A genre stew, Real Steel is set in a future where the top sport is robot boxing. It follows a dead-beat, robot-trainer father who reluctantly ends up taking care of his son, Max. Unfortunately, they continue to lose robot after robot and fight after fight until Max finds an abandoned robot in a junkyard and restores it. Reinvigorated, the pair start winning bouts and Max's father realises that his son was just what he needed to get his life back on track. It's armed with a soundtrack that's underwhelming but passable, while the father-son dynamic gives the film a little more substance and succeeds in not becoming too syrupy. Definitely a film that kids are sure to enjoy and want to watch again.
7/10
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