History Film / RealSteel

* LikeThatShowButWithMecha: ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' [[http://www.cracked.com/article_24285_5-movies-that-didnt-even-realize-they-were-remakes.html pointed out]] that this movie is basically ''Film/PaperMoon'' with robots fighting each other.

%%* RecycledINSPACE: ''Film/{{Rocky}}'' [[AC:with robots!]]

* AllYourPowersCombined: Atom packs its own inherent durability, fisticuffs from Ambush [[note]]Atom as a sparring 'bot basically had "kid gloves" to avoid damaging the actual boxing 'bot[[/note]], the voice command processor from Noisy Boy, courtesy of Max, and Charlie's boxing moves programed in via his shadow function.

* AllYourPowersCombined: Atom packs its own inherent durability, components from Ambush [[note]]Atom as a sparring 'bot basically had "kid gloves" to avoid damaging the actual boxing 'bot[[/note]], the voice command processor from Noisy Boy, courtesy of Max, and Charlie's boxing moves programed in via his shadow function.

A 2011 {{Science Fiction}} {{Action}} {{Drama}} film (loosely) based on a Creator/RichardMatheson story first adapted for ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'', Starring Creator/HughJackman, Creator/EvangelineLilly, Creator/DakotaGoyo, Creator/AnthonyMackie and Creator/KevinDurand.

* MotionCaptureMecha: Oddly enough, averted for the most part. Most modern (for the film) robots aren't motion-controlled, and Atom's unusual in that he's one of the surviving robots from that era. Atom's only designed to 'capture' movements and reuse them in fights as pre-programmed movements that are voice-activated (called the shadowcopy), and Max only thinks that real-time motion control is only useful for his and Atom's gimmick (dancing pre-fight). [[spoiler:Charlie reactivates the shadowcopy to beat the stuffing out of Zeus in their fight.)]]

* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler: Zeus wins the final fight, but just barely, and it's clear that Atom would've won by knockout had the fight gone on for even one more round. More importantly, Zeus loses credibility and the respect of the crowd (as his "never needed more than one round" reputation is broken), while Atom is crowned "The People's Champion."]]

''Real Steel'' takes place TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, where human boxers have been supplanted by robotic warriors who can dish out and take far more damage. Former boxer Charlie Kenton (Jackman) now works on the outside of the ring as a robot handler with his girlfriend Bailey (Lilly), exhibiting in town fairs and underground robot fights to make ends meet, when he suddenly gets his estranged son Max (Goya) dropped in his lap after the boy's mother dies.

''Real Steel'' takes place TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, where human boxers have been supplanted by robotic warriors who can dish out and take far more damage. Former boxer Charlie Kenton (Jackman) now works on the outside of the ring as a robot handler with support from his girlfriend Bailey (Lilly), exhibiting in town fairs and underground robot fights to make ends meet, when he suddenly gets his estranged son Max (Goya) dropped in his lap after the boy's mother dies.

A 2011 {{Science Fiction}} {{Action}} {{Drama}} film (loosely) based on a Creator/RichardMatheson story first adapted for ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'', Starring Creator/HughJackman, Creator/EvangelineLilly, Creator/DakotaGoyo, Creator/AnthonyMackie and Creator/KevinDurand.

A 2011 {{Science Fiction}} {{Action}} {{Drama}} film (loosely) based on a Creator/RichardMatheson story first adapted for ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'', Starring Creator/HughJackman, Creator/EvangelineLilly, Creator/DakotaGoyo, Creator/AnthonyMackie and Creator/KevinDurand.

''Real Steel'' takes place TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, where human boxers have been supplanted by robotic warriors who can dish out and take far more damage. Former boxer Charlie Kenton (Jackman) now works on the outside of the ring as a robot handler with his girlfriend Bailey (Lilly), exhibiting in town fairs and underground robot fights to make ends meet, when he suddenly gets his estranged son Max (Goya) dropped in his lap after the boy's mother dies.

A 2011 {{Science Fiction}} {{Action}} {{Drama}} film (loosely) based on a Creator/RichardMatheson story first adapted for ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'', Starring Creator/HughJackman, Creator/EvangelineLilly, Creator/DakotaGoyo, Creator/AnthonyMackie and Creator/KevinDurand.

''Real Steel'' takes place TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, where human boxers have been supplanted by robotic warriors who can dish out and take far more damage. Former boxer Charlie Kenton (Jackman) now works on the outside of the ring as a robot handler, exhibiting in town fairs and underground robot fights to make ends meet, when he suddenly gets his estranged son Max dropped in his lap after the boy's mother dies.

A 2011 {{Science Fiction}} {{Action}} {{Drama}} film (loosely) based on a Creator/RichardMatheson story first adapted for ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'', Starring Creator/HughJackman, Creator/EvangelineLilly, Creator/DakotaGoyo, Creator/AnthonyMackie and Creator/KevinDurand.

''Real Steel'' takes place TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, where human boxers have been supplanted by robotic warriors who can dish out and take far more damage. Former boxer Charlie Kenton (Creator/HughJackman) now works on the outside of the ring as a robot handler, exhibiting in town fairs and underground robot fights to make ends meet, when he suddenly gets his estranged son Max dropped in his lap after the boy's mother dies.

