In thenear future boxing is taken over by robots. People who once boxed aremoved out for people who can use the robots to do the same kind ofcombat. With the robots doing battle the fights can become a fight tothe death only without the death. The story is about a washed up oldboxer who is struggling to make a living and also reconnect with hisson. This is a green light film.For more on this review please go tohttp://fatsamuraireviews.blogspot.com/
Adnanul Haque (14 May 2012)
Not just a straightway Sci-Fi; it carries some real good merit!
Watching the trailer I felt great interest to see the movie, as I'mfond of sci-fi, and that trailer appeared quite like one of myfavorites "Transformers"... big robots, crazy fight, man with them; Iwas eager to get a DVD of it. Surprizing me, my friend at home boughtit for the weekend. Relaxing on the couch with drinks and snacks westarted playing it in our PS3... and next few hours I didn't speak aword but watching the movie, enjoying its every bit, the fights, andmost - the characters. To my opinion, it is not just an action movie.Besides the bot-fight tensions comes up the tension of father-sonrelationship. I think at this point, this movie becomes a meritoriousone. I just loved the characterization, the presentation of story(though the story wasn't an epic one) and the two main characters'acting was superb; especially the kid -- his acting was so naturallyflowing and spontaneous, really blown my mind! Jackman's talent fadedto that little boy's performance, if we compare them considering theage and experience of acting. A great movie for all.
olsta1976 (14 May 2012)
Rocky with Robots
This is a thoroughly enjoyable film. It borrows heavily from the Rockyfranchise and the story is clichéd and predictable but the concept,execution and cast make this film work.There's nothing here that you haven't seen before. Washed up boxer getscrack at World title. But there are a few deviations from the theme tomake it interesting and worthwhile.The CGi is brilliantly done and the fight sequences are excellent. Therobots look convincing and you can't help but feel a real affection forthe main protagonist at the end. There are no distractions to the mainplot. No love stories to complicate matters needlessly. Just straighthardcore action all the way.A perfect Saturday night beer and popcorn movie.
leif-56 (13 May 2012)
Another title that makes me long for the Zero vote at IMDb
Got this one because I am a fan of Hugh Jackman. I was not expectingmuch given the premise of the movie, and even with that I wasdisappointed. It makes no difference what level of dispencement ofreality you are willing to afford this epic rubbish, you will loseinterest about 12 minutes into the carnage of intellect this thing is.HJ must have been desperate for a payday. This POS flick would be acareer killer if he had but a little less merit in his history.Honestly, the fact that I had to suffer through watching this made mewant to punch the entire cast and crew in the face.At the end of the day, I cannot in good faith find a single reason torecommend this time-waster. It is completely worthless, and makes mecringe for a number of reasons outnumbering the number of runningminutes of the "movie".
Sabrina (13 May 2012)
Smashingly good
The year is 2020 when we meet Charlie Kenton (Jackman), once a rathersuccessful boxer, now a robot boxer in deep debts. These days hugerobots, controlled by humans, provide massive gladiator likeentertainment with fights to the "death". Using scrap robots Charlietravels from town to town, trying to earn some money and stay out ofhands of his debts collectors. When his ex-wife dies he, against hiswill, becomes responsible for his 11 year old son Max (Goyo). Charliehas absolutely no intention of taking care of Max, but their love forboxing unites them and together they fix and train a second-rate botcalled Atom, a worthless piece of junk that against all odds becomes achampion in the boxing ring. Here's the deal: I don't like boxing and I sure as hell don't likeTransformers, but man I absolutely dig Real Steel! The trailer focuseson the fights, so I was expecting some sort of Rocky with robots, butthere is a lot more to Real Steel. It has a genuine heartwarming story,something you wouldn't expect in a movie entitled Real Steel. The opening scene of the movie was a bit uncomfortable to watch (bullvs. robot) but in the end justice prevails (bye bye robot). It's asmall version of the David vs. Goliath fight we see at the end of themovie. I am not spoiling anything here by saying that our Atom will winthe finale fight. Anyone reading the synopsis knows that this is aclassic underdog story. And if you don't, the filmmakers were kindenough to remind you of that during the movie. The fabulous thing aboutReal Steel however is that even though you know where the story isleading to you're still on the edge of your seat biting your nails off.The fights simply are a thrill to watch. From the scruffy illegalunderworld battles to the huge price fights taking place in state ofthe art monster stadiums. They are spectacular. The music is a driving force, it's invigorating with heavy rock,pumping hip hop and soft guitar country music for the more emotionalmoments. Don't be surprised if you feel the urge to jump up, clap andscream GO ATOM! I have rarely been this excited while watching a movie.I have been watching Real Steel with a huge smile on my face from startto finish. When you think robots, you think cold grey metal, but not in thismovie. The bots have style and personality. Even Atom, who let's faceit, looks like a poorly made children's rag doll, has flair. When youfirst see the great Zeus you are simply in awe of this ginormousmenacing and indestructible bot. Flanked by his Japanese creator,investor and entourage he exudes tremendous power. I love the fact thatZeus' creator is Japanese. I'm not an expert, but I do know thatwhenever there is something newsworthy on robots, Japan is the sourceof that info. The creative team behind these robots have done amarvellous job. Several robots were