Real Steel is a 2011 American science fiction film based on the 1956 short story “Steel” by Richard Matheson. In 2020 human boxers have been replaced by robot boxers. Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman) is a former boxer who owns such a robot Ambush competing in unsanctioned matches and in exhibitions with it. At a rural fair Ambush is destroyed by Black Thunder a bull belonging to promoter Ricky (Kevin Durand). Having made a bet that Ambush would win, Charlie now owes Ricky $20,000 which he doesn’t pay before leaving. Charlie is informed his ex-girlfriend has died and that he must attend a hearing to decide the fate of his preteen son Max (Dakota Goyo). Max’s wealthy aunt Debra (Hope Davis) and uncle Marvin (James Rebhorn) want full custody, which Charlie gives them in exchange for $100,000 half in advance, on the condition that Charlie take care of Max for three months while the couple are away on a second honeymoon. Charlie and Max meet with Charlie’s childhood friend Bailey Tallet (Evangeline Lilly) who runs the boxing gym of her deceased father, Charlie’s old coach. Charlie buys a secondhand World Robot Boxing league (WRB) robot the once famous Noisy Boy and arranges for it to fight the illegal circuit’s champion Midas at a venue belonging to his friend Finn (Anthony Mackie). Partly due to both his inexperience with Noisy Boy’s combinations and his own overconfidence, Charlie ends up losing control of Noisy Boy and Midas destroys it. Charlie and Max break into a junkyard to steal scraps that he can use to put a new robot together. There Max falls over a ledge where he is saved from doom by getting snagged on the arm of a buried robot. After Charlie pulls Max back up, Max digs out the entire robot, called Atom. On Max’s insistence, Charlie takes it back to Bailey’s gym, where they discover Atom is an obsolete Generation-2 sparring bot built in 2014. Atom has been designed to sustain massive damage, but is unable to deal much damage itself. Partly due to both Max’s insistence and Charlie needing money, the duo takes Atom to fight an unsanctioned outdoor match against a robot called Metro and Atom wins, earning back some of Charlie’s money. Max later upgrades it to take vocal commands using spare parts from Noisy Boy and the spin frame from Ambush and successfully convinces Charlie to train the robot.  Atom’s string of subsequent wins and high-speed maneuvers, which were rarely seen from a robot attracts the attention of a promoter from WRB who offers Atom a professional fight against a robot called Twin Cities. Charlie accepts and Atom wins again thanks to Charlie’s boxing experience allowing him to locate and take advantage of a small tell in Twin Cities’ punch. Revelling in their subsequent novelty attention, Max challenges WRB champion Zeus designed by genius Tak Mashido (Karl Yune) and sponsored by wealthy Farra Lemcova (Olga Fonda), who before the match tried to buy the upstart Atom. As Max and Charlie leave after the Twin Cities fight, Ricky and his men attack them and steal their winnings. Feeling guilty Charlie returns Max to his aunt and uncle, feeling Max will be safer with them and refusing the second half of the money he was promised. Bailey convinces him that he can be a better father. Debra allows Charlie to take Max out for one last night to the Zeus-Atom match. Zeus severely damages Atom while also getting injured, a first for Zeus. Ricky who had bet Finn $100,000 that Atom would not last the first round, tries to slip away, but is cornered by Finn and his colleagues. In the fourth round of the five-round match, Atom’s vocal receptors are damaged and Atom must fight the last round in shadow boxing mode copying Charlie’s moves from the aisle. Zeus now controlled manually by a furious Mashido expends energy on trashing the defensive Atom, running low on power and turning sluggish as a result. The fight swings in Atom’s favor as he overwhelms the weakened Zeus, even knocking the seemingly invincible champion down once but Atom is unable to win before the round ends. The judges declare Zeus the winner on points, but the near-defeat leaves the Zeus team humiliated. Atom is labeled the “People’s Champion” as he Charlie and Max celebrate their success.
Hugh Jackman as Charlie Kenton
Hugh Jackman is an Australian actor he has won international recognition for his roles as Wolverine in the X-Men series, as well as for his leads in Kate & Leopold, Van Helsing, The Prestige, Australia and Real Steel. His films include Paperback Hero (1999), Erskineville Kings (1999), X-Men (2000, Someone Like You (2001), Swordfish (2001), Kate & Leopold (2001), X-Men 2 (2003), Standing Room Only (2004), Van Helsing (2004), Stories of Lost Souls (2005), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), Scoop (2006), The Fountain (2006), The Prestige (2006), Uncle Jonny (2008), Deception (2008), Australia (2008), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), X-Men: First Class (2011), Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011), Butter (2011) and Real Steel (2011).

