Storyline
It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls upon the best and brightest to rise up and become the next generation of heroes when the Kaiju threat returns.
Directors
Cast
Charlie Day, Idris Elba, Scott Eastwood, Burn Gorman, Karan Brar, Sam Kalidi, Rinko Kikuchi, John Boyega, Zhu Zhu, Nick E. Tarabay, Dustin Clare, Ellen McLain, Jing Tian, Zhang Jin, Madeleine McGraw, Adria Arjona, Levi Meaden, Ivanna Sakhno, Shyrley Rodriguez, Cailee Spaeny, Mackenyu Arata, Wesley Wong, Rahart Adams, Daniel Feuerriegel, Lily Ji, Jamie Slater, Yingying Lan, Chen Zitong, Yongchen Qian
Trailer
Reviews
65
IGN
Pacific Rim Uprising is a loyal, if unremarkable, successor to the giddy original.
60
There’s a directness and swift pace to the first hour or so that works on an elemental level, and the final act is a delirious sugar rush of city-smashing spectacle (in Tokyo, of course, which has been evacuated to avoid any pesky collateral damage), delivering precisely the goods the movie promises.
60
It might drift out of the memory just as easily as it drifted in, but there’s a goofy likability to Pacific Rim: Uprising, a primal thrill to be had, and a confident slickness behind it that means, despite a nearly two-hour running time, it doesn’t outstay its welcome.
60
DeKnight shows he can pilot a CGI fight sequence as well as his predecessor, Guillermo Del Toro (“The Shape of Water”). These movies can be fun once the colossal foes start grappling. They’re even more fun with fewer explanations and more explosions. A movie about massive monster-fighting robots doesn’t need so much engineering.
60
Respectable. Boyega adds real bounce and DeKnight delivers spectacle, even if the plot doesn’t strain too far from the original’s crash-bang formula.
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