This Fantasy Drama is set in the near future in a world where robots have replaced humans in the boxing ring. We follow Jackman as Charlie Kenton, a washed up and self absorbed ex boxer who now scrapes a living putting together old robots for underground fights. We soon discover Charlie has a young son called Max whom he has never met. After Max's Mum dies, Charlie comes to have custody of him for a summer while his Aunt goes on holiday. Please note this information is all very trivial and, in actual fact, the story line is very basic and pretty shallow.
This is a typical Hollywood underdog story, following a down and out man finding his feet again with the help of his child. It's not a story we've never seen before and although director Shawn Levy has tried to put an original twist on it, this is never really enough to pull this film up to the standard of others in a similar genre.
Notable mention goes to Dakota Goyo as Max. It would have been very easy for such a young boy to be irritating in this role, especially when his character is so willful. His talents for a child actor are impressive and hopefully with the right guidance he will have a long career.
Even though I've put about negative comments, I fully enjoyed the 2 hour and 6 minute duration of Real Steel. There's just enough characterization, character chemistry and action to satisfy and because the structure is 'tried and tested' the audience recieves a comfortable and reliable Hollywood spectacle.
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