PLOT
In the not-so distant future, a hole opens in the Pacific Ocean releasing giant monsters (called Kaiju) that obliterate most coastal cities. After many attacks, the human race combines its resources to build giant robots (called Jaegers) piloted by two people to fight these monsters. We begin to win the war, until the monsters become stronger with each one that's released. Our story follows Raleigh Becket, a pilot who lost his co-pilot and brother in an attack and hasn't been in combat for 5 years. He's brought back in to help with an operation where they plan on firing a bomb into the hole to finally close it. Becket teams up with rookie Mako Mori to fight back these beasts and hopefully win this war.
PROS
The special effects, specifically for the Jaegers, are spectacuilar. They're simply amazing and are a marvel when you first see them in action, I literally had chills down my spine when the first Jaeger showed up.
The fight scenes, while far into the movie, are jaw-dropping and awesome. Every punch and hit are cringe worthy and it's a ton of fun just to see these robots fight monsters to the death. There were tons of moments where I just wanted to jump out of my seat and yell "HELL YEAH!!!"
The score sounds very close to something you'd hear in a Japanese monster movie, which this film is an obvious homage to. It only adds to the fun of the fight scenes.
Idris Elba plays the head of this operation and does a great job at it. While he does have bad lines and his character isn't that interesting, Elba is just such a great actor that he pulls this off and becomes the best human character in the film.
Charlie Day and Ron Perlman are not in the movie too often, but they're great together and bring some great comedic moments to the slower, dramatic parts.
The world and Jaegers and very well developed and have a lot of little details added to them. It's much more fleshed out then you'd think it would be and it comes as a welcome surprise.
CONS
Anything involving the main human characters is extremely cliched and uninteresting. We just don't care about these people, and we spend over an hour with them, just waiting for the next fight. Their stories and characterization are just so overplayed it's hard to care about them.
The Kaiju, while cool at first, but they start to all look the same by the end. It's not a huge deal since we just want to see them get beat to a gooey pulp, but they could have used some creativity for the Kaiju.
CONCLUSION
"Pacific Rim" is not a perfect film, in fact in may not even be a great movie. The human characters and scenes take up way too much of the film and are just boring. But, when it finally gets to the fights, it's magic. I felt like a little kid watching his favorite wrestler in a fight; yelling, screaming, jumping for joy. The Jaeger fights are a spectacle made for the big screen and are totally worth waiting through the human storyline.
RATING
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