Parents Guide for
Real Steel (2011) More at IMDbPro »

The violence in the movie is not overly graphic but can get intense in some scenes.

Most of the violence in the movie consist of robot fights, it's like watching a boxing match but with robots

In one early scene a robot is sent in to fight a bull. The bull dismembers the robot and a large piece flies up into the stands, nearly hitting some of the spectators; the bull is visibly punched and manhandled but not visibly injured. My kids had to be re-assured it was "fake" though (8 & 10).

There is a scene where three men beat a character 'within a inch of his life,' the scene consists of the three men punching and kicking the character, you see his bloody face resulting from the fight. The character's 11-year-old son is also roughed up during the attack, but is not explicitly beaten.

There are two other scenes where the main character punches a guy in the face, you see the bloody lip resulting from the punch.

"Ballsy" was used once by adult stranger.

The kid uses the phrase 'screwed me' when first meeting his father.

The father and the girlfriend exchange the word "ass" in the gym, along with hell.

During the underground robot fight, the announcer uses "bitch" to describe the robot that was losing. After the fight the kid argues with his dad and tells him he does things "half assed".

The kid says "ass" twice (one time calling his dad an "ass"), he also says "shit" once. The father says "shit" later on.

A woman screams "bitch" to describe a character as weak.

Main character drinks, only seen from the beginning of the movie. Extensive drinking, mostly of beer, occurs widely in the crowds during the robot fights.

The robot fights can be intense is some scenes, a few arms are ripped off, heads crushed and punched off.

There is a scene where the boy stands near a cliff, he ends up falling down the cliff towards a deep cavern, a robot arm catches him as he falls down the cliff. This scene is very intense and drags out while the father tries to help him.

A scene where the main character gets beaten up can be very intense, since the man beating him claimed he was going to beat him 'within a inch of his life,' also the kid is being held down and thrown since he tried to help his dad.