Hugh is set to solidify his status as an action hero as the actor has signed up to
fight robots in a new film.
Hollywood hunk Hugh Jackman is set to solidify his status as an action hero as the actor has signed up to
fight robots in a new Steven Spielberg production.
We meet Vincent in a harbor, then he boards a submarine, travels to an island, flies to the Moon in a rocket and finally
fights the robots in their spaceship.
Not exact matches
Well I guess
in the future we
fight wars with
robots, because GOD is making man to man lovers to keep populations
in check so mother Earth can breath...
Robot lions which could combine into a giant
robot dude to
fight space monster -
robots in a galaxy run by an evil empire of purple guys.
When
robots fight in place of soldiers, will wars have fewer civilian casualties?
When
robots fight in place of soldiers, will wars have fewer casualties?
When placed
in the vicinity of a cancerous tumor, these tiny delivery
robots would release a payload of cancer -
fighting medicine.
interesting now soldiers can sit
in fortified bunkers and control
robots from there and can save more lives than actually
fighting on ground or field
Steve Swift thinks that
in a future war, humanity might just be spectators whilst intelligent
robots fight, on the basis...
Before the decade is out, some
fighting force may field a military
robot that can kill without a joystick operator behind a curtain elsewhere
in the world.
And while it isn't
robots, there is some space - age technology that will be
fighting fires
in the future.
We're still waiting for our firefighting
robots, but
in the meantime NASA has come up with some cutting - edge ways to find and
fight wildfires.
A super spy monkey
in a tuxedo
fighting french cooking
robots.
Eventually Jackman's character grudgingly acquieses to actually doing something right
in readying his
robot for a
fight, but wins by falling back on his boxing skills to win
in the ring.
Charlie is a down - and - out former boxer turned sleazy
fight promoter on the underground
robot boxing circuit
in a world where machines have replaced humans as prizefighting combatants.
There are big
fights sanctioned by the world
robot league, and unsanctioned
fights in abandoned warehouses and zoos.
However, despite a valiant effort, he is unable to damage the B7
robot he is
fighting, even when he lands an unblocked punch directly
in the back of its head.
The washed - up fighter
in «Real Steel» is Charlie (Jackman), a former contender who lost his shot at the title and now,
in the realm of
robot fighting, uses his meager funds to buy cast - off
robots and
fight on the smalltown circuit.
That story, «Steel,» was about a boxer who poses as a
robot in order to
fight one, and turned up as a «Twilight Zone» episode starring Lee Marvin.
The film stars Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo and Atom as, respectively, the - down - on - his - luck - former - boxer - turned -
fighting -
robot manager, the almost - given - up - on - romance - but - I - can - fix - any - broken - bot - you - drag -
in - here beauty, the I - wish - I - had - a-better-dad-but-at-least-he's -
in - the -
robot - game kid and the won't - someone - just - believe -
in - me blue - eyed boxing bot.
«
In a future where any boxing involving human fighters has been criminalized, the sport is now dominated by
fighting robots.
But sequels must always be bigger, faster, louder, whatever - er, and so of course director Jon Favreau (Elf) has crammed
in more actionier stuff: more CGI guys -
in - armored - suits
fighting more CGI
robot warriors
in incoherently staged battles that range over air and ground.
There are moments
in Real Steel where I forgot I'd already seen enough movies about
fighting robots, forgot I was too old to be the target audience, forgot that I think Hugh Jackman is turning smarmier with every passing film, forgot that overly expressive child actors set my teeth on edge, forgot to think about all the other underdog / boxing / father - son movies this one is ripping off.
So throwing
in the previously unheard of sport of
robot fighting isn't enough to separate yourself from the pack.
The film begins with an unlikable loser named Charlie Kenton (Jackman) who is looking for an easy break by recycling
robots and betting on them to
fight in the ring.
Hugh Jackman tries to find a
fight for Noisy Boy
in this scene from Shawn Levy's
robot boxing drama.
While I wasn't particularly excited to see Shawn Levy's futuristic
robot fighting Real Steal, I went
in with an open mind, hoping to be surprised.
During a scouting expedition
in a «bot junk yard, he comes upon an ancient training
robot named Atom literally covered
in mud and convinces his dad this relic still has
fighting potential.
