In Real Steel 2 (2026), the age of scrappy underground bots is over. The new World Synthetics League is ruled by cold, corporate AI fighters—no handlers, no heart, just code. Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman), older and broke again, runs rigged demo shows with what’s left of Atom, now a museum-piece under flickering lights.

Enter Dr. Ava Kincaid (Scarlett Johansson), a ruthless robotics visionary who’s built the league’s undefeated champion: a self-learning monster that adapts to every opponent in real time. When Max discovers Atom can still “feel” a fight better than any algorithm, father and son get one last shot at the big stage—if they can survive the qualifiers and a system designed to crush nobodies.

Quick, electric cuts hammer through the trailer: Atom waking up in a junkyard as neon rain falls; Johansson watching from a glass skybox as her gleaming titan dismantles contenders in seconds; Charlie and Max training in a grimy warehouse, calibrating Atom with their own heartbeat; VR-synced crowds roaring in a colossal stadium as robots clash in showers of sparks; a slow-motion uppercut sending metal fragments into the air like fireworks.

In the final, goosebump shot, Atom and Ava’s AI monster square off under blackout lights, crowd chanting “ONE MORE FIGHT!” as Charlie whispers, “Let’s show ’em what real steel is,” and the screen slams to black. Early buzz calls it a crowd-roaring 9/10 underdog sequel, bigger hits, bigger heart.