Real Steel (2011)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2011
	Director: Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum 1-2)
	Actors: Hugh Jackman (X-men 1-3, The Fountain, Wolverine), Evangeline Lilly (Lost TV-series, The Hobbit 2-3), Dakota Goyo (Thor, Rise of the Guardians)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Action, Drama, SF
	Conditions of visioning: 07.10.2013, Blu-ray, Home cinema
Synopsis: Charlie Kenton (Jackman) is an ex-boxer reconverted into Robot Boxing. His lack of seriousness makes him a poor bet. How will he handle the summer with the son Max (Goyo) he barely knows?
Review:  I heard a lot of good about this movie, and I liked it the first time I saw it. This second viewing didn't change my opinion: it is a well told classical story of father and son getting to know each other, except that to make it more exciting it revolves around the future sport of Robot Boxing. It is the kind of movie that shows a future looking like today except for one technological element that has evolved far beyond what it is today. Once you put aside Robot Boxing in Real Steel, except for the design of some cars and smartphones it looks like today, especially when the couple of characters travels the countryside. It is probably true that the countryside evolves slower than the cities... The comparison with Over the Top (classic 80's movie with Stallone as irresponsible father) cannot be avoided, it is almost a remake with Robot Boxing instead of Arm wrestling! Well this is not completely true but close enough. The character of the father is actually quite different (honest man for Stallone, looser for Jackman). Real Steel sometimes displays an excessive amount of good feelings but that's OK. Dakota Goyo plays very well, although he sometimes exagerates the "adult attitude". I almost forgot to mention the Robots: they are very good-looking and the fights look incredibly real. You quickly forget that they are special effects to focus on the emotions of the characters, and that is the big strength of Real Steel.
Rating: 8 /10