Best part about this is Atom is literally built for this. He’s a training bot, which means he’s meant to take damage and get up regardless. Homeboy is the definition of a walking tank and I love it. One of the only movies that I was genuinely hyped up for 😂
I'd never thought about that, but your right. Of course they'd want their training bot to be tougher than tough, able to take anything and keep getting up.
One of my favorite movies from my teenage years. I always love an "underdog who makes their way to the top" kind of story. The fact that Charlie himself was "fighting" Zeus during the final round and pulled off that right hook with the jump...whole scene gave me chills. Tenacity, passion, and skill just can't ever be store bought.
Couldn't have said it better myself. Watching this scene again almost brings a tear to my eye and there aren't many movies out there that are capable of doing that to me. Absolutely incredible acting.
A little detail I think is cool: In the beginning walk Atom shows a bit of sentience. Notice how he's looking down at the boy despite the boy looking forward and his father looking forward too. He's not mirroring them, it's his own movement. And when the boy turns his head, he suddenly mirrors the boy again to make sure he isn't caught.
Gotta remember as well in the beginning of the movie he asked atom if he could understand him. And atoms head tilted slightly. And the kid said, “Your secret is safe with me”. Atom probably WAS a bit sentient.
I love how they also approached Atom hinting that he may be more than you think. Some of the scenes where they put emphasis on mirrors and how he behaves, they basically show that he might be sort of aware of himself and the world around him.
When I first watched this, I thought Atom might hear the kid when the Cowboy guy is beating up Hugh Jackman (I'm terrible with remembering human names, even fake ones)
I do have a small theory on that actually and it’s just kind of a personal hunch but my theory is that Atom has a “soul” if you will my evidence is that Atom seems to be aware and seems to listen case in point when Zeus nearly put him down for good the kid yelled get up Atom and Atom got up like as if he heard the kid yell get up and listened and case in point number two when the announcer says that Charlie must’ve hardwired Atom with the will to go on what if that’s literal what if Atom has a kind of will of his own what if he is pseudo sentient and I know that was the original plan so don’t go replying and saying well that was the original plan because I know I figured that out a long time ago when I first saw the movie in theaters
Yeah technically Zeus is the god of all robots hence the title he has been given. Yet some junkyard robot with hardly a dime put into him stands up to him and makes history of Robot boxing.
It's also ironically one of the few movies in which the "little guy" actually DOES LOSE due to the corruption and cheating of the big players (and still noone even cares and there's a nice dose of comeuppance for mister 5:1 bets)
Perfect example of Rocky Balboa's motivational speech. "It ain't about how hard you hit, it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward, how much can you take, and keep moving forward, that's how winning is done." Correct me if I mistyped the speech.
What made this fight so good was not only the fight itself, but what it stood for. Charlie vs Zeus was Charlie vs Niko Tandy. The bot wasn't supposed to be fighting back same as Charlie, but this time he fought back and won. Charlie took the world by storm twice and won the second time. This time fighting for his son With his shadow boxing, we finally saw what Charlie was in his prime. A force who would simply not back down
@A human being good cgi isnt any of those things and your statement isnt really true plenty of movies at that time had awful cgi, just like plenty now do as well but plenty also have great cgi thanos's face comes to mind cgi masterpiece
Zeus: millions and millions of dollars worth robot meant to destroy whatever it sees. Atom: Free and almost indestructible steel robot that managed to knock Zeus down.
Literally an unstoppable force versus an immovable object. Zeus is a glass cannon, relying on his tech being able to provide an endless onslaught but not in being able to defend himself when he needs it. Representative of their design philosophy, Zeus is a show pony with the all the latest bells and whistles. He’s meant to last at most 3 rounds before his systems run low. Meanwhile Atom is a sparring bot. He is meant to be able to last an onslaught and constant torment and be able to pick himself up right after. Going days on end for the sake of training. His systems are built to last the test of time and nearly work magic to keep him running. It’s beautiful how well they rounded this movie out.
