Sure it’s cheesy. Sure it’s silly. It’s completely over-the-top with an ending that will make you laugh out loud at how unbelievably schmaltzy it is. But you know what? It works. You can sit there and pick apart everything that is wrong with Hugh Jackman’s new movie, Real Steel, or you can just sit back, unplug the critical synapses of your mind, and enjoy the show. Directed by Shawn Levy (Date Night), the film tells the story of a down-and-out boxer named Charlie Kenton (Jackman) whose fall from grace has taken him from being a contender to being a has-been forced to take part in barely legal back-alley club fights. The twist here is that although he actually used to throw the punches, Charlie doesn’t do the fighting anymore, but only remotely controls a giant robot that stands in the ring for him.
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