Sentences with phrase «robot boxing with»

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

Not exact matches

He also gets stuck with the boy for a summer, but the kid turns out to be a robot - boxing geek, and together they spend their limited time and money rehabbing a junkyard robot and taking it out on the underground circuit.

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.

Maybe metal should be his métier, because Levy, with Sugar Ray Leonard adding some punch to the boxing sequences, makes you actually care about the robots, or at least Atom.

Take the relationship between the boy and the robot from «The Iron Giant,» mix in the underdog boxing of «Rocky,» then blend it with the CG robots of «Transformers» and you basically get «Real Steel.»

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.

Based on a short story by Richard Matheson, Real Steel follows Hugh Jackman's Charlie Kenton as he and his estranged son (Dakota Goyo's Max) attempt to win a string of boxing matches with their oversized robot - with the film detailing both the various fights that ensue and the growing bond between Charlie and Max.

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.

Oh wait — he also wins the adoring crowd at boxing matches by dancing with his robot.

Much the same with «Real Steel,» the kid resurrects from a scrapyard an obsolete robot fighter and former professional boxer Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman) actually trains it using old - world boxing techniques.

Set in the not - too - distant future where the sport of boxing has replaced human fighters with massive, remote - controlled robots, Hugh Jackman plays Charlie Kenton, a former boxer turned small - time promoter who makes a living traveling from one venue to the next with whatever robot he can scrape together.

As it happens, the kid is a major fan of robot boxing and when he discovers and names a hunk - a-junk robot - Atom - there's no living with him.

you can only do so much with a robot boxing film

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

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 the film as an ex-boxer who has seen all forms of human fighting outlawed, with robot boxing taking its place.

With all due apologies to the Mattel toy company, I didn't think a movie about boxing robots would be enjoyable.

Cobbled together using spare parts, Atom is every bit the junkyard robot he's described as — with a face that resembles a fencing mask, bronze hands that look like boxing gloves, and a whirring motor in his back.

Ostensibly based on the same short story that spawned the original Twilight Zone episode «Steel,» it takes no more than the basic premise (a future where human boxing has been replaced with robots, a down - at - heels former boxer trying to get by with failing equipment) and spins a story of father / son bonding and a real jerk of a would - be dad getting a shot at redemption.

While players are used to cute girls (as Harada defended Chloe), robots and demons in fighting games, it can begin to be too much when you start having the likes of pandas, robo - lolitas armed with chainsaws (yeah, Alisa), and boxing raptors.

Real Steel World Robot Boxing is a sports game from Reliance Games, which tries to potray the boxing theme with robots as your boxers.