Review of Real Steel (2011) by Alex W — 05 Jan 2013

Awesome if you wished them fighting bots were...like the show "battle bots".

This review of Real Steel (2011) was written by Alex W on 05 Jan 2013.

Real Steel has generally received positive reviews.

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