We were fortunate enough to go to a premiere of Real Steel, the new Dreamworks movie coming out October 7th. I had seen some online previews for it and it looked interesting, but I wasn’t really sure what to expect. I knew that it had Hugh Jackman and I was really hoping to see him with his shirt off excited to see him in a role like this.
The movie is rated PG-13 and stars Hugh Jackman as Charlie, a washed-up boxer around the year 2020, when robot boxing is at its peak of success. Hugh travels from town to town gambling money he doesn’t have, with creditors always lurking around the next corner to get their payment. He finds out his 11-year old son was left motherless, and figures out a scheme to take him for the summer to make a lot of money, before signing over all his parental rights to his ex-girlfriend’s sister.
Newcomer Daniel Goyo plays Max, and does an amazing job gripping at your heartstrings as a kid who just wants to be loved, but with his dad’s fighting spirit. Max travels around with Charlie in the somewhat shady backyard robot boxing circles until Charlie manages to program a bot he found in a junkyard. Together, Charlie and Max take this bot to championship level and establish a loving relationship in the process.
I have to say, the fight scenes with the robots are amazing and so intense. I found myself having to look away as I watched Atom, Charlie’s & Max’s robot, in battle after battle. It was edge-of-your-seat stuff here, and you really don’t have any idea how things will end up until the very end. And yes, Hugh takes his shirt off thankyouverymuch.
The rating reflects the profanity in the movie, and the robot fighting might be more than some young kids can handle. We really loved this movie and can’t wait to go back and see it in the theaters again.
Disclosure: I was provided a free screening of this movie in return for my honest review.
