Pacific Rim
Epic sci-fi actioner from Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth) centering on a battle for Earth between massive monsters that arise from the Pacific Ocean and human-manned robots, created to defeat them. Stars Idris Elba and Charlie Day.
When legions of creatures, known as Kaiju, rose from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives. To combat the Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: huge, manned robots, called Jaegers. On the verge of defeat, the forces protecting mankind 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. The pair are the world's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.
Del Toro promised at Comic-Con 2011 that the film will feature “the finest f**king monsters ever committed to screen.”
- Director:
- Guillermo del Toro ('Pan's Labyrinth', 'Hellboy', 'Hellboy II', 'Mimic')
- Writer:
- Travis BeachamGuillermo del Toro
- Cast:
- Idris ElbaCharlie DayCharlie HunnamRinko KikuchiRon PerlmanClifton Collins Jr.
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Steve Newall
flicksJustifiably proud of a ridiculously awesome premise, Pacific Rim lovingly embraces its blockbuster status, clichés and all - refreshingly without any post-modern nonsense, knowing winks at the audience or ounce of satire. The film does exactly what it says on its ludicrously oversized walking tin: giant robots looking cool while pummelling the crap out of massive monsters.
I don't get it
Maybe it was the hype, maybe I expected too much. Whatever it was, I just don't get it. Machine vs. Monsters - see if you can guess the ending. I'm not knocking this film for what it is - it out Transformers Transformers - but I wanted more from del Toro. Hellboy proves he can blend action with imagination and a decent story. Michael Bay would love it.
Action Sci-Fi Madness!!!
A great cast littered with action stars from the big screen and television. Elba, Day, Hunnam and Perlman come together nicely when under the direction of Guillermo del Toro, once again creating a sci-fi action world that comes to larger than life proportion on the big screen. A great combination of bone crushing action that has you in your seat backing the...
Pacific Rim
Pacific Rim delivers as fun popcorn entertainment. Sadly, I couldn't help but feel underwhelmed. What a shame. Guillermo Del Toro is a fantastic visual director. He knows how to make a gorgeous looking movie. The scenes with the Jaegers brawling with the Kaiju monsters are pretty spectacular. It's the human characters where Pacific Rim fails. Raleigh...
Fantastic! What are you even reading this for, go see it already.
Pacific Rim is a stellar giant robot versus alien monsters film, but don't be fooled! It has an engaging plot and wicked characterization as well. I was particularly impressed by the fact that Mako Mori is a very well rounded female protagonist- not something you see very often in sci-fi action movies!
Great action and special effects
I enjoyed this movie, The trailers is what you get two hours of giant robots battling huge alien monsters to save earth from being overrun and destroyed by these fierce creatures. CGI and special effects are outstanding acting is ok story line while easy to follow is what you expect from a disaster movie simple and all about the action.
Truely Truely Awful
Well...what can I say. It was an experience! Not one I totally understood and certainly not one I am keen to repeat anytime soon. Plot: incomprehensible / just plain daft; acting: well, could you call it that? In some cases I am not at all sure. It looked good and it was certainly loud (not that that got in the way of me drifting off a couple of times) but...
AWESOME
I went into this film with the same expectations as Battle: Los Angles, which were "it's a Friday night, it's an Amercian film so it should be filled with lost of ridiculous stunts and unbelievable BS" and that is exactly what it delivered. The same came of this film. You do need to go into the film with an open mind and can't be too critical of the story...
Variety
pressThe squarest, clunkiest and certainly loudest movie of director Guillermo del Toro's career, a crushed-metal orgy that plays like an extended 3D episode of "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" on very expensive acid.
Total Film
pressA huge, CGI-heavy popcorner that still feels personal. Come for the epic monster-on-mecha showdowns, stay for the likeable humans.
Time Out
pressThe warmth and idiosyncracy that characterises Del Toro’s finest work, from ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ to ‘Hellboy 2’, is absent.
