Real Steel
AI Woke Score
No detectable agenda — story first.
confidence: high
Audience Score
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The Verdict
Real Steel is a clean, old-fashioned father-son underdog sports drama with robot boxing. It contains essentially no identity messaging — no swaps, no LGBTQ+ content, no preaching, and a traditional masculine redemption arc. Nothing here registers on the woke meter.
What the AI Flagged
Each axis scored 0–100, with the receipts. The headline score weights the worst offense, so a single egregious element isn't diluted by the rest.
Identity Swaps
0Original story with no established characters to swap.
Girlboss & Male Demotion
10Male-led father-son story; female lead Bailey is supportive, no male-demotion message.
- Charlie is the flawed but central protagonist
- Bailey runs the gym but supports Charlie's redemption
LGBTQ+ / Trans / Non-Binary Content
0No LGBTQ+ content present.
DEI Casting
15Diverse supporting cast that fits a modern sports/underground-boxing setting.
Preachiness
5Straightforward underdog sports drama with no ideological sermonizing.
Anti-Masculinity / Anti-West
5Embraces traditional fighting/redemption masculinity rather than critiquing it.
- Charlie reconnects with son through boxing and grit
Source Betrayal
0Loosely inspired by a short story but no identity-driven rewrite of established characters.
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Cast & Crew
Hugh Jackman
Charlie Kenton
Dakota Goyo
Max Kenton
Evangeline Lilly
Bailey Tallet
Kevin Durand
Ricky
Anthony Mackie
Finn
Hope Davis
Aunt Debra
James Rebhorn
Marvin
Karl Yune
Tak Mashido
Sophie Levy
Big Sister
Tess Levy
Little Sister
Jack Rapke (Executive Producer) · Steve Starkey (Executive Producer) · Shawn Levy (Director) · Steven Spielberg (Executive Producer)
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