Jason KingREAL STEAL: A Review
November 1st 2011 09:29
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Great Film
Category: Reviews
I just loved this film. It is Disney meets Transformers after having sex with Rocky. Absolutely fun and uplifting it had me cheering by the end and has enough all round entertainment and action and family spirit the whole family will love it - get your asses into the seats to see this one.
A gritty, white-knuckle, action ride set in the near-future where the sport of 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. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max (Dakota Goyo) to build and train a championship contender. As the stakes in the brutal, no-holds-barred arena are raised, Charlie and Max, against all odds, get one last shot at a comeback.
The film is a walk in the park for sexy Hugh Jackman and Hugh acts this one brilliantly and has a much better look - screw that clean cut guy who is too nice he is probably gay. This time he is unshaven and a drunk with no hopes who is saved and steered on the right path by a long lost son of his. And what an actor the long lost son is. Dakota Goyo is sensational and pretty much steals the scenes from Jackman. Goyo has this enthusiasm and a childlike energy about him and easily hooks the audience in for the emotional ride. And the scenes he has are huge - jumping up and showing off in front of an entire boxing audience - he is hysterical and made the film for me.
Evangeline Lilly is fine in her role as the ex lover, tomboy robot mechanic gym runner and is a great match for hunky Hugh. Karl Yune and Olga Fonda are a little cartoonish as the evil opponent contender owners and promoters that never lose. Scenes with them slipped into a slightly more campish feel of Speed Racer but the joy of this film is it's more for kids and is so carefree and Disney and made well that it's worth it.
The film is a little left of centre for Shawn Levy. He has made us things like all the Night of the Museum's and then his closest thing to action is Get Real but one thing he is good at is matching the CGI into a film and it works brilliantly in this. The robots, action and CGI are awesome and very fist pumping excitable. There will definitely be a lot of critics and serious film people who will think it is over the top and too kidlike but honestly not all films are made to win an oscar and teenage boys will LOVE this film. Sometimes I think I am mentally stuck at this age
.
I am off seeing this again in two weeks with a 10yr old and can't wait! Worth an easy 8 out of 10 for me. Will also be adding this one to the Blu Ray collection
A gritty, white-knuckle, action ride set in the near-future where the sport of 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. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max (Dakota Goyo) to build and train a championship contender. As the stakes in the brutal, no-holds-barred arena are raised, Charlie and Max, against all odds, get one last shot at a comeback.
The film is a walk in the park for sexy Hugh Jackman and Hugh acts this one brilliantly and has a much better look - screw that clean cut guy who is too nice he is probably gay. This time he is unshaven and a drunk with no hopes who is saved and steered on the right path by a long lost son of his. And what an actor the long lost son is. Dakota Goyo is sensational and pretty much steals the scenes from Jackman. Goyo has this enthusiasm and a childlike energy about him and easily hooks the audience in for the emotional ride. And the scenes he has are huge - jumping up and showing off in front of an entire boxing audience - he is hysterical and made the film for me.
Evangeline Lilly is fine in her role as the ex lover, tomboy robot mechanic gym runner and is a great match for hunky Hugh. Karl Yune and Olga Fonda are a little cartoonish as the evil opponent contender owners and promoters that never lose. Scenes with them slipped into a slightly more campish feel of Speed Racer but the joy of this film is it's more for kids and is so carefree and Disney and made well that it's worth it.
The film is a little left of centre for Shawn Levy. He has made us things like all the Night of the Museum's and then his closest thing to action is Get Real but one thing he is good at is matching the CGI into a film and it works brilliantly in this. The robots, action and CGI are awesome and very fist pumping excitable. There will definitely be a lot of critics and serious film people who will think it is over the top and too kidlike but honestly not all films are made to win an oscar and teenage boys will LOVE this film. Sometimes I think I am mentally stuck at this age
. 
I am off seeing this again in two weeks with a 10yr old and can't wait! Worth an easy 8 out of 10 for me. Will also be adding this one to the Blu Ray collection
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