Gants d'acier

« Destiné à un jeune auditoire friand de jeux vidéos, le film affiche toutefois des qualités qui retiendront l'attention des adultes, à commencer par l'exécution soignée des séquences de combats, nombreuses, captivantes et spectaculaires. »

« Real Steel ressemble à un croisement entre Rocky et Transformers pour la génération Mortal Kombat. Il s'agit donc d'un film d'action un peu vide où des entités robotiques se tapent dessus afin de gagner des tournois et des compétitions. »

« Malgré toute la bonne volonté du monde, la sauce ne prend pas. Tout d'abord, le scénario de John Gatins s'apparente à une courtepointe mal agencée de plusieurs éléments vus et revus. »

« Real Steel is designed to appeal to the 11-year-old boy in everyone. If you're, like, totally pumped by the idea of seeing big mechanical creatures getting their heads literally punched off, and their robotic arms being ripped away and thrown across the ring, then join the mob. »

« It doesn't matter that the script's a piece of garbage, because script really has nothing to do with those boxing scenes, and that's what we're there to see. »

« Real Steel is an action-packed, heart and soul fueled drama with terrific performances from Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly and a breakthrough performance by Dakota Goyo. »

« This story of a washed-up boxer's redemption through robot boxing is made of nothing but recycled parts. »

« It's an odd blend - a sentimental story in a futuristic world of brutal machine-maneuvered fights. There are some ringside thrills, but it's not a seamless mesh. »

« Good stuff. But the tear-jerking in Real Steel is as shameless as its product placement. We're being hustled. »

« An underdog drama with clanging metal-on-metal action, Real Steel feels scientifically programmed to claw at your heart while its battling robots, which have a semblance of human personality, drum up your adrenaline. That said, I'm not sure that the movie itself has more than a semblance of a heart. »