I don't think Zeus is a glass cannon. Zeus is like you said: Unstoppable force, capable of delivering constant onslaught and built strong enough to take hits. Issue is that it comes with a cost of endurance. Zeus starts to get beaten only after power core starts to run low. Basically, as long as it has juice, it can knock down anybody. All other bots tried to take down Zeus by pure strength, attempt to overpower it. Which turned out to be wrong strategy. Atom took different route: outlast it. With Zeus spending basically all juice it had to keep knocking down this one bot that could not deliver strong enough blow... but that bot kept coming back. Until Zeus ran out of power, and could no longer keep up that relentless onslaught that had brought it victory after victory. And once it was forced into defense, it had nothing to fall back to. It had been built for offense. There was no "what if we can't knock out opponent permanently" built into its design.
@@Mandemon1990 hence my latter statement highlighting the resilience and reliability of Atom to take punishment for longer and harder than Zeus would’ve.
In my humble opinion and because I like believing: When it was the last round, and Atom had to be put in shadow mode, I think he went sentient and wasn't being controlled by Charlie anymore but was in control of himself and was now free as a robot and since he is a highly advanced robot, he still kept his attention on Charlie just to see his movement that way he wouldn't get caught doing different moves from Charlie. I know it's far fetched but I believe it because it's redemption for Atom and Charlie. Both lodged away from what they truly were meant to be: Charlie now goes back to the man he was and having his son and his ex back with him. And Atom, the tiny, junkyard bot who was thrown away, now taking down the King of the Ring Zeus. Because above all, where Atom may look, move and sound just like a robot, I think above all else, he has something no other bot has... A heart
i think this theory is right, Atom doesn't copy Charlie's moves perfectly (5:50, Atom punches with his right hand when Charlie uses his left hand) (6:08, Atom punches with his right hand and Charlie punches with his right hand)
@@reyubarra7513 I was trying to say that Atom changed its hands while mirroring Charlie (for instance, Charlie throws a punch with his left hand and Atom throws it with its left hand, but then a few seconds later Atom mirrors Charlie's left hand with its right hand, being inconsistent with the mirroring and maybe implying Atom wasn't mirroring Charlie's moves and was fighting on its own)
@MrCringe143 Yeah, I know, I commented about Gridlock on someone else's comment, they said "we all know Atom was the first to land a hit on Zeus" so I replied with 'actually, if you look at the big screen when Charlie and Max are near the arena, you can see that the bot that went up against Zeus before Atom, actually did manage to hit Zeus, also there was Gridlock, who also managed to land a hit.
I think the whole premise of the movie was that atom reintroduced the “human” aspect of fighting and that’s what gave him that edge to all robots programed to fight “robotically” or “Linear” if that makes sense . That’s why Zeus could not predict his moves as he was unpredictable with “Human” wit .
@Epic Gaming all of them have coded on moves like whenever the father was using noisy boy he said random names and noisy boy responded. In this atom fought entirely human and like the man said zues copies patterns atom had no pattern
Stop and think about the fact the guy was essentially fighting third person from an awkward angle and still making powerful, precise thoughts. He's got great spatial awareness.
I like how the movie reflected on real life boxing styles Atom's fighting style stems from his nature, a sparring bot, able to take hits while stile posing a threat if not careful, similar to a slugger style boxer. As for Zeus, him being light, fast and constantly closing up, no doubt he was designed to be an in-fighter, bridging the gap and launch swarms of attacks and aggressive all-out assaults. In terms of power, Atom lacked severely due to being an old model under maintenance of two non-professionals compared to Zeus's high investment in both departments BUT the fighter style favored Atom in this battle as his slugger style completely soaked up everything Zeus threw at him and swung back many crucial hits under the guidance of an experienced boxer.