The Guardian
pressPacific Rim's wafer-thin psychodrama and plot-generator dialogue provides little for the human component to get their teeth into.
Hollywood Reporter
pressA better-and-smarter-than-average humans-vs.-monsters spectacular.
Empire Magazine
pressDel Toro is giving scope to a boyhood lust for mayhem, the multi-million-dollar equivalent of kicking over sandcastles and torturing insects. There is something infectiously juvenile in that.
Flicks, Steve Newall
flicksJustifiably proud of a ridiculously awesome premise, Pacific Rim lovingly embraces its blockbuster status, clichés and all - refreshingly without any post-modern nonsense, knowing winks at the audience or ounce of satire. The film does exactly what it says on its ludicrously oversized walking tin: giant robots looking cool while pummelling the crap out of massive monsters.
Variety
pressThe squarest, clunkiest and certainly loudest movie of director Guillermo del Toro's career, a crushed-metal orgy that plays like an extended 3D episode of "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" on very expensive acid.
Total Film
pressA huge, CGI-heavy popcorner that still feels personal. Come for the epic monster-on-mecha showdowns, stay for the likeable humans.
Time Out
pressThe warmth and idiosyncracy that characterises Del Toro’s finest work, from ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ to ‘Hellboy 2’, is absent.
The Guardian
pressPacific Rim's wafer-thin psychodrama and plot-generator dialogue provides little for the human component to get their teeth into.
Hollywood Reporter
pressA better-and-smarter-than-average humans-vs.-monsters spectacular.
Empire Magazine
pressDel Toro is giving scope to a boyhood lust for mayhem, the multi-million-dollar equivalent of kicking over sandcastles and torturing insects. There is something infectiously juvenile in that.
I don't get it
Maybe it was the hype, maybe I expected too much. Whatever it was, I just don't get it. Machine vs. Monsters - see if you can guess the ending. I'm not knocking this film for what it is - it out Transformers Transformers - but I wanted more from del Toro. Hellboy proves he can blend action with imagination and a decent story. Michael Bay would love it.
Action Sci-Fi Madness!!!
A great cast littered with action stars from the big screen and television. Elba, Day, Hunnam and Perlman come together nicely when under the direction of Guillermo del Toro, once again creating a sci-fi action world that comes to larger than life proportion on the big screen. A great combination of bone crushing action that has you in your seat backing...
Pacific Rim
Pacific Rim delivers as fun popcorn entertainment. Sadly, I couldn't help but feel underwhelmed. What a shame. Guillermo Del Toro is a fantastic visual director. He knows how to make a gorgeous looking movie. The scenes with the Jaegers brawling with the Kaiju monsters are pretty spectacular. It's the human characters where Pacific Rim fails. Raleigh...
Fantastic! What are you even reading this for, go see it already.
Pacific Rim is a stellar giant robot versus alien monsters film, but don't be fooled! It has an engaging plot and wicked characterization as well. I was particularly impressed by the fact that Mako Mori is a very well rounded female protagonist- not something you see very often in sci-fi action movies!
Great action and special effects
I enjoyed this movie, The trailers is what you get two hours of giant robots battling huge alien monsters to save earth from being overrun and destroyed by these fierce creatures. CGI and special effects are outstanding acting is ok story line while easy to follow is what you expect from a disaster movie simple and all about the action.
Truely Truely Awful
Well...what can I say. It was an experience! Not one I totally understood and certainly not one I am keen to repeat anytime soon. Plot: incomprehensible / just plain daft; acting: well, could you call it that? In some cases I am not at all sure. It looked good and it was certainly loud (not that that got in the way of me drifting off a couple of times)...
AWESOME
I went into this film with the same expectations as Battle: Los Angles, which were "it's a Friday night, it's an Amercian film so it should be filled with lost of ridiculous stunts and unbelievable BS" and that is exactly what it delivered. The same came of this film. You do need to go into the film with an open mind and can't be too critical of the story...
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