Real Steel
Directed by Shawn Levy7.160%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.
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- ርልዪረ2 February 2025Hugh plays a mighty role worth every cent, great supporting cast with a different story that will have you on the edge seat plus entertainment, Robots fight in the ring that makes you wonder about down the track in the future. Action and suspense with the thrills and spills that go with it, what more could you want. The curves fly and things do go wrong, plus some things fall apart now. Not just a mans movie its every ones to watch and enjoy, so get with it, move on for a thrilling night of sheer delight with a mixture of feelings that have you reeling in your seat riveted to the chair. So set yourself up with the popcorn, relax and put your feet up settle for an fabulous night in with a delightful movie, a must to all to see. I rated this an A grade plus so enjoy!
- Toronto12217 February 2025This is a fun movie. Nothing more, nothing less. The special effects are so well done, and the near future feel is spot on.
- Mark12 January 2026Embarrassingly cliché, predictable and frustratingly shallow. Be prepared to spend so much of the movie hating Hugh Jackman's dumb-as-bricks character that by the time there's any payoff you just want the movie to be over. There’s only so many times you can facepalm over a character’s obviously-idiotic actions before you’re reaching for the stop button. Side note: why the hell do the robots react like humans when hit in the stomach area or head? Makes absolutely no sense. The ones at the start are specifically noted as being fully controlled by the guy with the remote, no way he’s making it clutch its stomach and fold over.
- M08Y9 October 2025Real 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.
- dasmooth201530 November 2025Great movie! Charlie redeems himself in the movie and Max get to know his Dad
- mickerdoo29 November 2025Not sure how this movie made it to production but glad it did. Really on the nose and boxing templated. CGI extravaganza. Lilly looks great.
- eckoryan28 September 2025This is all too real, but I’m all too for it.
- Chris C5 November 2025There's not tons of meat to it, but it's a fun movie that doesn't require much thinking. I question how Hugh Jackman's character could actually have ever made it into adulthood, but at least he has a bit of a redemption arc. The special effects are impressive and still hold up very well. Worth a watch if you're a sci-fi fan.
- efrespmx22 September 2025Best movie ever! A dancing and fighting robot, awesome!
- cferaco8 September 2025If Rocky laced up with Over the Top and then called Dirk Diggler for a little inspiration, you’d get Real Steel. This is a movie about comebacks — big, loud, unapologetic comebacks. Atom isn’t just a robot; he’s the Dirk Diggler of the robot boxing world, stepping back into the ring to prove he’s still got the goods. It’s gritty, it’s over-the-top (literally), and it leaves you cheering like you just watched Rocky go the distance — or Dirk roll out his final redemption scene.
- Peter Bickford8 February 2025Surprisingly fun sports movie--think Rocky with robots. The overly spunky and wise-talking kid is a mixed blessing, but the robots deliver.
Real Steel Trivia
Real Steel was released on 6 October 2011.
Real Steel was directed by Shawn Levy.
Real Steel has a runtime of 2h 7m.
Real Steel was produced by Susan Montford, Shawn Levy, Don Murphy.
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.
The key characters in Real Steel are Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman), Max Kenton (Dakota Goyo), Bailey Tallet (Evangeline Lilly).
Real Steel is rated 12A.
Real Steel is an Action, Science Fiction, Drama film.
Real Steel has an audience rating of 7.3 out of 10.
Real Steel had a budget of US$110M.
Real Steel has made US$299.3M at the box office.