Epic sci-fi actioner from Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth) centering on a battle for Earth between massive monsters that arise...
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.”
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72 %293 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
77 %195,576 reviewsAudience score rating
15+Age suitabilityChildren & Media rating
"Justifiably 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."
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Flicks
Flicks"The 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."
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Variety
Variety"A huge, CGI-heavy popcorner that still feels personal. Come for the epic monster-on-mecha showdowns, stay for the likeable humans."
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Total Film
Total Film"The warmth and idiosyncracy that characterises Del Toro’s finest work, from ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ to ‘Hellboy 2’, is absent."
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Time Out
Time Out"Pacific Rim's wafer-thin psychodrama and plot-generator dialogue provides little for the human component to get their teeth into."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"A better-and-smarter-than-average humans-vs.-monsters spectacular."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Del 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."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazinePacific Rim | Details
- Rating
- M, Science fiction violence
- Runtime
- 131
- Genre
- Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
- Country of origin
- USA
