Real Steel (2011) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	October 7, 2011
On DVD:	January 24, 2011
Genre:	Sports, Drama, Action
Director:	Shawn Levy
Writer:	John Gatins
Cast:	Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo, Anthony Mackie, Kevin Durand
Studio:	DreamWorks Pictures
Official site:	steelgetsreal.com
Running Time:	127 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated PG-13 for some violence, intense action and brief language

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...

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The glory days of boxing are behind it, in real life and on the silver screen. Modern boxers pale in comparison to the popularity of their predecessors. Boxing movies continue to be a staple of pop culture, but they reflect on fighters of yesteryear. Boxing is a fading sport, even a faded sport. So it’s only natural to replace those sacks of flesh and bones with fight-to-the-death robots!

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