Matches between small
fighting robot machines are popular enough to be on television, but
in «Real Steel,» these
robots are towering, computer - controlled machines with nimble footwork and instinctive balance.
Maxo is an older
fighting robot and we learn that due to his age, he is not
in demand.
Instead, the two go out on the road, finding whatever underground
robot fighting rings they can with their new discovery: a years - old sparring
robot called Atom, which they find
in the dump (Child endangerment is another of Charlie's virtues).
The Van Dammes and Willises and Schwarzeneggers put up their dukes
in the»80s and»90s, but
in the 21st century
robots and other CGI mammoths mostly
fight our battles for us — and the LaBeoufs mostly cheer and look on.
In the near future - so near it looks like last week (judging by the autos)- human boxing has been banned, so boxing fans have taken to watching
robot fights.
Moreover, what the
fight sequences lack
in dazzle (especially compared to the robo - battles of Michael Bay), they make up for
in basic coherence: Unlike
in the Transformers trilogy,
in Real Steel you always know which
robot is
fighting which and why.
Some of the performers make a strong impression (particularly the alert and reactive Glover, who McGregors the part
in a big way, and Phoebe Waller - bridge as the voice of Lando's copilot, L3 - 37, a
robot fighting to abolish machine slavery).
The cameras were always too zoomed
in on the
robots, which made you start to forget who was who and with this film you can now see the whole
fight from a distance and the camera isn't bouncing around, it stays steady.
Another thing is how characters
in this movie vanish, the two annoying Gangster
robots are
in the whole film up until the
fight with Devastator, you see the green one nearly get sucked into his mouth, he smashes his face against a wall and says «My Eye,» And then the two droids vanish, never mentioned again and never shown again.
We're now
in a post-Age of Ultron MCU, one where colorful figures
fighting swarms of
robots and aliens are fairly common.
Not only that but the creators make the crucial mistake
in any film by having faceless characters just for death sequences,
in the finale when the Decepticons begin their assault numerous
robots touch down and
fight resulting
in many deaths of unknown Decepticons.
i only wish those thousands went to work on movies of more substance than
fighting robots... and you don't have to apologize to me, i can
in fact compare «Real Steel» to «The Fast and the Frivolous» films because
in essence they are one -
in - the - same, simply just the flavor of the week kind of flicks that have no real pull behind them other than big name actors, CGI and a promise of action.
Tangents aside, Big Hero 6, directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams, is an adaptation of a little known Marvel comic, about a 14 - year - old boy called Hiro (spectacularly mispronounced as «Hero» by seemingly everyone, bar one character
in the film), a total robotics prodigy, with genius level intellect, who participates
in underground
robot fighting.
Here's our first look at Sons of Anarchy star Charlie Hunnam and Babel's Rinko Kikuchi
in the armored suits they wear when piloting their monster -
fighting robots, much along the same lines as what we saw costar Idris Elba wearing
in the first officially released photo.
In the words of Hugh Jackman in the fighting robot movie «Real Steel,» we say «Bring it!&raqu
In the words of Hugh Jackman
in the fighting robot movie «Real Steel,» we say «Bring it!&raqu
in the
fighting robot movie «Real Steel,» we say «Bring it!»
Charlie is not a singer; he manages a boxing
robot in some near - future period when the dominant spectator sport blends ultimate
fighting and monster trucks — large
robots attempt to rattle each other's central processing units while the crowds cry for spilled oil.
The neglectful, borderline - abusive father and impudent son squabble and then bond, particularly after they find a relatively small, primitive
robot in a junkyard, which Max insists on getting into
fighting shape.
In this promo, the mutants Shadowcat (Ellen Page), Colossus (Daniel Cudmore), Iceman (Shawn Ashmore), Blink (Fan Bingbing), Bishop (Omar Sy), Warpath (BooBoostewart) and Sunspot (Adan Canto), use their amazing powers to
fight against evil mutant - killing
robots called Sentinels.
After the confusion of the end of part two, with no one knowing what was going on and which
robot was
fighting which, Transformers: Dark of the Moon begins with the defeated Decepticons
in exile while the Autobots are involved
in an uneasy co-operation with their human hosts.
If you smile at the thought of giant
robots fighting giant monsters, del Toro has crafted a cinematic love letter specifically with you
in mind.
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