Real Steel

2011 • 2h 7m •

Action Science Fiction Drama

MOVIEVIBE Rating

★ 7.1/10

9,554 reviews

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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.

"Courage is stronger than steel."

Top Billed Cast

Hugh Jackman

Charlie Kenton

Dakota Goyo

Max Kenton

Evangeline Lilly

Bailey Tallet

Kevin Durand

Ricky

Anthony Mackie

Finn

Hope Davis

Aunt Debra

James Rebhorn

Marvin

Karl Yune

Tak Mashido

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

J John Chard Verified TMDB Critic

2019-08-01

No splitting this Atom, it has got a rock solid heart.

Real Steel is directed by Shawn Levy and collectively adapted to the screen by John Gatins, Dan Gilroy and Jeremy Leven from a Richard Matheson short story called Steel. It stars Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, Kevin Durand, Hope Davis and James Rebhorn. Music is scored by Danny Elfman and cinematography by Mauro Fiore.

Set in the near future, robot boxing is a big crowd pulling sport. After a struggling robot operator is introduced to an 11-year-old son he has never known, they stumble upon a discarded r...

G Gimly Verified TMDB Critic

2020-05-19

I wonder if this was originally written to be a Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots movie, but when they couldn't get the rights they just decided to make it anyway. In either case, it's not very good. Amazing that you could take a movie about anthropomorphic **robots** and manage to still make it into a cliche sports film.

_Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible._...