Hugh Jackman's new film is boxing clever  By Lydia Jenkin  Hugh
Jackman's latest might be a fighting robot movie but it's got a
very human side, he tells Lydia Jenkin in Sydney.  Hugh
Jackman's engaging quality was necessary for the success of the
movie - and his dancing abilities helped too. Photo / Supplied
On the surface Real Steel sounds like it was designed by a
12-year-old boy. Action? Tick. Fighting? Tick. Robots? Tick.
Hugh Jackman (aka Wolverine) in a lead role? Tick. With Steven
Spielberg executive producing, and Shawn Levy (Night at the
Museum and Date Night) in the director's chair, it has all the
right credentials for a blockbuster sports-action flick.  What
is unexpected, is that it also resonates on a much more personal
level. Hugh Jackman plays Charlie Kenton, a washed-up boxer in
the year 2020, who has been superseded by giant robots in the
ring. He's now a "corner man" to these battling bots. He's not
doing so well. Then, just as his estranged 11-year-old son Max
(Dakota Goyo) lands in his