Introduction: Real Steel is a weird movie. You walk into that theater knowing the movie is going to suck balls, but then you leave with a big stupid grin on your face. What the f*ck just happened? Let's find out.
Robots: The best way to describe this movie is Rock Em' Sock Em' Robots except without the licensing. And it's not just that each and every robot here is unique and has it's own personality, but it evokes that childhood fun of playing with robots. Hell, a kid is the contender. Anyways, robots are now the next form of boxing since people want more carnage in their fights (Yeah! Look at that engine fuel! Brutal!) and are controlled on the sidelines by a, well, controller.
Bailey: She is the daughter of the coach who made Wolverine into a great boxer. After her father's passing she owns his gym and is a mechanic for Wolverine's robots. A lot of sexual tension here...
Wolverine: After failing as a boxer and the rise of robotic fighters he now is a controller and boy does he suck. He's cocky, a coward, doesn't care about others, and he is a f*cking idiot. He basically owes everyone money from overblown bets where he lost because of his own stupidity (even though he is a high class boxer). After selling his own son for cash he fails yet again but soon mentors his son's upcoming skills as a controller himself. Gee, I wonder why he was never this good to begin with. Blah, blah, blah, robot fights bring them together and he basically wins the last fight in the movie.
Anakin and Atom: After being sold by his father to his aunt Anakin must then stay with his sh*tty father until his aunt comes back from Europe. After watching his father fail with a WORLD CLASS ROBOT after telling him to not bet so high because that's f*cking stupid they go to a junkyard where a robot saves Anakin from falling off a cliff...by having it's arm just being there. Anakin takes the robot home and names it Atom and gets it a fight where he does the exact same thing his dad does and bets high with his dad being the voice of reason. Jesus Christ, pick a character! He wins thanks to Wolverine and they win more and more fights until they get a fight with the world champ. Yupp, a junkyard robot (with a shadow/mimic function) versus an automated tank of a robot... *cou-Rocky vs Ivan-gh* By the last round rolls around the controller breaks and Wolverine has to control Atom via it's shadow function. They down the tank but the match goes to the tank by decision.
Conclusion: Even though Wolverine is a horrible f*cking character and Anakin is goddamn hypocrite I still enjoyed this movie. Maybe because the fights were clear and dramatic and the whole movie is basically Robot Rocky for Rascals. I can't imagine a kid watching this and not feeling pumped and ready to face the world. And isn't that how most adult audiences felt watching the first Rocky?
