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Monday, October 1, 2012

Real Steel - 2 1/2 stars out of 5 stars

Released in 2011 and running long at 124 minutes,there is little to like but the acting.The characters leave little to care about and the science is never explained and the story,is well,silly and contrived to be a tale of redemption and finding ones self in ones lost family.BALONEY.Thats why I give it my lowest rating at 50-50 for a night with truly nothing else to watch.Now to the limited good stuff.Loved the robot fighting FX,much better than spike TV show from the UK,"Robot Wars"and the kids games "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots"that it draws on.Plus the actors,Evangeline Lilly as Bailey Tallet,in her first role since "Lost"and the always great Hugh Jackman as Charlie Kenton  and young actor Dakota Goyo     as Max Kenton .Is that enough??You decide.Trailer URL follows the pix and a IMDB summary below.

Set in the near future, where robot boxing is a top sport, a struggling promoter feels he's found a champion in a discarded robot. During his hopeful rise to the top, he discovers he has an 11-year-old son who wants to know his father.
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3446840601/

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