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All movies seen on 10/09/2011

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Real Steel (2011)

Directed by Shawn Levy

Science Fiction | Sports

Most recently watched by BTSjunkie, Javitron, noahphex, jenerator, sleestakk, sensoria, schofizzy

Overview

Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who retired from the ring when robots took over the sport. After his robot is trashed, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son to rebuild and train an unlikely contender.

Rated PG-13 | Length 127 minutes

Actors

Hugh Jackman | Dakota Goyo | Evangeline Lilly | Kevin Durand | Anthony Mackie | Hope Davis | James Rebhorn | Karl Yune | Sophie Levy | Tess Levy | Olga Fonda | John Gatins | Gregory Sims | Torey Adkins | Phil LaMarr | John Hawkinson | David Alan Basche | Julian Gant | Ken Alter | Leilani Barrett | D.B. Dickerson | Peter Carey | Dan Lemieux | Richard Goteri | Tim Holmes | Ricky Wayne | Taris Tyler | Kevin Dorman | John Manfredi | Mike Ancrile | Leah Barkoff | Joshua Ray Bell | Clark Birchmeier | Ben Bray | Wayne E. Brown | Justin Calkins | Ron Causey | Jahnel Curfman | Johnny Flynn | Logan Fry | Megan Grant | J.J. Green | Shane Hagedorn | Kef Lee | Brad Leo Lyon | Mary Magyari | Megan Mockensturm | Kirstie Munoz | Anton Narinskiy | Chris Newman | Wendy Paquette | Alan D. Purwin | Miguel Sandoval | Dwight Sora | Jojuan Westmoreland | Amanda Wright | Gary T. Jones | Rima Fakih

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots: The Movie! Right? That’s what I’ve thought since seeing the trailer for REAL STEEL. The effects looked pretty solid. The plot looked like it was basically OVER THE TOP with robots.

Once my kids saw the trailer, they flipped. They wanted to see boxing robots. So, we all piled into the car for a “Family Movie Night” (something that rarely happens these days.

Was REAL STEEL worth it? Heck yes!

REAL STEEL was OVER THE TOP meets ROCKY meets TRANSFORMERS meets 80’s Spielburg. The story was very familiar but it was the right kind of familiar. It’s director Shawn Levy’s best film yet.

REAL STEEL has incredible special effects, good human drama and most of all heart. The “boy and his robot” story is touching and believable. The “father/son” story is also very satisfying. There were even moments where it got a bit dusty in the room for me.

I’d recommend REAL STEEL to anyone who wants a light, but very well done story. It’s familiar without being brain dead, and just original enough to warrant it’s existence. Recommended.

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