Pacific Rim

2013 "To fight monsters, we created monsters."

Pacific Rim

6.9 | 2h11m | PG-13 | en | Adventure

Using massive piloted robots to combat the alien threat, earth's survivors take the fight to the invading alien force lurking in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless enemy, the forces of mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes who now stand as earth's final hope against the mounting apocalypse.

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6.9 | 2h11m | PG-13 | en | Adventure , Action , Science Fiction | More Info

Released: July. 12,2013 | Released Producted By: Legendary Pictures , Double Dare You Productions Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/pacific-rim

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Cast

Charlie Hunnam , Rinko Kikuchi , Idris Elba

Director

Andrew Li

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Legendary Pictures , Double Dare You Productions

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Charlie Hunnam

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Reviews

Michael Ledo The film opens with a narration. It explains that a portal has opened connecting us to another universe in the Pacific Rim. Through this hole emerges destructive creatures from 60's Japanese films, updated of course. In a missed plot point, conventional means of fighting them seem to be useless, so we construct 100-150 foot tall robots called Jaegers to combat them. Missiles fired from Jaegers are effective, but...okay I tried not to think too hard about it.The Jaegesr are controlled by 2 people, dressed in "Star Wars" storm trooper gear, that are in a mind meld that would make Spock green with envy. They are called pilots because Jaeger masters might be a copyright infringement.The film combines elements of "Independence Day," "Starship Troopes," "Transformers" and "Ironman" and sets them into a stolen Japanese plot. Of course the rule is if you steal a plot from Japan you have to hire someone from Japan to be in the film, hence we have Rinko Kikuchi as Mako Mori. She will eventually team up with John Rico, eh ah Raleigh Becket (Charlie Hunnam because Casper Van Dien is too old) to fight against the monsters coming at an increasing rate. There is a subplot that includes Ron Perlman and Charlie Day.There are two schools of thought. One is to use the Jaegers to kill the creatures, the other is to build a war to keep out the illegal aliens. When the wall fails to keep out the illegal aliens, the Jaegers can defend the world thanks to "stand your ground" principles. Pardon my attempt at political humor.The supporting characters were better written than the main ones.This is an over dramatic, action packed popcorn film. The language is designed to appeal to a teen/young adult audience. Looks good on the big screen.Parental Guide: 1 F-bomb. No sex or nudity.

matty_mushroom1983 So far, the acting has been douchey, unconvincing and phoney. I would have thought that if you want an Australian in your movie you'd cast an actual Australian rather than wasting time on trying to phone accents in. This is a classic big budget mistake, it distracts from the story itself and opens the rest of the film to more nitpicking. Classic brother-dies-at-the-start-and-protagonist-gave-that-up-a-long-time-ago-but-reluctantly-accepts story line. I'm already expecting everything else from here to fall right into place.The special effects and action are actually very enjoyable and well done, it's a pity I wasn't watching this with the cinematic experience but I'm also glad I didn't spend that kind of money to see it.Honestly, with idiotic truth I say to you that it's enjoyable when all the things are fighting each other, but the talking parts are boring and the characters are annoying.

andrew_james10 No cohesion, No humour (that I noticed) and No connection. I like a bit of fantasy and escapism as much as the next man but despite my continued (misplaced) faith in film makers like GDT this movie was not worth the continued "I'll give another ten minutes" syndrome. It's not the worst film ever made but it's not worth watching. I'm still wondering why the war lasted so many years when they could have ended it like they did anyway (at the end). Not 2 hours completely wasted because I've made up my mind not to give this type of trash another ten minutes for more than ten minutes.

MVictorPjinsiste I can't believe when I read GdT's name on the screen when I saw it - the guy who made Pan's Labyrinth, really? This predictable, typically Hollywood summer block buster? A film where one can see events way before they happen, and be spot on all the time?Well, yes, it's a GdT flick all right; It's got these lavish visuals, this mix of colours, and Ron Pearlman, wonderful Ron Pearlman. The "comedy" characters are here way more interesting than the pretty teens on whose shoulders the "scenario" rests. But still.And it works: One can feel the intricate background that is only hinted at here and there, the feel of what we are seeing is only the latest chapter of a bigger saga - that's fan cult stuff, a universe to be explored, discovered and , yes, to exploit.So, yes, it's rather fantaisist to think we would build giant mechs instead of a better armor-piercing missile, but what the heck, this movie is about giant rampaging monsters - so give your brain and Shakespeare a break, and you should enjoy the ride, too.