Real Steel Page #8

Farra Lemkova's face says it all.

Welcome to the bigs, junior!

I'm giving one-to-five odds that Atom

don't make it out the first round.

Who wants some?

I'll take some of that action.

Hey, there!

I'll take some of that action.

How's it going... partner?

Partner?

That's great. How about a hundred K?

Is that funny?

Hundred K says Atom

doesn't see round two.

You carrying around

that kind of scratch?

- Yeah.

- Hundred K?

Tell you what.

Remember section 101, row C,

and you can bring me

my money right to my seat.

You heard me, homey.

- Homey?

- Right?

Homeboy!

All right. Peace out, posse.

Come on, sugar. Let's go.

- Never beaten.

- It's showtime!

Never threatened.

The king of the ring,

the ruler of robots!

Bow down to the mighty Zeus!

Oh, sh*t!

That was awesome.

Come on, let's go.

Ladies and gentlemen,

in a bout scheduled for five rounds

for the World Robot

Boxing Championship,

in the corner to my right,

the challenger, Atom!

Showboat!

And in the corner to my left,

the undeniable champion

of this universe

and any other universe known

or unknown,

the mighty Zeus!

And now, ladies and gentlemen,

are you ready

for Real Steel!

This is what it's all about!

There's the starting bell

and we are underway.

The bots emerge from their corners.

Zeus decks Atom, and he is already down.

On your feet!

Looks like we are in

for another Zeus clinic.

Referee Matt Geiger

coming in the ring to start the count.

Get up!

Push up! Stand up!

But look at this.

The little bot's back on his feet

to get a second blistering attack

from Zeus!

Atom is down for the second time

in less than ten seconds.

- He's too strong!

- That's my boy right there!

Get up and get in the game!

Come on! No, please Atom, get up!

Please!

Get up! Get up! Get up!

Once again,

the challenger finds his feet!

Lean back!

Atom's getting pummeled into the corner!

- Get out of there!

- Move!

A demolishing inside shot.

Get your hands up!

Hands up!

Crush that little can!

Get out of the corner!

Kenton desperately trying to command

his robot out of that suicide corner.

Get your feet under you!

Good night, sparring bot!

It might have taken Zeus a bit longer,

but he's done it again!

Atom is down for the third

and possibly final time tonight.

- Stand up!

- Two!

Three!

Atom, get up!

- Get up, Atom.

- Get up, Atom.

- Six! Seven!

- Get up!

Eight! Nine!

I don't believe this! Against all odds,

this little bot is on his feet again.

Come on, Atom!

He can't survive this!

- Come on, Charlie!

- Right uppercut!

Atom has landed a punch!

Zeus is stunned as he reels back from

an uppercut that he never saw coming!

Advance!

Fade back, counter right!

Fade back, counter right!

Right cross! Right cross!

Right cross! Left hook!

- Let's go! Come on!

- Take him down!

For the first time in his dominant run,

Zeus has met a bot

who simply won't back down!

The crowd is going nuts!

Zeus gives it everything he's got

as we reach the last 15 seconds

of round one!

Zeus corners Atom,

going double duty with both fists!

Downtown, uptown,

as the clock winds down!

- Hands up, chin down.

- Stay low, stay low!

Only five seconds left, as here comes

that piston-packed right of the champ!

There's the bell! I don't believe it.

Somehow Atom has survived.

We will have a second round.

And the crowd here is thrilled!

He made it! Yeah! Corner!

We got to get out of here.

We got to get out of here now!

We got to go this way. Come on!

OK, you sit down.

- Let's go, homey.

- All right.

I'll be back for you, baby.

Get your hands off me!

Both corners furiously working

on their bots.

This crowd came here tonight

expecting a massacre,

but instead they're getting a war!

- You got it?

- Yeah.

All right. Here we go.

What is happening?

He is fully prepared for all possible

contingencies. He will be fine.

What next?

Round two.

Round two kicks off,

and incredibly the challenger, Atom,

is giving the champ a run for his money.

Zeus tosses the smaller bot

across the ring like a tin can!

Kenton working his bot with a trifecta

of straight rights to the champ's dome!

Toe-to-toe they stand,

trading deafening blows!

Whatever strategy either corner

had cooked up has been destroyed!

Metal bashing metal.

Steel smashing steel.

This is a brawl!

The crowd is on their feet, watching two

machines driven to kill each other!

Something has to give, and it does!

Atom goes down again!

Lights out for the junkyard dog who put

on a heck of a show here tonight!

And yet again, Atom rises up.

Kenton must have hardwired

this bot with the will to go on!

Midway through round four, and Zeus

is looking to end this thing right now.

The champ is holding nothing back

as he cracks open the hurt locker!

Atom is stumbling around the ring,

apparently disoriented and dazed!

- Hands up!

- What's going on?

I think the voice recog is shot!

He's not responding!

Zeus has found yet another gear of

violence, drilling Atom's midsection.

No! Stop! Do something!

He can't hear me!

But the bell sounds, and once again

this little robot has stunned the world!

We're done, Max! He can't hear me.

This is murder. We've had enough.

- I'm disabling the voice recognition.

- He can't hear me!

- Yes, but he can see you!

- What?

I'm putting him in shadow mode.

Show him what to do.

Without the voice recognition,

he'll move even faster!

No way. No way!

Look at them. They are freaking out!

Rich girl is ripping him

a new one over there!

Do you know why?

Because they're scared.

Because Atom can do things

no other bot has ever done.

- But I can't do it!

- Yes, you can.

- I can't.

- Yes, you can.

Show him what to do.

You have to fight the last round.

Don't ask me. Don't.

Charlie... please. I beg you.

Are you kidding me with those eyes?

Damn it!

Yes!

I can't believe I'm doing this.

I know you're in there! I'm not sure

if you're getting this or what,

but I know you're in there!

- Kenton. In or out?

- In. Give me a minute.

I know you can't hear me,

but you can see me, so watch me!

Watch... me.

- You know you're talking to a robot.

- I know. Shut up.

Watch me.

An epic battle being waged here tonight,

as the fifth and final round

gets underway.

Come on, Atom!

Wait a second. Are you seeing this?

Charlie Kenton is shadowboxing

just outside the ring!

It looks like Atom

has a shadow function.

So, basically,

that means Charlie Kenton

is fighting the last round

of this fight against Zeus.

It doesn't seem to help, because Atom

is backed up against the ropes again.

Help him! Fight back!

Not yet.

Tak Mashido supervising personally

as Zeus hammers down,

furiously trying to end this thing

once and for all.

I got to tell you, folks,

the champ looks tired.

This robot seems to be running on empty.

I don't believe it.

Atom is taunting Zeus.

- Switch to turbo!

- He's actually asking for more.

Please do something!

- Not yet.

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