An action ride set in 2020, where boxing has gone high-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.
“Real Steel” is an underdog story with surprises along the way. “Real Steel” director Shawn Levy experienced the story as a tale of redemption for three lost and forgotten souls. “The main characters –– a father, his son and a machine –– are each abandoned beings,” Levy says. “All three of them have been cast aside and forgotten. The substance of the story is about how this trinity has a chance of returning to grace.”
Hugh Jackman’s character, Charlie Kenton, was a heavyweight boxer in his youth, but he’s become a relic in his own time. Director Levy explains, “What’s worse is that Charlie now has to make his living off of the machines that put him out of a job. He has a combination of need and resentment towards the very robots that he’s plying and
promoting in fights.”
When Charlie is begrudgingly reunited with his long-abandoned son, Max, it is clear that the only thing they have in common is a mutual resentment. But they do share one interest— robot boxing—and step by hard-fought step, they begin to connect. It’s not a very deep connection at first, but when they discover an old robot in a junkyard, their journey toward mutual rediscovery begins.
With the unlikely combination of an underdog, scrap-heap bot and a tough kid who knows every stat of the WRB by heart, Charlie has a chance at more than just winning — he’s got a chance at redemption.
DreamWorks Pictures’ Real Steal opens in theatres everywhere Friday, Oct., 7.
2 comments:
This is such a good movie!
I so want to see this!
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