Real Steel Page #5

He didn't even survive the first round.

Is that what you think boxing is?

Zeus beating up some piece of steel

that they feed him?

Axelrod's not just some piece of steel.

And that is what boxing is now.

Deal with it.

And I love it, and I'm in it now.

You're in it now, are you?

You and your G-2 sparring bot?

He's more than that.

If you'd get us a fight, you'd see.

You're in luck, kid.

There's a lovely place called the Zoo.

Tomorrow afternoon,

you'll get your fight.

- Great.

- And it will be the end.

I told you I hate hamburgers!

It's a burrito!

Right uppercut.

Left uppercut.

Bend your knees.

Rise up with both hands.

Again. Bend your knees.

Rise up with both hands.

You been up all night?

Yeah. I cleaned him up.

I'm using shadow mode to program some

fight moves and sync them to the remote.

Yeah. I saw that double-up punch

you were showing him.

That's lethal stuff.

Let's do this.

Let's do breakfast first.

You know you're bringing him

home in pieces, right?

We'll see.

- Let me deal with this.

- Charlie Kenton. This is Max.

Kingpin. Call me Kingpin.

- All right, Kingpin, so...

- How much a round?

We on a field trip?

All right. He can fight my robot Metro.

I'll give you a hundred bucks

for one two-minute round.

- Take it.

- Three hundred.

One hundred. Baby boy, I'm going to

give you $100 just to get in with Metro.

How about 500 for two rounds?

Two rounds. Son, he ain't

going to survive one round.

- What if he does?

- He ain't.

Let's just say he does.

If he's still standing after one round...

...I'll give you a thousand bucks.

Shut it!

But if he dies in there,

which he will, junior...

...I get to keep what's left.

Take the hundred.

Deal.

We're on. We on!

Let's go!

- You should have taken the hundred.

- I got us a thousand.

Yeah, if he wins.

You want me to drive?

He's my bot. I got this!

This ain't a video game.

This is for real. Right here.

You said he's coming home in pieces.

What difference does it make?

All right.

I got this.

Let's get it on! Let's get it on!

Let's get it on like

Ping-Pong in Hong Kong!

Give me a bell! Give me a bell!

Don't watch Atom. Watch your opponent.

Watch out for that foot.

He's looking to pin you.

I told you to watch for that foot plant.

Come on.

Here comes the sledgehammer.

Did you see that?

- Come on! Get him!

- Don't yell at him, control him.

Slip right. Back step.

Duck.

- You're welcome.

- Shut up! You're not helping!

Actually, I think I am.

Backhand. You got speed on this guy.

Just keep moving. Bob.

Slip out of that corner.

Keep moving! Bob and weave!

That's it! Now you're listening to me.

He can take a hit. I'll give you this.

Your bot can take a hit.

You better slip that headlock.

This ain't gonna end well for you.

I'm trying!

Thirty seconds!

Thirty... Half a minute.

Half a minute! Keep moving! Just move!

You've got 20 seconds!

That's a thousand bucks.

Twenty seconds. Let me take over!

Move, then. Move!

Come on.

Get up, Atom. Get up, Atom.

Count with me! Count with me! One!

- Get up!

- You know you're talking to a machine?

Four! Five! Six!

Get up, Atom!

All the way up! All the way up!

Yes! Yes!

I'm going to fix it!

I'm going to fix it! Come on, now.

- This thousand bucks...

- Yeah, thousand.

...double or nothing

he can't make another round.

- Yeah, thanks anyway.

- Deal. Double or nothing.

Baby boy said it! We're back on! We on!

Are you crazy?

You threw away a thousand bucks!

He can barely stand up in there.

Look. I really need the money.

I know. Let's work.

Jesus.

- Watch that. Watch that.

- I got that.

- I got it.

- That's a system failure!

- I don't got it.

- He's going down.

- Yes!

- No!

Start the count!

Start the count!

One! Two! Three!

Four! Five! Six! Seven!

Eight! Nine!

Ten!

You did it! We did it! Wow!

Time to go. Come on. Grab your robot.

I know, I know! I know! I know!

Kingpin, pay up.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I know, I know, I know.

- We owned!

- Let's go. Come on, come on.

- Yeah?

- Have I got a fight for you.

Saturday night. Guaranteed four grand.

Seven if he wins.

Four grand? You're on. Let's go!

Bailey, it's me. He won.

Can you believe that?

The kid's robot actually won.

I know.

Happy? Oh, my God. Yeah.

He's been bit. He's been bit real bad.

Anyway...

I just wanted you to know.

Jab, jab, hook.

Jab, jab, hook.

I think you have to move your feet.

Your feet. Feet.

Nice moves, kid.

How long you been out here?

Check it out.

I just spent the night

doing something I think is amazing.

Incredibly amazing.

If it works, you know?

- You know his remote was spotty?

- Yeah.

I killed it. Got rid of it.

We don't need it anymore.

How did you?

I had to start over.

But I was able to use

the spin frame from Ambush

and take the circuitry sleeve

out of Noisy Boy,

and it works.

He knows nothing, but it works.

It really, really works.

What works?

I got to turn it on.

Left jab, right uppercut!

Japan!

You put Noisy's voice recognition

into Atom?

- Pretty smart, kid.

- Smart?

It could be genius!

It could be the most incredible thing

in the history of the entire world!

Easy there, chief.

Did you drink all these sodas?

I might have had a few.

I need you to teach him to box.

Are you kidding me? He's not advanced

enough to handle Noisy's voice command.

So he needs your moves. Your commands.

- Start over from the ground up.

- Forget it.

You were a boxer.

Yesterday at the Zoo, you could see

things happen before they even happened.

I haven't boxed in a long time.

I'm not starting now.

- Who's going to teach him to fight?

- You're doing fine.

You don't need me. Sorry.

That was really cool,

though, that dance.

You should do that on Saturday night.

- Don't make fun of me.

- I'm serious.

Before the fight, when you guys

take the ring, you should do it.

There's no way I'm dancing with a robot

in front of a boxing crowd.

Are you kidding me? This is just a show.

People want to see something

they've never seen.

Look. You think of all the greats.

Think Ali, Sugar Ray,

Prince Rakim, Gammer,

they all had their nicknames.

They had their personas.

They all had flair.

Now you? You might not have much robot,

but with that dance, you got flair.

Plus, you're a kid.

People love that kid thing.

- What are you? Like nine? Ten?

- I'm 11.

Are you sure you're 11?

Yes. I'm sure I'm 11.

Anyway, the point

is people want to see that.

You're really not messing with me?

I am not messing with you.

They're going to love it.

- Cool.

- But...

- What?

- I won't do it unless you help me.

I can't dance. You're on your own there.

No. Boxing.

- Oh, I see.

- I program the robot.

- You teach him to box.

- And you dance.

And you dance.

- Yeah.

- Yeah?

Deal.

Deal.

It's going to be cool.

Nice.

You're going to be punching guys bigger.

You're going to have to punch up.

That's it.

Nice.

You, too, old man?

Come on. Let's get to work.

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