The monsters have overwhelmed the planet and its inhabitants to the point where there’s only four remaining Jaegers left. Jaeger hotshot Raleigh Becket ( Charlie Hunnam of “Sons of Anarchy”) is plucked from obscurity from militant leader Stacker Pentecost ( Idris Elba, who thankfully is not using that awful Southern accent from “ Prometheus”), five years after suffering a tragic loss while defending the Alaskan coastline with his brother ( Diego Klattenhoff) from a shark-headed beastie. It doesn’t matter how wonderfully designed or loaded with cool gadgets these robots are, if there’s no unified minds, it’s just a 25-story hunk of junk. They have to open their minds to each other, exposing their memories as well as their fears, strengths and weaknesses. These robots are only as good as the rapport between the two humans piloting them. That right there is a pretty unique concept for this genre, at least from what I can recall.

These creations (known as “Jaegers”) are piloted by two humans who must synchronize not only their physicality, to control the left and right movement, but they also have to be of the same mind by using what is called a neural bridge, known as “drifting” in order to fully utilize the robots. With military weaponry useless, the governments and corporations of the world came together and built robots the size of the tallest skyscrapers.

An enormous fissure in the Pacific Ocean floor had opened and released massive alien monsters (called “Kaiju”) from an inter-dimensional portal, killing thousands after attacking San Francisco, before moving on to other major cities. The movie opens with a narration that looks back on what took place in the near future. One that you can take your child too without subjecting them to a movie consisting of racism, soft porn and man-child adults, therefore, you can have a fun time here – that is, if giant robots vs. If such a comparison must be made, one would find that Guillermo del Toro has made a totally awesome giant robot movie void of the sexist and juvenile trappings we’ve been given in summers past. Well, that’s understandable and to be expected, I guess. One friend replied, “Oh, is that the “Transformers” movie?” Rating: PG-13 (for sequences of intense sci-fic action and violence throughout, and brief language)Ī day after witnessing giant manned robots battling enormous monsters on an IMAX screen, I was on an ecstatic geek high and found myself letting every moviegoer I encountered know about “Pacific Rim”. Produced by: Guillermo del Toro, Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni & Mary Parent Written by: Guillermo del Toro and Travis Beacham

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