Real Steel
7.160%73%7.1
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.
M08Y reviewed
October 9, 2025•
Real Steel is my favorite movie of all time. Objectively speaking it's not particularly special, but Real Steel makes me cry every single time and that is worth a lot.
For the uninitiated, Real Steel is basically just Rocky (1976) with robots. There isn't really much more to it. As Nobody (2021) proved, rehashing the same idea can be fine as long as you nail the execution, and Real Steel does just that.
There is a very valuable lesson in this film, you don't have to be the biggest, the fastest the strongest or the smartest. You've just got to keep f*****g going.