REAL STEEL

Even though this movie had thin character development, a predictable plot, hokey sentimental scenes (think father and son re-united after 11 year scenes), a story line that has been told many times before (a heavy metal Rocky film), and so-so music, it was one of the most fun and entertaining and exciting movies i've seen. So a solid 10 from both bill and I.

Hugh Jackman is the lead actor and he has never looked so handsome, lean and mischievous as he did in this movie. The story takes place in the future when robots are the boxers; not humans and these robots are wonderfully inventive. Jackman is Charlie, a ne'er - do - well, always out of money manager for a robot who in the opening scene loses a fight putting Charlie further into debt to the bad ass owner of the show. And naturally, Charlie puts his robots together and repairs them in a gym that is run by a very attractive lady who has the hots for him but is starting to reach her limit of patience with his non-rent paying status.

Charlie gets re-united with his son - a very good actor and charming and smart mouthed without being annoying - after 11 years and the son is the catalyst for Charlie's re-emergence as the manager of a top rated robot called Atom. The fight scenes are incredibly exciting with a lot of humor.

The theater was filled with loudly responsive audience members so there was a lot of cheering, yelling, fist pumping and clapping.