Pacific Rim (2013)

2013 • 131 minute

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When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes—a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)—who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.

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Growing up as a fan of Gozilla films shown late night on Channel 4 in the U.K. and Mecha anime like Robotech aka Macross there was a good chance I would enjoy it but not a certainty as the abysmal Transformers film showed. I'm also a fan of Guillermo del Toro and he is probably the reason why the film works so well. He brings an attention to detail, feeling and humour that makes this film incredibly enjoyable; it's a simple action film that harks back to something older like 'Top Gun' rather than a more modern 'Inception'. We see well worn places and machines giving a feeling of realism with minor details adding to this like logos on the jaegars inspired by those from World War 2 bombers. There are archetypal characters but these are ones I cared for like in Star Wars, we also have the odd cheesy line in there too; I enjoyed their minor arcs and in particular the actress playing the young Mako was fantastic with her scene reminiscent of those from GDT's Pan's Labyrinth. Whereas Michael Bay turned a childhood series into a sleazy nonsensical mess, even in the context of giant robot beings, GDT brings a genre to life to meet it's full potential.

Obviously the reason a lot of people watch this film is for the giant robots, so I'm happy to say you won't be disappointed in that area. Aside from that though I found the acting and general plot to be very meh. Acting was cringe worthy 80% of the way through the film and the plot was pretty predictable. Thats not to say I didn't enjoy it though. My main gripe about the entire movie though, is that it seems to be a total rip off of the anime series Evangelion (minus the terrible terrible ending of Evangelion). Overall it kept my attention and I guess I kind of enjoyed it, but I really wish I had just rented it instead.

They are the only good thing here, sorry. Bad acting, every action and character development was a predictable cliché, the main character was an obnoxious arse I really hoped would die...not even cheesy enough to be enjoyable because everyone involved seemed to think it was some super serious high brow original sci-fi movie that would change the world. Well nope. Just super boring except for the cool robots... except none of the good ones last long enough for you to look at so bleh.