Coming out October 7th (USA) is the new robot fight film Real Steel. A story about a washed up boxer trying to regain his reputation in the ring. With a little kid by his side he will train a dumpster spar bot to fight like a champ. At first skeptical, Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman) puts everything he knows about the game into helping this kid set out to what he has always dreamed to do. For Charlie, this is the one opportunity to turn around his life and the relationship he has with this kid and his girlfriend. Adam, will put him back on top.
The overall idea behind the movie looks pretty original but the underlying theme is definitely a bit cliche. A futuristic version of Rocky where the underdog gets hit with criticism from all over, and then lays the beat down to make his way to the top. As we all know, Hollywood loves their underdogs. The only difference here is that there will be 2,000 pounds of metal flying everywhere in the ring. From what i can guarantee this film will pack a lot of special effects, and really intend to glorify elaborate fight sequences. But in the end we will be left with a movie that we have already seen a million times before.
In my opinion combining two movies that have already come out this year (Transformers, Warrior) into one is not going to cut it. It is always entertaining to watch robots destroy each other, but looking beyond the digitally enhanced scenes, we will find nothing but the obvious. And Real Steel will slip into 'mediocracy' faster than you can say "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots".
Grade Prediction: C (76%)
Rating: PG-13
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