Real Steel (2011)

Awards

Academy Awards: Oscar won & 508 nominated
4 nominations
See awards details »

Users' rating: 7.4

65 votes

Ranking

This week:
-

This month:
-

All time:
-

Vote

Add your vote!

Overall:

Favourite

Watchlist

Not interested

About the movie

Year

2011

Runtime

2 h 7 min

Genres

Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Countries

United States, India

Director

Shawn Levy

Writers

John Gatins, Dan Gilroy, Jeremy Leven

Plotline

Set in the near future, where robot boxing is a top sport, a struggling promoter feels he's found a champion in a discarded robot. During his hopeful rise to the top, he discovers he has an 11-year-old son who wants to know his father.

Recently added photos Add more photos

Show all photos

Every third American is obese. Check if you are too!

Starring

Hugh Jackman

Dakota Goyo

Evangeline Lilly

Anthony Mackie

Kevin Durand

Main cast

Hugh Jackman Charlie Kenton

Dakota Goyo Max Kenton

Evangeline Lilly Bailey Tallet

Anthony Mackie Finn

Kevin Durand Ricky

Hope Davis Aunt Debra

James Rebhorn Marvin

Marco Ruggeri Cliff

Karl Yune Tak Mashido

Olga Fonda Farra Lemkova

John Gatins Kingpin

Sophie Levy Big Sister

Tess Levy Little Sister

Charlie Levy Littlest Sister

Gregory Sims Bill Panner

Torey Adkins Large Texan Man

Recently added videos Add more videos

Show all videos

External critics' reviews

Real Steel is directed by "Night at the Museum's" Shawn Levy, who makes good use of his specialized skill in blending people and computer-made imaginary things into one lively, emotionally satisfying story. more

There's a little "Kramer vs. Kramer" here, a dash of "Transformers" there, and it's all topped with big heap of "Rocky." But it's hard to argue with the results, because, at times, Real Steal is close to a knockout. more

If you can get past the ridiculousness of the setup - easy to do, because the posters make it clear this isn't a Woody Allen movie - it's pretty much impossible not to have fun. more

The movie is corny enough to remind you that boxing rings are square. more

It is earsplitting, crowd-pleasing, and, no doubt, 'bot-pleasing, too. If you told me I would get emotionally and viscerally involved in two machines punching the hard drives out of each other, I would tell you you were crazy. I would be wrong. more

By the time the two hour running length has expired, it's safe to say that Real Steel comes across as a legitimate crowd-pleaser. more

Real Steel is a real movie. It has characters, it matters who they are, it makes sense of its action, it has a compelling plot. This is the sort of movie, I suspect, young viewers went to the "Transformers" movies looking for. more

Like "Moneyball," this is real movie making that packs a solid entertainment punch. more

It goes through all the motions, properly and efficiently, and yet it's missing some core warmth. Watching Real Steel, I kept thinking of Brad Bird's retro-modern cartoon "The Iron Giant," and of how that picture humanized a metal alien so effortlessly. more

Although the marketing looks like "Transformers 4," Real Steel is the real deal, a Rocky with robots that ought to have audiences standing up and cheering. more

Show more external critic's reviews