What's on now: The Fifth Element now streaming on Netflix. Utterly bizarre, but it's a cult favorite for good reason.
I've decided to have a special thing on Saturdays where I find trailers and information about up-and-coming movies and give you my preliminary impressions. This week's feature is Real Steel, a futuristic film about robot boxing. Is anyone else heavily reminded of Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots?
The film is set to hit theatres on Oct. 7, 2011 and stars the deliciously hunky Hugh Jackman and the delightfully spunky Evangeline Lilly of Lost fame. Plot details are few to be had for now, but it looks like it might follow at least the basics of the conventional sports movie plotline.
"The human body can only take so much. But the steel... never stops."
Jackman's character is probably an ex-fighter, one who probably took quite a beating and was robbed of his career is some way, whether by injury or foul play. Now he makes his living operating the humanoid robots that do all the fighting. Lilly will undoubtedly be his love interest, the beautiful woman cheering for him ringside as he does battle with an intimidating foe.
I'm certain we can count on some pretty cool special effects, if the trailer is any clue. At some point, undoubtedly near the end, our hero will probably be in a high-stakes fight for his life in which he is the underdog. And even though at this point it looks like it'll be a little predictable, I actually like the looks of it. I've never been averse to some mindless entertainment, in fact it tends to be one of my favorite forms of entertainment. After all, isn't one of the main reason we go to the movies to avoid thinking?
One question I'm interested in is: Are the robots just really high-tech video games, or do they actually have some sort of self-awareness a la Asimov? From the looks of the trailer, they're just pieces of machinery that a human has to drive, for lack of a better word. But how cool would it be if these robot boxers had some sort of spirit? With Real Steel, we could have a robot Rocky on our hands.
Or Steely.
Starring: Hugh Jackman and Evangeline Lilly
Directed by: Shawn Levy
Rated NYR
2011
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