Real Steel
A gritty, white-knuckle, action ride set in the near-future where the sport of boxing has gone high-tech, Real Steel stars Hugh Jackman as Charlie Kenton, 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 (Dakota Goyo) to build and train a championship contender. As the stakes in the brutal, no-holds-barred arena are raised, Charlie and Max, against all odds, get one last shot at a comeback.
- Director
- Shawn Levy
- Writers
- John Gatins
- Actors
- Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo, Kevin Durand, Anthony Mackie
- Genre
- Action and Adventure, Drama
- Run Time
- 2 hours 8 minutes
Reviews from Rotten Tomatoes
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The story remains sadly mired in botdom, which leads to some boredom.
Mary F. Pols, TIME Magazine, 10.07.2011 -
Its remote-controlled emotional responses leave little room for genuine uplift.
Bruce Diones, New Yorker, 10.17.2011 -
Real Steel is a blast, an unabashed crowd-pleaser that mixes Rocky, Transformers, video games and father-son bonding to great, if corny, effect.
Tom Long, Detroit News, 10.07.2011 -
Aas the plot proceeds from boy-meets-dad verbal sparring to an uneasy peace to the underdog-vs.- champion title bout, it becomes increasingly easy to forgive its many nicks.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post, 10.07.2011
