Sentences with phrase «robot boxing»

It's a great primer for the world of robot boxing.

For one, the so - called «robot boxing movie» packed a whole lot of heart.

But beyond the professional robot boxing circuit, there are the underground games.

The story takes place in the future at a time when robot boxing has become a major sport.

Though the story it tells is a human one, it can't overcome that stupid, clunky robot boxing premise at its core.

Hugh Jackman stars as a former boxer who gets into the popular sport of robot boxing in this DreamWorks tale from director Shawn Levy.

He soon becomes involved in the rough and tumble world of robot boxing with a robot that he discovers named Atom.

I don't know where robot boxing falls on your moral spectrum, but I'd take a pre-teen to see Real Steel, as long as we had a long talk afterwards about the evils of product placement.

Hugh Jackman tries to find a fight for Noisy Boy in this scene from Shawn Levy's robot boxing drama.

The story takes place in a near future where boxing has been outlawed because it is considered too violent and has been replaced by robot boxing in which 2 000 pound robots beat the bejesus out of one another.

Not only does he owe too much money due to bad bets on robot boxing, his ex-girlfriend has died leaving him with their eleven - year - old son Max.

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.

Hope Davis (About Schmidt), James Rebhorn (Independence Day, The Game) and Olga Fonda (Love Hurts) has been cast in Shawn Levy «s futuristic robot boxing movie Real Steel.

Thinly derived from a Richard Matheson short story, Real Steel is set in a debased near - future in which robot boxing has become all the rage.

The film about futuristic robot boxing starring Hugh Jackman took in $ 16.3 million, bringing its domestic total to $ 51.7 million, according to an estimate from distributor Walt Disney Pictures.

We sit down with iconic author Richard Matheson to talk about «Real Steel,» the rules of science - fiction and the evolution of what is now a 55 year - old robot boxing tale.

Hugh Jackman stars in Real Steel, director Shawn Levy's futuristic tale about robot boxing in the year 2020.

Hugh Jackman plays Charlie Kenton, a former boxer and robot boxing promoter who's too obsessed with winning to notice that he's pretty much a complete loser.

But when Max finds an old - school sparring droid named Atom, he and Charlie launch an underground comeback bid, which eventually earns them the attention of the official robot boxing association.

The difference here, of course, is that it's robots boxing instead of people — a unique twist that gives the movie an added sense of spectacle to make up for the fact that, no matter how much it tries, «Real Steel» is no «Rocky.»

Charlie was once a professional boxer but now is a small - time promoter in the newest U.S. sporting craze, no - holds robot boxing.

Screenwriter John Gatins will return to write the follow - up to Hugh Jackman's robot boxing adventure, which hits theaters on October 7.

So that's something we all have to look forward to, no more regular clothes or haircuts, just extreme wallet chains and robot boxing mania.

Real Steel (Touchstone Pictures), a heartwarming sci - fi sports movie about a father and son who reunite through robot boxing, testifies to the formidable power of ridiculousness.

Hugh Jackman stars as a former boxer reunited with his estranged son to win the upcoming robot boxing championship.

Real Steel follows down - on - his - luck robot boxing manager, Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman) who drifts from place to place and fight to fight, racking up gambling debts and enemies, until he is notified that the mother of his estranged son, Max (Dakota Goyo) has died - leaving the boy orphaned.

The first image from Shawn Levy's robot boxing movie Real Steel has arrived it's much more promising than I anticipated.

Hugh Jackman and Evangeline Lily star in Shawn Levy's tale of a future where robot boxing is the world's most popular sport.

SPORTS STORIES 2011's robot boxing drama «Real Steel» was a mild hit for Disney.

Based on a short story by Richard Matheson (of I Am Legend fame), this kinda sci - fi tale is set in the near future when human boxing has been replaced by robot boxing.

Director Shawn Levy is expecting big things from his near - future portrayal of a world where human boxing has bowed out in favor of the WRB (World Robot Boxing) League - as well as the less official, but equally brutal, shady world of underground robot boxing.

We speak with star Hugh Jackman and director Shawn Levy on the Detroit set of this DreamWorks adventure about the intriguing world of robot boxing.

The three games were a downhill skiing game, Speed Slope; a robot boxing game, Rumble Robots; and an experiential adventure game, Rainbow Journey.

Max also happens to be a major fan of robot boxing.

Little does Charlie realize that the old piece of scrap will change everything for him and his son and rock the robot boxing world.

Hugh (because he goes by his first name in our household) plays Charlie Kenton, a washed up boxer who saw his dreams fade away with the rise of robot boxing.

Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman) is an ex-boxer who now tries to earn a living by promoting a robot in the newly popular sport of robot boxing.

And yet, as loathe as I am to admit it, the robot boxing matches are far more compelling than they have any right to be, the finale is family - film rousing, and in the last act, Hugh Jackman turns on that irresistible Lipton Iced Tea commercial charm.

A big part of the fun of this movie is the robot boxing sport.

Then an old girlfriend dies, and Charlie must reluctantly care for his 11 - year - old son, Max (Dakota Goyo), a surly youth big on the robot boxing.

They end up procuring a very special robot named Atom that takes the robot boxing world by storm.

Jackman also sells the robot boxing with everything he's got and it works.

You can only imagine the hyperbolic win - win pitch for «Real Steel» that brought this robot boxing movie to the screen: «Transformers» meets «E.T.» meets «Rocky» meets «The Champ,» starring Hugh Jackman of «X-Men» and directed by the «Night at the Museum» hotshot, Shawn Levy.

As they dispatch one opponent after another, they quickly become an underground sensation in the robot boxing world, eventually finding themselves squaring off against none other than the biggest and baddest robot in the sport, Zeus, whose owner (Olga Fonda) and creator (Karl Yune) they are determined to defeat them at all costs.

Although much too loud, the robot boxing matches are exciting to watch.

And when it comes to talking trash at the robot boxing matches, Max delivers in spades.

After the death of an ex-girlfriend, he's lumped with his 11 year old son, Max (Dakota Goyo), and before you can say «life lessons», the two of them manage to make something of themselves in the robot boxing world.

Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, and Dakota Goyo star in this robot boxing drama from director Shawn Levy.

Story: In the year 2027, robot boxing is a major sport.