actually built, but the majority isof course CGI and it looks amazing. Outside the boxing ring and gym themovie has a beautiful colour palet, with landscapes, sunsets, autumntrees and wheat fields. In the finale there is a beautiful human momentbetween some of the main characters, everything sort of pauses for amoment. I liked these contrasts: cold steel vs. colourful nature anddumb machine vs. human emotions. However, they do make us think withAtom, purposely leading us on to believe that there might me more tohim. They create the idea that he is not simply a machine, but thatthere is life and some intelligence in him. Jackman and Goyo are a wonderful pair to watch, there is realchemistry. Even though Jackman is the biggest name on the casting list,Goyo gives him a run for his money. He effortlessly steals the leadfrom Jackman. Young Goyo is a natural, his acting is quite flawless andhe easily stands his ground. His character Max is hardly a pitiful kid,he's very adult for his age and perfectly able to argue with his dad,fix a robot, keep a clear head during business deals and incite acrowd. You sort of get the idea that Goyo didn't had to act at all.Jackman starts off as an insensitive, egoistic jerk. Some of hischaracter's actions made my mouth drop to the floor and I was wonderingif Jackman found it uncomfortable talking and behaving like that infront of Goyo. Naturally we still symphatize with Charlie, charming andcocky as he is. The bonding moment between father and son occurs earlyin the movie, I hadn't expected it to be so soon and liked thesurprise. Talking of surprises, the writers have managed to come upwith some decent plot turns. Little twists that bring some edge to astory that sounds predictable on paper. In the end Real Steel is about being human: in getting a second chance,in believing in each other, in trusting each other, in fighting foreach other and love. The filmmakers aren't subtle in voicing thatmessage, but the script is so well written and the performances are sowarm and honest you can't really blame them. Real Steel has an agreableflow and pace, mixing bad ass robot clashes with more sensitive scenes.It's engaging, moving, sensational, energetic and sometimes even cute.There is character development and we truly care for these people (andAtom of course). Real Steel works on all levels.
seraphin-5 (13 May 2012)
Great entertainment full of stereotypes and highly predictable
First things first. If you are looking for solid entertainment that istechnically brilliant with very good boxing action - then look nofurther than this. You will have a very good time in the cinema seatenjoying some popcorn and a cool drink to go with it.Don't think about what you see too much, though. Because then you mayfind out that many characters in the movie are stereotypes you haveseen before many times. There's the father who is not keen on his sonat first. But this changes over time, of course. A boxer beyond thebest of his days. An evil thug from the past messing around. And mostof all a little wunderkind with a cool attitude and language way beyondhis years. He is e.g. capable of helping to repair robots.Another problem is predictability. Even though the fight scenes arevery well executed, I was able to figure out the outcome of everysingle one of them well before their end. Even the final fight is astraight rip-off of one of the greatest boxing movies ever made: ...Ehem, I did promise no spoilers... But you will know what I mean onceyou see the grand finale.So, bottom line: Rock solid entertainment with great visuals. You canbe thoroughly entertained if you forgive this movie its stereotypes andpredictability.
Luis Dias (12 May 2012)
If SOPA was introduced to avoid movies like these from being copied, I'm totally in favor!
I only found out this movie was a Spielberg production when i saw it onscreen. I immediately knew i'd be faced with a lot of cheap kodakmoments and teary-eyed kids wrapped in a formula of family-fun Stevenhas been repeating since ET.I wasn't wrong. But i had no idea how bad it was going to be. At leastGoonies 2, i mean... Super 8, managed to actually be entertaining. Thismovie has no surprises, it's just predictable turn, after predictableturn.The acting is terrible across the board, but i can't blame the actorsfor not putting an effort into such a depressing tale. Goyo is apromising talent, unfortunately the lines he was given are soout-of-character and cheesy for a kid his age, no amount of talentcould be convincing. He likes Robot boxing and he's so into video gameshe's even fluent with Japanese, but he's no nerd, he's all grown-up andcan haggle like a moroccan couscous salesman on a couscous blackFriday, and to top it all off he looks like the coolest kid ever, eventhough his mom has just died days ago. And, like that's not horriblyincongruent enough, he spends half of the movie showing off his dancingskills like a Bieber wannabe. That's one seriously schyzophrenic kid!But the bad acting and atrocious storytelling doesn't end there. Someof the people in Real Steel are more cartoonish than the robots: Ricky,Tak Mashido, Farra, look like villains out of a Disney Channel Show.Most of the footage of James Rebhorn and Hope Davis should've stayed onthe cutting room floor. They are lost on screen, clearly with nochemistry as a couple and not enough lines on the script to work with.Every time they're interacting on screen you can actually crack a laughat how they flay their arms at each other clueless, like twocrash-test-dummies in slow motion. But the way they keep awkwardlyeyeballing Hugh Jackman during every lousy dialog like they're askingto be put out of their misery just makes you terribly sad again.The final scene with everyone crying in rapture at Hugh Jackmanperforming video-fitness, had me ripping hair out of my head! I'm inawe of all the positive reviews this movie is getting. Either thismovie premiered on IMDb's opposite day, or i had no idea this site hadsuch a huge userbase of 9 year olds.
anouk77 (09 May 2012)
Okay for kids but could have been so much better!
