Lee Marvin stars as former boxer Sam "Steel" Kelly, who(in the year 1974) owns a robot fighter, which is the norm now since human boxing was outlawed. Trouble is that the robot(named Battling Maxo) is old and falling apart, and Sam is desperate for a bout because he needs the money to buy rare parts to keep Maxo going. When that doesn't happen in time, Sam will take a drastic action by going in the ring himself against a robot fighter, which is not only illegal, but quite possibly lethal... Marvin is quite good as usual, and although this premise is now unavoidably dated, it still retains it suspense, and remains reasonably entertaining.
Review of Steel