Zeus’s punches were made with power in mind which is why he so easily able to beat other, and while he wasn’t built like atom to soak up heavy hits, Zeus likely has high quality armor which still allows him to absorb heavy hits (probably to an extent though)
I seem to remember when I watched this thinking that Zeus's team seemed to recognize Atom, and really not want him there. My first thought is that old model bot might have been Zeus's original training partner, and Atom might have data in it that might reveal a flaw in Zeus's design/programing/controls. Something about the fight had them out for blood and the way the Executives suddenly bugged out, all of it makes me think something isn't right, that there was more behind the scenes than what Charlie knew; or cared about.
The fact that atom was a robot that was meant to take heavy damage for practice is just awesome. And adding that he was the first bot to take Zeus down just adds on to the awesomeness.
@@freshbanana9948 according to the real steel lore Noisy boy challenged Zeus and became king of the robots until zeus came back and fought him in america where he lost but after some upgrades regained the title. however after that a japenese dude bought noisy and replaced his titanium armor with cheaper metal which eventually was sold to charlie. charlie became cocky and lost noisy boy. There was a reason he was known as the manga mangler he was a terrifying robot but now he's no more
What I have always admired in this move is representation of father and son relationship and how son sees his dad as his hero. The move wasn't just about robots but about a son who seeks to see a father figure, that was really touching. Great movie and still underrated I guess.
Man, Real Steel was an unexpectedly great movie. I love the obvious contrast between Adam (they always said it like that) and Zeus. Sure you've got the obvious David and Goliath size, but Atom moves in a much more human-like manner and is very similar anatomy-wise to a human. The way he gets hit and throws punches especially. Zeus is much more robotic in appearance, attacking soullessly with piston fists with only his head jerking around when he gets smacked in that particular spot. A real war of man vs machine was captured in this one fight, it'd be great if they made a sequel someday.
Well that’s partly due to the fact that Charlie is voicing commands to him and later on having Atom mimic his moves which makes him a lot faster and allows him to almost win. As opposed to Zeus, who’s being controlled through computers by a bunch of tech wizards. Until being overwritten manually in a desperate final attempt from his creator, Mashido. The difference is though, Zeus is still being controlled by a human. While Atom, after his shadow mode is turned on, BECOMES the human
This was my favorite movie when it came out. Still is one of my favorites. A true underdog story. Also, the suggestion that Atom is somehow sentient I really liked too.
Literally just remembered this movie after having not thought about it for like 8 years. I need to rewatch the whole thing, it’s such a hype movie and I forgot how dope it was
This fight is an example of how important Endurance and Durability are compared to all out offense like strength, speed, etc... Because if you run out of stamina you are already as good as dead.
One thing I never really noticed was that Zeus is built to deal incredible damage but can't take much, like a really fancy sports car fast, but easy to damage.
I think he was built to do both. But to do both requires alot of energy. It's similar to Mike Tyson. His punches are powerful and deadly, but his stamina is lower than you would expect.
i think the engineer never thought Zeus could be pushed to this extend with all the advanced parts it equipped with. I mean Atom was the first to drag Zeus in match this long and Zeus team arent prepared for this. never once this scenario crossed their mind
I still remember the hype I got during that last round when I was a kid, I just jumped around and started punching everything 😂. Ohhh the good old days.
And yet, they award Atom the win... If Atom won the first round and Zeus won the last 4, would the outcome still be the same? The order of the rounds don't matter when it comes down to a score card decision... Zeus would have DOMINATED the score cards. S M H
It's Boxing, and an underdog story, with Hugh Jackman, with robots... Honestly, this must have been one of the easiest movies to greenlight ever. One of my favourite movies, to this day.
This movie is probably my favorite depiction of an underdog story. There is no true power of friend ship bs, just hard work grit and tenacity. They make you feel the sense of hoplessness and the glimmer of hope when atom lands his first punch is everything. I also like how they foreshadowed zeuss weakness. They show his power levels shifting drastically as he is throwing hay makers at Atom. They intended to end the fight instantly and when atom didnt go down they payed for burning up all that power, because in a 1 to 1 on even power the bots are fairly equally matched, but when zues over clocks his power is far greater than atoms.
