Film Review – Real Steel

To appreciate the clunky charms of “Real Steel,” one must accept a bizarre premise that finds the citizens of futuristic America clamoring to watch robots engage in boxing matches. It’s a ludicrous plot befitting an absurd motion picture, but one that at least makes the attempt to be more than just a simple metal-crunching exercise in mindless violence. Youngsters will surely get a charge out of “Real Steel,” but anyone who’s spent time attending movies over the last 40 years will be able to predict every turn of this script, every beat of the performances, and every last swing of the sock-em robots. It’s a film of unbearable formula and occasional stupidity. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com