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[Expendable.]

Director: Shawn Levy (Night at the Museums, Date Night, The Pink Panther)
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Anthony Mackie, Evangeline Lilly, Kevin Durand and Hope Davis.

Teaser (no HD/official one yet) - IMDb

Theatrical Trailer [HD] (streaming/emeddable)



Plot: Hugh Jackman plays Charlie Kenton, a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground boxing venue to the next. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max (Dakota Goyo) to build and train a championship contender. As the stakes in the brutal, no-holds-barred arena are raised, Charlie and Max, against all odds, get one last shot at a comeback.

October 2011 in IMAX.

 

[Neuromancer]

I think I can get behind this

 

[Expendable.]

Date Night was actually good, so Levy could possibly be on a upwards spiral. Possibly.

 

[Neuromancer]

Date Night was actually good, so Levy could possibly be on a upwards spiral. Possibly.

Yeah it was decent.

My concern is that they don't sentimentalize the robot, that could be a poor decision.

 

[SimleuqiR]

Did I just see Evangeline Lilly in the trailer?

Edit: Yeah...it was her. Did not read the article, just saw the trailer.

 

[Expendable.]

It looks a hell of a lot better than Transformers: Dark of the Moon at least.

 

[FoneBone]

ooh, a generic sports movie narrative in the future, with robots

PS: Shawn Levy is a fucking hack

 

[Johnlenham]

I was expecting to read that he had to get back in the ring and defeat it:lol
Looks decent enough but its a year away so ill have forgotten about it in a week.

 

[HyperZone<3]

based on a Richard Matheson story, which was previously adapted into a pretty good Twilight Zone episode with Lee Marvin in the Jackman role.

ah man, Lee Marvin was pretty dang awesome. Shame he had to get old and die.

 

[Shogmaster]

I've been privy to see all the robots in the movie, and they are pretty f'n lame.....

 

[Veidt]

"Times have changed.."

"Fighting has changed.."

..

"War..has changed.."


Hugh Jackman IS Solid Snake.

 

[Sanjay]

I think I can get behind this

I can get behind Antoinette Nikprelaj, Olga Fonda & Evangeline Lilly.

 

[fallengorn]

Rock'em Sock'em Robots: The Movie

 

[Tr4nce]

And people are saying the Transformers 3 teaser trailer looks bad :lol

 

[ToxicAdam]

At least it's an original property, not licensed garbage. I can get behind that.

 

[VisionaryQuest0]

Robot Jox remake?

 

[afternoon delight]

"Times have changed.."

"Fighting has changed.."

..

"War..has changed.."


Hugh Jackman IS Solid Snake.

Or from Fallout.

 

[Zen]

Hugh Jackman is looking 30% more like Robert Downy Junior in than than he usually does.

 

[BattleMonkey]

Them some ugly robots

 

[beelzebozo]

Plot: Hugh Jackman plays Charlie Kenton, a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring.

i hate when that happens!

 

[Kers]

Bring it!

 

[BattleMonkey]

i hate when that happens!

Should have sucked it up and went in the ring. Like Rocky, but replace Apollo Creed with a robot.

 

[beelzebozo]

i just watched the trailer, and it looks completely terrible. like, what? :lol

and i even like the concept! but wow, awful.

 

[ConfusingJazz]

Robot Jox remake?

Hey Robot Jox was about war, treason, love, the importance of scientific research, and the future of man kind.

This is just celebrating the excess of western culture. My, how we have fallen from our noble ideals.

 

[smurfx]

well that looked kinda crappy. maybe its me talking as a fight fan but why the hell would you want to see robots fighting instead of actual human beings?

 

[BattleMonkey]

well that looked kinda crappy. maybe its me talking as a fight fan but why the hell would you want to see robots fighting instead of actual human beings?

If they had lasers and shit and where exploding shit left and right, fuck yea. But this looks stupid.

 

[-NeoTB1-]

Rock'em Sock'em Robots: The Movie

Yep, this is exactly what I told a friend when he showed me this trailer.

 

[Neuromancer]

well that looked kinda crappy. maybe its me talking as a fight fan but why the hell would you want to see robots fighting instead of actual human beings?

The spectacle of it all I guess.

Maybe people-fighting becomes illegal.

 

[wenis]

So this is that hollywood originality everyone has been clamoring for...

 

[this guy]

Ehhh... would have been cooler if it was Jackman fighting the robots.

 

[Rikyfree]

Twilight Zone did it already. Oddly enough the episode was named "Steel". Way to have originality.

 

[Verano]

I read this thread as "Red Steel".
:lol

 

[The Elite]

They should just remake Robot Jox.

 

[thetrin]

This sadly looks totally bad. The only Hugh Jackman movie I want to hear about at all at this point is Aranofsky's Wolverine.

Ehhh... would have been cooler if it was Jackman fighting the robots.

IF they're going to have Hugh Jackman fighting robots, they might as well just make a Magnus The Robot Fighter movie.

No wait, that's an awesome idea.

 

[Zenith]

About as likely as Robot Wars replacing wrestling.

the trailer makes the fights look bad anyway.

 

[.la1n]

I will watch this. I must support hugh jackman - god knows the man gets ecstatic over every role he is offered. Poor guy.

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

will the Fox Sports robot make an appearance.

 

[Shogmaster]

At least it's an original property, not licensed garbage. I can get behind that.

I believe this started life as movie adaptation of Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots. No joke.

 

[sarcastor]

the only problem i see with this movie is that the robot designs are just really boring. we need more mech and less tech.

 

[Dali]

At first I was like, "cool a live-action Texhnolyze", but kept watching and came away decidedly disappointed.

If there's no physical risk to the fighter, which the trailer hints is the case, then this doesn't seem very compelling at all.

 

[Neuromancer]

Twilight Zone did it already. Oddly enough the episode was named "Steel". Way to have originality.

based on a Richard Matheson story, which was previously adapted into a pretty good Twilight Zone episode with Lee Marvin in the Jackman role.

Yeah how dare they.

 

[GuessWho]

omg that was so bad.

 

[Sinatar]

 

[Kinyou]

Ehhh... would have been cooler if it was Jackman fighting the robots.

Thought that at first. Broken senior boxer fighting impossible fights would have been cooler

 

[Neuromancer]

Thought that at first. Broken senior boxer fighting impossible fights would have been cooler

Kind of a cyberpunk John Henry story... Maybe that's what happens in the end

 

[Patrick Bateman]

What an atrocious dumb story.

 

[The Bookerman]

Rock'em Sock'em Robots: The Movie

All that needs to be said.

Awful.

 

[Retrocide]

Rock'em Sock'em Robots: The Movie

Came here to post this...

 

[AVclub]

Rock'em Sock'em Robots: The Movie

Exactly my thoughts! (I'm sure I'll still see it though)

 

[G-Fex]

It looks a hell of a lot better than Transformers: Dark of the Moon at least.

Indeed. What I like too is how these look like actual robots.