Written by John Gatins
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This is a film about boxing robots. Sure, the robots aren’t sentient, they’re controlled by humans, yet it is still about robots in a boxing ring punching each other. How can one pass on this?
Hugh Jackman stars as a washed up boxer who now controls robot fighters, and does it poorly. I guess he’s washed up as a robot boxer operator. He is also washed up as a father. His ex-wife has died. Her sister wants custody of the kid, so he sells the kid to her. I’m not sure why, but he has one condition, the kid hangs out with him for a few weeks. His son is impressed that his father is a robot boxer operator, at least until he sees one of the fights. After his new robot gets destroyed, they go to a junkyard and the kid finds an old robot. This robot turns out to be great and they train it to fight.
So basically, this is “Rocky” with robots. I’m sure that is how it was pitched. The father/son story is a good diversion from the robot boxing and made me a little emotionally invested in the flick. I was pretty excited during the final fight.
Worth watching if you're up for a robot boxing movie. Very entertaining.
7/10
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