Review of Real Steel (2011) by Julia Y — 14 Dec 2012

A boxing movie with a heart. Though dubbed as Rocky of the future, I liked it more. And ATOM reminded me of WALL-E.

This review of Real Steel (2011) was written by Julia Y on 14 Dec 2012.

Real Steel has generally received positive reviews.

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