Charlie and Max stay at the Parkway Motel after winning their first fight at the zoo. This is where Max (who reminded me too much of young Anakin Skywalker) teaches his robot to dance and where Charlie teaches the robot to box.

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The scenes from Shaefer Zoo where Max and Charlie win their first fight in Real Steel were filmed at Detroit's old Belle Isle Children's Zoo which has been closed since 2002.

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This is Tallet's Gym from Real Steel which was shot in and around Detroit. Real Steel is about the best you can expect from a movie about boxing robots, although it was nice to see Kate from Lost in something again.

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