Dakota Goyo as Max Kenton
Dakota Goyo is a Canadian child actor his films include Resurrecting the Champ (2007), Emotional Arithmetic (2007), Defendor (2009), Thor (2011), Real Steel (2011). His films made for television include Ultra (2006), Solving Charlie (2009) and My Neighbor’s Secret (2009). He has appeared in TV series such as JoJo’s Circus, Super Why, The Listener, Murdoch Mysteries, Happy Town and The Haunting Hour: The Series.

Evangeline Lilly as Bailey Tallet
Evangeline Lilly is a Canadian actress her films include Stealing Sinatra (2003), The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003), Freddy vs. Jason (2003), White Chicks (2004), The Long Weekend (2005), The Hurt Locker (2008), Afterwards (2008) and Real Steel (2011). She has appeared in TV series such as That ’70s Show, Judgment Day, Tru Calling, Smallville, Kingdom Hospital and Lost.

James Rebhorn as Marvin
James Rebhorn is an American actor his films include He Knows You’re Alone (1980), The Yum-Yum Girls (1981), Soup for One (1982), Silkwood (1983), Cat’s Eye (1985), Whatever It Takes (1986), The House on Carroll Street (1988), Heart of Midnight (1988), Desperate Hours (1990), Regarding Henry (1991), Shadows and Fog (1991), My Cousin Vinny (1992), Basic Instinct (1992), White Sands (1992), Wind (1992), Scent of a Woman (1992), Lorenzo’s Oil (1992), Carlito’s Way (1993), Blank Check (1994), 8 Seconds (1994), Guarding Tess (1994), I Love Trouble (1994), White Squall (1996), Up Close & Personal (1996), If Lucy Fell (1996), Independence Day (1996), My Fellow Americans (1996), The Game (1997), All of It (1998), Snow Falling on Cedars (1999), The Talented Mr Ripley (1999), The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000), Meet the Parents (2000), Scotland Pa (2001), Last Ball (2001), The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002), Far from Heaven (2002), The Trade (2003), Head of State (2003), Vacuums (2003), Cold Mountain (2003), The Last Shot (2004), How to Eat Fried Worms (2006), Bernard and Doris (2006), Anamorph (2007), Spinning Into Butter (2008), Baby Mama (2008), The International (2009), An American Affair (2009), Don McKay (2009), The Box (2009), The Sparrow and the Tigress (2010), The Line (2010), A Little Help (2010), Real Steel (2011) and Sleepwalk with Me (2012). He has appeared in TV series such as Guiding Light, North and South, Kate & Allie, Spenser: For Hire, The Equalizer, Wiseguy, Against the Law, New York Undercover, Now and Again, The Practice, UC: Undercover, Third Watch, Comanche Moon, Law & Order, Boston Legal, 30 Rock, Big Lake, White Collar and Homeland.
Kevin Durand as Ricky
Kevin Durand is a Canadian actor known for his roles as Joshua in Dark Angel, Martin Keamy in Lost, Fred J Dukes in X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Little John in Robin Hood 2010. His films include Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), Mystery Alaska (1999), The Butterfly Effect (2004), Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), Walking Tall (2004), Greener Mountains (2005), Big Momma’s House 2 (2006), Smokin’ Aces (2006), Wild Hogs (2007), Who’s Your Monkey (2007), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), Stars (2007), The Echo (2008), Fragments (2008), Legion (2009), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Otis E (2009), Robin Hood (2010), I Am Number Four (2011), Real Steel (2011) and Edwin Boyd (2011). He has appeared in TV series such as The Outer Limits, ER, Beggars and Choosers, Stargate SG-1, Dark Angel, Taken, Dead Like Me, Touching Evil, The Collector, Andromeda, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Kyle XY, Without a Trace, CSI: Miami, Shark, Lost and Republic of Doyle.

Anthony Mackie as Finn
Anthony Mackie is an American actor his films include 8 Mile (2002), Crossing (2003), Hollywood Homicide (2003), Brother to Brother (2004), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), She Hate Me (2004), Haven (2004), Million Dollar Baby (2004), The Man (2005), Half Nelson (2006), Freedomland (2006), Heavens Fall (2006), Crossover (2006), We Are Marshall (2006), Ascension Day (2007), American Violet (2008), The Hurt Locker (2008), Eagle Eye (2008), Notorious (2009), Desert Flower (2009), Night Catches Us (2010), Louis (2010), The Adjustment Bureau (2011), Real Steel (2011), What’s Your Number (2011), Ten Year (2011) and Man on a Ledge (2012).
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