Real Steel

Genre : Action | Drama | Sci-Fi

Runtime :127 Min

Director : Shawn Levy

Plot : Set in 2020, where human boxing has been taken over by robot boxing, an ex-boxing fighter finds his hopeful rise to the top again through his 11 year old son.

Review : I had my eyes over this flick for so long and finally got to see it today. Why? C’mon it’s Hugh Jackman in a totally different avatar plus I get to see robot boxing plus the hype it got and plus the positive reviews. I guess that sounds like quite good enough reasons.

So the opening of movie just hinted about the character of Hugh in the movie. And it was a good opening really. I originally thought that it would be a basic entertainer as we have already seen hi-fi robot stuff in transformers but in the end I found myself judging wrong. Of course the movie is about robot boxing but that’s not the root theme of the movie. Unlikely to transformers, here the center lies in the relation of a father and a son through their robot, Atom. It involves you emotionally and touches your soul somewhere.

Technically, the CGI robots are pretty decent and not much hardcore. But I loved how Atom without talking anything or doing anything on his own created his own personality and that is a good character development. I loved the music, definitely matches up with the shots. Performance was pretty good and Dakota just did very well in his character. Evangeline is pretty for me. Yes the movie offers nothing new to our eyes and it’s pretty much predictable but stirs you up emotionally. Even at the climax you will find yourself cheering. It does not stretch at any point of time and is interesting and running on whole. I loved it.

Final Verdict : Don’t hop in with some expectations to see stuff like transformers and you will love it. At the end of it you might feel its better on whole. A must watch for kids, for Jackman’s fans, for Robot fans and others too.

Rating : 8 on 10

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Attack the Block

Genre : Horror | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Runtime : 88 Min

Director : Joe Cornish

Plot : A block is attacked by some alien creatures. The teens form a gang to defend their block from the invasion.

Review : Comedy with Horror. Like I said earlier, not my favorite genre. But for the positive reviews, I had to watch it once. And guess what, thumbs up for it. Alien Invasion seems too common these days, but how you present it is what that counts.

The first and the best thing about the movie are the acts. They looked like real gangstas with their attitude or say their accent as well. It felt that everything is happening for real and live in front of my eyes. Next is the comic timing which is really good and blends well, relieving us in between the action packed sequences. I was not really expecting that at all. I would not like to talk about the script or theme. All of us can guess that there will be nothing new to it and that’s where the movie lacks majorly. But on the entertainment level, it is pretty good I must mention.

The aliens are different and scary. There is an ample amount of splatters involved. Now I love that and it’s a plus for the movie. The background score keeps it pumping and the run of the movie is pacy as well. I would say they should mention action as well in the genre as it’s an action packed horror for me. It would really have done wonders with a better script. Also if I find it good, the people who like comedy/horror genre will love it.

Final Verdict : Overall the movie is really very entertaining and not at all bad. It’s not made to scare you but will surely thrill you. Definitely watch it once. I feel it’s the coolest horror movie I have seen.

Rating : 7  on 10

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