A 2011 {{Science Fiction}} {{Action}} {{Drama}} film (loosely) based on a Creator/RichardMatheson story first adapted for ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'', ''Real Steel'' takes place TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, where human boxers have been supplanted by robotic warriors who can dish out and take far more damage. Former boxer Charlie Kenton (Creator/HughJackman) now works on the outside of the ring as a robot handler, exhibiting in town fairs and underground robot fights to make ends meet, when he suddenly gets his estranged son Max dropped in his lap after the boy's mother dies.

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[[caption-width-right:219:Judging from the above image, steel may have a gotten a little TOO real.]]

A 2011 {{Science Fiction}} {{Action}} Sport {{Drama}} film (loosely) based on a Creator/RichardMatheson story first adapted for ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'', ''Real Steel'' takes place TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, where human boxers have been supplanted by robotic warriors who can dish out and take far more damage. Former boxer Charlie Kenton (Creator/HughJackman) now works on the outside of the ring as a robot handler, exhibiting in town fairs and underground robot fights to make ends meet, when he suddenly gets his estranged son Max dropped in his lap after the boy's mother dies.

A 2011 film (loosely) based on a Creator/RichardMatheson story first adapted for ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'', ''Real Steel'' takes place TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, where human boxers have been supplanted by robotic warriors who can dish out and take far more damage. Former boxer Charlie Kenton (Creator/HughJackman) now works on the outside of the ring as a robot handler, exhibiting in town fairs and underground robot fights to make ends meet, when he suddenly gets his estranged son Max dropped in his lap after the boy's mother dies.

* VillainousBreakdown: Not exactly a villain, but Tak loses it when he sees his precious robot taking a fierce beating from Atom.

* WeakButSkilled: In every fight, Atom clearly is at a disadvantage in both size and weight. But when your fighting style is provided by a retired pro-boxer compared to the UnskilledButStrong standard for most bots, you have a recipe for success.

* YouHaveNoChanceToSurvive: Most have this attitude towards Atom at first, to the point of betting large sums of money that he won't even survive the first round. They were proved wrong ''every time''.
** Those betting venture out into TooDumbToLive territory considering if nothing else, Atom was designed as a [[StoneWall training bot]] and thus was DESIGNED to take obscene amounts of damage and keep going so champion bots could have a consistent and stable sparring partner. They are literally betting on Atom not being able to do the exact function he was designed for.

* ChildrenRaiseYou: Charlie initially has no interest in Max other than using him to blackmail his sister-in-law's husband out of some quick(though badly-needed) cash. Over the course of the movie he discovers that he actually likes the kid. [[spoiler:And when his own screwups come back to haunt ''both'' of them, he [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim sends Max back to Debra and Marvin]] and rejects the second payment out of disgust at his own actions. But after some snuggle time with his girlfriend and a pep talk, he confesses everything to Max and asks him to stand with him in the bout with Zeus. In the end, spending just three months taking care of his son has improved every aspect of him, not only as a fighter but as a human being.]]

* EvilDebtCollector: Charlie has a run-in with one, Ricky. [[spoiler:He and his goons drive Charlie to the DespairEventHorizon, but during Atom's fight with Zeus, is hoist by his own petard by trying to renege on a deal with one of Charlie's old buddies.]]

** The final fight [[spoiler:ending with a judges decision in favour of the antagonist]] is likely a nod to the first Rocky movie.

* TechnologyPorn: The robots may be beat up or shiny ,but they're almost all beautiful in their own way.

* LaserGuidedKarma: When Max puts up money he doesn't have in a bet with Ricky and loses, Ricky tracks him down and beats him. Ricky then proceeds to make a bet with Finn, with money ''he'' doesn't have. He tries to run out on Finn when the latter shows up, without thinking that a promoter and bookie acting on the major league would be smart enough to have backup to catch an idiot that wants to backpedal on the failed bet. At the end, he's "escorted" (read: shoved) off the arena, and one can presume his offscreen fate.

Needless to say, neither Charlie or Max take well to this at first, but they slowly manage to bond over Atom - an obsolete robot they find in the junkyard after Charlie's previous 'bot gets trashed, with the ability to mimic the moves of others and the resilience to survive just about any punishment. Together they rebuild Atom and train him to fight, aiming for the championships through the underground scene for Charlie's last shot at a comeback.

A 2011 film (loosely) based on a Creator/RichardMatheson story first adapted for ''Series/TheTwilightZone'', ''Real Steel'' takes place TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, where human boxers have been supplanted by robotic warriors who can dish out and take far more damage. Former boxer Charlie Kenton (Creator/HughJackman) now works on the outside of the ring as a robot handler, exhibiting in town fairs and underground robot fights to make ends meet, when he suddenly gets his estranged son Max dropped in his lap after the boy's mother dies.

* AllThereInTheManual. [[http://www.wrb.com This]] website gives some detail on the movie's universe, particularly the history of robot boxing.

** Those betting venture out into TooDumbToLive territory considering if nothing else, Atom was designed as a [[MightyGlacier training bot]] and thus was DESIGNED to take obscene amounts of damage and keep going so champion bots could have a consistent and stable sparring partner. They are literally betting on Atom not being able to do the exact function he was designed for.