Real Steel

Real Steel, starring Hugh Jackman and Evangeline Lilly (2012) Rated PG-13 Sometime in the not-too-distant future, boxing has been outlawed and replaced by fighting matches with robots. Big robots... Real Steel ... [is] a tale of a down-and-out fight manager (Hugh Jackman) looking for a good 'bot to get back in the game, and get back out of debt. Hearts are further tugged by the arrival of this guy's 11-year-old son (Dakota Goyo), who hasn't seen his dad in many years but now needs tending... If you can imagine Rocky restaged with a pile of spare parts, you might be the audience for Real Steel. - Robert Horton