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Real Steel | 
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| Director: Shawn Levy
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo
Studio: Walt Disney Studios
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.99
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Sales Rank: 527
Format: Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Running Time: 127 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: DISD106708D
UPC: 786936812756
EAN: 0786936812756
ASIN: B004A8ZWW4
Theatrical Release Date: October 7, 2011
Release Date: January 24, 2012
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new dvd, factory sealed.
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Product Description
Rocky meets the Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots in this inspiring underdog tale loosely based on the short story "Steel" by Richard Matheson. It's the year 2020 and the sport of boxing is dominated by high-tech mechanical fighters. A washed-up former pug-turned-promoter (Hugh Jackman) bonds with his estranged son (Dakota Goyo) as they work together to turn a broken-down, obsolete robot into a real contender. With Evangeline Lilly, Kevin Durand, Hope Davis. 127 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, DVS Dolby Digital stereo, French Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English (SDH), French, Spanish; audio commentary; featurettes; bloopers.
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Sometime in the not-too-distant future, boxing has been outlawed and replaced by fighting matches with robots. Big robots. Hulking, rock 'em, sock 'em mechanical robots. But if those machines are cutting edge, Real Steel sticks to an old-fashioned style of storytelling, with 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. There's something endearing about the way nobody ever pauses to remark on the fact that they are in the presence of giant remote-controlled prizefighting robots; it's taken for granted in this cockeyed universe. Loosely inspired by a Richard Matheson-penned episode of The Twilight Zone, Shawn Levy's film is lavishly mounted and fairly ridiculous--although in this case, the human interactions are more preposterous and formulaic than the fun robot action. Jackman plays to his roguish strengths, Evangeline Lilly (Lost) gets the perfunctory love interest role, and the villains are uncomplicatedly hissable, from Jackman's good ol' boy rival (Kevin Durand) to the heavily accented owners (Olga Fonda, Karl Yune) of the most fearsome of robots, the undefeated Zeus. If you can imagine Rocky restaged with a pile of spare parts, you might be the audience for Real Steel. --Robert Horton
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