Real Steel is a quirky movie, the trailers make it out to be a science fiction/action movie; the first half an hour of the movie runs like a redemption drama and then again it morphs into a family drama about a boy and his pet robot before ending in a boxing/fighting movie. But, what makes it cohesive and entertaining is that it does it's main attraction of robot boxing superbly where it's brimming with ideas that elevates all it's themes beyond the hum-drum.
Although often compared to Transformers, the robots give off a different feel of movement; it's the feel of hydraulics with heavy machine parts that makes robot punches have impact. This makes the robot fighting engaging and full of tension and not a blur of colors and movement with robots doing incredulous things. The movie takes the old boxing ring structure and expertly enact robots as boxers and make everything look fresh and exciting. Max in the movie says, "people want to see something they've never seen before", and if this is true then this movie has that in spades. The shadow feature, that's shown in the trailers, where the robots match the human movements is one great show by itself in the movie.
It is one of those movies where the audience will be cheering in the theaters as if they were by the ringside. I highly recommend the movie not just to sci-fi fans but to boxing/sports fans, parents looking for a family drama for their early-teens and people who like dramas. But, most of all I recommend this to people who want to see something they've never seen before.
Although often compared to Transformers, the robots give off a different feel of movement; it's the feel of hydraulics with heavy machine parts that makes robot punches have impact. This makes the robot fighting engaging and full of tension and not a blur of colors and movement with robots doing incredulous things. The movie takes the old boxing ring structure and expertly enact robots as boxers and make everything look fresh and exciting. Max in the movie says, "people want to see something they've never seen before", and if this is true then this movie has that in spades. The shadow feature, that's shown in the trailers, where the robots match the human movements is one great show by itself in the movie.
It is one of those movies where the audience will be cheering in the theaters as if they were by the ringside. I highly recommend the movie not just to sci-fi fans but to boxing/sports fans, parents looking for a family drama for their early-teens and people who like dramas. But, most of all I recommend this to people who want to see something they've never seen before.