Here’s the absurd teaser for Shawn Levy’s robot-boxing flick REAL STEEL, which kind of looks like the bastard child of TRANSFORMERS, ROCKY and John McTiernan’s ROLLERBALL (good call, Jake!). I honestly don’t know if this movie is made for people over the age of 12; it gives off a vibe so utterly silly it almost appears to be tongue-in-cheek. I venture to guess it’s not meant to be, however, so we may have a camp classic on our hands here.
A gritty, white-knuckle, action ride set in the near future [the year 2020], 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 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.
Starring Hugh Jackman, Anthony Mackie, Evangeline Lilly, Hope Davis, Olga Fonda, James Rebhorn, Karl Yune and Kevin Durand, REAL STEEL opens on OCTOBER 7th.
Olga Fonda