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Real Steel (2011)

PG-13 10/06/2011 (US) Action, Science Fiction, Drama 2h 7m

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Courage is stronger than steel.

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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.

Shawn Levy

Director
John Gatins

Screenplay
Dan Gilroy

Story
Jeremy Leven

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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
Sophie Levy

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A review by John Chard

70%

Written by John Chard on August 1, 2019

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.

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