Well, that robot was made specifically as sparring “partner” for other robots. So Atom can obviously take a lot of damage without losing its functions. Combine it with actual boxer - it is unstoppable
Well, the kid also upgraded Atom’s arms with parts from one of Charlie’s dead robots. Still far from the best, but Atom was packing more gun than he was ever intended to have.
Also Zeus is kinda the opposite, meant to deal a lot of big hits with someone who very likely knows extremely little about boxing past how to control their bot
@@oliviabeattie8793 I'm pretty sure Zeus was patterned after Mike Tyson. Dirty tricks, try to wipe out the opponent as early as possible, and the weakness being endurance until the last round.
Atom is like a hard counter to zeus. Zeus is basically a glass cannon, his punches are devastating, but he can't take much hit either. Atom on the other hand can take alot of hits but cant hit as hard ( this weakness is eliminated through the skill of it's human operator who is an actual boxer with experience in the ring). If we look at the design of the bots through out the generations, we can easily which one is new and which one is old. Older bots are made of steel like atom, midas, metro while the newer ones are made some type of carbon fiber, if punch carbon fiber hard enough it's gonna break but steel, worst case scenario it's gonna deform. The difference is like ww2 battleship and modern destroyer, one's a relic that can take alot of hits while the other is like a glass cannon
i think the name real steel just shows that atom's build itself was from pure and strong steel while zues's arms were the only strong thing about him and the rest is shitty steel
I was 14 when this movie came out and still remember how worry free and amazing life was back then - these days it's so tough but watching this reminds me to hang in there and the good times will come!
I love this movie and everything about it, theres no flaws, it proves that no matter where you come from, or who you are, if you have fight in you, you can do anything m. “its not about the size of the dog in the fight, its about the size of the fight in the dog”
The reason why Atom survived Zeus' powerful blows is that he's a sparring bot. *ATOM IS BUILT* to take insane amount of damage, and with Charlie's years of experience as a boxer, he can use it as a great advantage since he knows how inside the boxing ring works Edit: Also thanks for the likes and what happened in comment section 🤣
I don't know why I feel so inspired watching this movie and especially this fight. There's just something about the music, how atom keeps getting up, the roaring crowd cheering him on, and my god that jump punch. Makes me feel like I can do anything
@@sense.246 I almost cry for two reasons: 1: its incredibly nostalgic for me as I watched this movie on repeat with my father and brother. 2: it reminds me of older rocky movies where it's always a message of "never give up, no matter the adversary," rocky movies which I also grew up watching with my brother and father all the time
Guard style, hook to uppercuts, gazelle punches, constant head movement, angle changes, throwing punches from inside and a lot of counter-punching. Atom in this scene takes heavy influence from Tyson.
@@aoiminase anyone w peek a boo style basically but i mention tyson cus hes the most famous one. People know that name even if they've never watched a single boxing video or know nothing and never touched anything boxing related, so i figured he's a great name to throw out there for this scene in particular ahahahah
This whole fight was Mohammed Ali vs Mike Tyson. Mike Tyson was an absolute powerhouse, over 40% of his fights were won in the first round, over 50% won by the second. He struggled when he had to fight past that point (Zeus). Mohammed Ali, however, was able to take a beating and hold out long enough that his opponent, literally Mike Tyson at one point, wore themselves out and was then able to get in and abuse the weakened fighter. This whole thing was supposed to be the Mohammed Ali story.
15 and just rewatched this movie for the first time in 7 years Istg I'm gonna remember this movies existence again in 10 years, rewatch it and then I'm going to cry.
6:19 in the look or Charlie’s face it’s showing how much he missed boxing, you can see on how he smiles with every punch he throws and hearing the host repeat his moves just like the old days. You couldn’t be more happier for him
this movie could be real ya how we have to much technology to make that happen I think some movies could be real how to make a zombie apocalypse grow some crops on a radioactive radiation plantation and feed that to ppl at burger king and see ppl doing the dead dance zombie make over and ppl would look at me and say oh he is a Mr Know it all alien from out of this world cause the fact is there is a action and a reaction for every fucking thang and that is a fact fucking jack
This is one of my favorite movies ever. Aside from how annoying the kid is, I just love everything about it. Hugh Jackman's acting is incredible, especially in this scene and the CGI still holds up to this day. It's such a nostalgic and badass movie and it'll always hold a special place in my heart
I think Charlie is more annoying and childish than the kid, at least in the beginning. The kid is clever, makes some good judgement calls and is a quick learner. I guess they're both growing... as it should be in a movie.