I enjoyed the beginning of the movie but it quickly became cheesy andstrangely familiar. Basically it's just Over the Top with robots! What annoyed me the most was the way the kid behaved. He just lost hismom but never shows any sadness about it and he acts like a spoiledbrat behaving way beyond his 11 years.I also would have liked to see more depth when it comes to the robots.In some scenes it's suggested that they have a soul and that they'reaware of themselves and the people around them but it never goesfurther than that which I think is a missed chance. It would have beenvery interesting if they would have, for instance, done something withfree will or lack thereof when it comes to being sent off to fight andoften "die" just to entertain humans. Another thing that bothered me was that apparently the only things thatwe as human beings seem to have accomplished in the future is thecreation of fighting robots, an extra window in trucks and see throughscreens on phones and computers. I guess this is really a movie aimed for kids and I think they willprobably enjoy it. But for me, as an adult, it really lacked and theonly thing I liked was the way the robots looked. It could have been somuch better!
kunalkhandwala (08 May 2012)
Rewarding Entertainment!
In a departure from the clichéd underdog boxer's story, Real Steelexploits the high tech era that is around the corner for ourgeneration. When the sport of boxing turns lethal and uncontrollable,people place their bets on fighting robots that were programmed anddesigned to take on any heavy weight clanging bot. As silly as itspremise may seem, Real Steel does have its heart behind the ambition ofthe father-son team to make it big in the Robot boxing arena. HughJackman stars as the retired boxer now controlling scrapyard robots inunderground matches, Dakota Goyo impresses with a realistic depictionof the nerdy cool kid and as for Evangeline Lilly......it's justsensational to watch her on screen again!Charlie Kenton (Jackman) knows boxing. Although, he's a bad bet when heenters the arena with his robot. Charlie tends to get carried away andenters matches his robot is destined to lose. Bailey (Evangeline Lilly)fixes up robots for Charlie but is quite fed up of his losing streak.That's when a blast from the past, in the form of Max (Dakota Goyo)enters Charlie's life as his son whom he never claimed. With afinancial arrangement, Charlie agrees to keep Max for 2 months beforehanding custody to his ex-girlfriend's sister. Now, Max isn't thisquiet masoom kid and he knows all about boxing robots. To the extentthat when they lose a match for Noisy Boy and revert to the scrapyardto pick up pieces that would make a robot, he discovers a sparring botAtom, who has the unique ability of shadow boxing where it mirrors theactions of its trainer. Max is attached to this robot and stays up allnight to program it, to train it and engage it for combat. After a fewunderground fights, Charlie and Max realize the potential of thesparring bot that can take a lot of beating but can ultimately dish outbrutal punches when trained and prompted. For Charlie, Atom's crusadeto the big league is an opportunity to repay debts, make money andbuild a bond with his son whom he now gets attached to. For Max, it'slike living a dream. His reaction to witnessing Zeus for the firsttime, spending hours with Atom trying to communicate with him anddancing to the ring with Atom to the tunes of Eminem and Timbaland arethe movie's most memorable moments. Evangeline Lilly looks gorgeouseven in a non-glamorous role as a scrap robot fixer in her father'sgym. Her rage, disappointment and elation are depicted in a naturalmanner and the sweetness in her eyes says much more than the dialoguewriter could ever come up with....Beyond the human elements that make up the heart of the movie, there isa whole lot of adroitly created robot action in the arena as Atom takespunch after punch, only to follow Charlie's direction at the right timeand deliver the winning blow. The action sequences, even though CGIcreated, are just outstanding to behold. While Atom takes numerousblows, Zeus' compelling presence can make you wince under his might.You will be cheering and hooting like you did when you watched 'Rocky'and 'The Fighter', only to realize that you are cheering forartificially created robots on screen. Such is the reality in thecreation of Real Steel. Characters are lovable, Robots are overpoweringand their action is breath-taking. Director Shawn Levy knows when to bring in a fight and when to limitit. The effective use of an upbeat background score enhances the thrillof the fights. The movie might have concluded on a melodramatic notebut it kept you engaged throughout and that's what really matters. Withsome excellent performances by a superb star-cast and surreal CGI workon the Robotic action, Real Steel triumphs in delivering entertainmentwith a metallic punch. 8.11 on a scale of 1-10.
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