REAL STEEL

 

TITLE:

REAL STEEL

GENRE:
ACTION/SCIENCE-FICTION
DIRECTED BY:
SHAWN LEVY 
STARRING:
HUGH JACKMAN, DAKOTA GOYA, KEVIN DURAND, ANTHONY MACKIE, EVANGELINE LILLY, HOPE DAVIS, JAMES REBHORN, OLGA FONDA 
RELEASE DATE:
OCT 7, 2011 FRI

PLOT:

“A gritty action-packed story set in the near-future, where the sport of boxing has gone hi-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.”


SCRIPT REVIEW:

• Charlie, Hugh Jackman’s character, was never a champion boxer, and he’s not a champion robo-boxer, either. He exists on an underground circuit, and hopes to become a contender by buying a robot called Noisy Boy.
• On the flashy mainstream circuit, Colossus dominates, controlled by Tak Mashido. The latter has turned Colossus into a machine that can adapt and evolve during a fight. He destroys up and comer Alexrod, a robot that had been looking like a very promising challenger.
• Charlie is put into a situation where he has custody of his 11-year old son Max. He doesn’t want the kid, but a family situation arises where he’ll keep his son for a couple months in exchange for cash, after which Max’s aunt and uncle will take him. The cash, meanwhile, will pay for Noisy Boy.
• (We’d heard that Charlie “discovers a discarded robot that always seems to win.” Is that Noisy Boy, or the defeated Axelrod? Either way, you know a showdown with Colossus is coming.)
• Charlie and Max end up bonding over boxing, and the two turn into a formidable team. io9 says “Max isn’t cloying or a pushover,” and says ” the characters are engaging enough that you care whether their dreams get crushed, and the robot boxing milieu is colorful and beautifully violent enough to recharge all of the old “sports movie” cliches.”

Previously:

• The robots used in the movie are practical / real props — 19 real-life animatronic 8-foot-tall robot fighters were created for the production.
• Spielberg encouraged Levy to use a mix of real and computer generated, so the fighting sequences will involve Motion-capture animation.
• Boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard is apparently working as an adviser in the fight sequences.

11-year-old Canadian Dakota Goyo plays Max, described as “a street-smart, tough, charming kid with a hard, un-trusting outer shell which hides a warm enthusiastic spirit beneath. He is a complicated, strong-willed and resourceful boy.” Kevin Durand also co-stars as a Texan promoter of robot boxing. Anthony MackieThe Hurt Locker)  will play a boxing promoter and (Evangeline Lilly (Lost) will portray a friend of Jackman’s character. Hope Davis (About Schmidt), James Rebhorn (Independence Day, The Game) and Olga Fonda (Love Hurts) also have roles.

SCREEN SHOTS:

REAL STEEL TRAILER IN HD:

THIS MOVIE IS AWESOME IM GONNA LOVE TO SEE THESE ROBOTS BOXING EACH OTHER
ITS GOING TO BE A 12 ROUNDS OF BOXING IN THE BOX OFFICE...LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE!


MORE UPDATE SOON:

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