@@ziiofswe except you can say that Charlie kinda has a character arc, the kid is just annoying through and through and knows things he has no business knowing
This is actually a movie about a father trying to fix his relationship with his son. Whenever I want to convince someone to watch it, I tell them just that and omit the robot boxing part. It always works 😁
That part of the movie is so touching but I don't understand why people are like that. I mean, the whole package is a heartfelt story about a father connecting with his son and making up for years of not being there and on top of that you get robot boxing? That's awesome!
As Charlie Kenton saw Max and bonded with him he just wanted to be a good dad but sadly Max's aunt has full custody for taking care him I love this touching story For the longest time of your life you never met your father since birth and you met him in either your childhood days or nearly a teen or any age and the father didn't know what to do at first glance but instead doing his hobbies and then time passes he grew more to connect his son's wishes but sadly some relatives are also ready to take care of the kid even if it means taking them away from their biological parents as the father knew about it he decided to give his son's wishes whether if it's his first or last gift as long as their kid is happy that's all that matters
Actually Zeus had a very big Chance to beat him he had 6 power reserves and atom had 1 and still kicked his ass. they traded blows for 5 rounds and atom still didn’t give up. This movie gave me feels that he was really alive and he could understand max man heartwarming. also technically atom wasn’t made to do damage but with Charlie’s knowledge in boxing was able to find Zeus’s weak point (MIND YOU HE DIDNT HAVE ONE) And used the titanium which atom was made from to beat Zeus’s ass
I feel like this movie is so underrated. I absolutely love it. And the way they incorporated the shadow-boxing so that Charlie could get back into the ring again in his own way was really well done. That midair shot is something else and gets me every time. I rewatched the movie today and was surprised that it actually brought me to tears
At 6:20 you can see charlie is totally immersed into the fight as if its actually him in the ring. You can see the confidence brimming in his face. That right there is passion, and I wish I had some of that.
@@seeksolace2059 too much comfort takes away passion. Everyone felt when you said i wish i had some of that. In my opinion social media detox would help it
Thanks to the salvages and defeat of Noisy Boy (Voice Recognition system) and Ambush (G2 remote control), Atom is a beast and Charlie having character development from his mistakes
The background music in the beginning is the same as the music when Charlie and Max were entering the "Zoo" for Atom's first match (the one with Metro). I love how they played the same music for Atom's first and last fight in the movie ❤
Fun fact: Atom was the second ever robot to ever land a hit on Zeus. That's why everyone including Tak were so surprise. The first one being Gridlock; the yellow robot who had his head beaten in after a weak gut shot.
2:41 When Atom hit Zeus with that right uppercut it was just like when Rocky nailed Drago with that massive right hook that cut his eye and stunned the whole stadium. In both cases that's when the bad guys realized "oh shit this might actually be a real fight wtf!?"
I watched this movie in the theaters when I was a kid, and it’s still my favorite movie. The whole theater was shouting: ATOM! ATOM! ATOM! Golden moment was made in that theater and I’ll forever cherish it. 5:52
This movie blew my mind as a kid. The thought of being able to build a fighting robot in the future and going big time with him was just so cool. Probably not in my lifetime though. :(
Considering you're a kid when this movie came out, I'm sure we'll get to fighting robot with our leap of technology going in time for you to see them... but then again, high chances that human could use them for war first, so I'm pretty puzzled for it to be happening.
@@passbyicecube robots using for war is both bad and good Bad because we are waging war at each other and countless lives will still at stake Good because Soldiers will not be treated as dispensable and will have lower death rate on the military side
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