Pacific Rim

Pacific Rim is a 2013 American science fiction action monster film directed by Guillermo del Toro, starring Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Robert Kazinsky, Max Martini, and Ron Perlman, and the first film in the Pacific Rim franchise. The screenplay was written by Travis Beacham and del Toro from a story by Beacham.

Plot
Long ago, legions of monstrous creatures called Kaijū arose from the sea, bringing with them all-consuming war. To fight the Kaijū, mankind developed giant robots called Jaegers, designed to be piloted by two humans locked together in a neural bridge. However, even the Jaegers are not enough to defeat the Kaijū, and humanity is on the verge of defeat. Mankind's last hope now lies with a washed-up ex-pilot (Charlie Hunnam), an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi) and an old, obsolete Jaeger.

Why Humanity's Monsters Team Up Here

 * 1) The concept about humanity unites to create the Jaegers, gigantic humanoid mechas, each controlled by two co-pilots whose minds are joined by a mental link to defeat the Kaijū, colossal sea monsters is original and creative idea.
 * 2) Aboslutely fantastic, amazing visual effects with outstanding robot and monster models and beautiful backgrounds, all thanks to Industrial Light and Magic. This entire movie is a visual spectacle.
 * 3) The Jaegers are very exciting and lovable characters, especially Gipsy Danger.
 * 4) All of the acting performance are excellently done, such as Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi and Charlie Day, in which they does an outstanding job for playing them.
 * 5) The Kaijū are awesome villains, and they have excellent designs, such as Onibaba, Raiju, Knifehead, Otachi and Slattern! Also the Jaegers have interesting designs mainly meant to identify them individually and are designed after their countries.
 * 6) Great directing of Guillermo del Toro.
 * 7) Dr. Newton 'Newt' Geiszler is hilarious comic relief, who is a scientist studying the Kaiju.
 * 8) The use of nostalgic style were highly praised.
 * 9) Epic action scenes, especially the scenes with the giant robots in the water.
 * 10) The fact that Ellen McLain makes a vocal appearance as the A.I of the Gipsy Danger, which is a nice nod to her role as GLaDOS in the Portal game series.
 * 11) There are lots of likable characters, such as Raleigh Becket, Marshal Stacker Pentecost and Mako Mori. In fact they do have perfect chemistry and characters development.
 * 12) The film offers on focused a lot for world building and creating lore for the Kaijū and Jaegers, making its story simple, but enjoyable.
 * 13) A fantastic soundtrack by Ramin Djawadi that fitting on background music tone, especially "Just Like Your Tenderness" and "Drift". Not to mention the unforgettable main theme.
 * 14) The ending is good where the two main characters closed the breach defeating the Precursors and a major main character of that film died at the end is very touching moments, ending it on high note.
 * 15) Incredible sound design, the fight scenes felt impactful because of the sounds used into making the Jaegers and Kaijūs move and sound like actual giants.
 * 16) Fantastic cinematography and flawless scaling. The monsters and robots here genuinely feel massive, and the color grading is very vibrant.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Some unlikable characters while some are forgettable.
 * 2) False advertising: Despite how the two Jaegers, Cherno Alpha & Crimson Typhoon, were heavily marketed in posters and trailers, they barely focused for less than 5 minutes and are there just to be killed, making the both characters wasted and forgettable.
 * 3) All the fight scenes take place in the dark, sometimes making it hard to see what was going on with the light being on the way at times, although its epic nonetheless.
 * 4) This movie could be considered on of Guillermo Del Toro's lesser movies, next to some of his other works such as The Shape of Water and Pan's Labyrinth, but is great nonetheless.

Reception
Pacific Rim received generally positive reviews; the visual effects, action sequences, and nostalgic style were highly praised. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 72% approval rating based on 294 reviews, with an average rating of 6.60/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "It may sport more style than substance, but Pacific Rim is a solid modern creature feature bolstered by fantastical imagery and an irresistible sense of fun.". Review aggregation website Metacritic gives the film a rating of 65 out of 100 based on reviews from 48 critics, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.

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Trivia

 * A single-player fighting video game based on the film was announced by the Australian Classification Board for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Published and developed by Yuke's, Pacific Rim: The Video Game was released along with the film on July 12, 2013. The game received generally negative reviews. Reliance Games developed a Pacific Rim tie-in game for smartphone platforms, such as iOS and Android devices; this version also received negative reviews. Both versions have since been pulled from their respective digital storefronts.
 * While the movie underperformed in the United States, it was highly successful internationally, which labelled it as a box office success, having a total of more than $411 million worldwide by earning $114 million in China alone, it's largest market. This movie is the director's most commercialy succesful film to date.
 * This movie is regarded as a homage to Kaiju, Meta and Anime media.
 * Named after the female character from the film, Mako Mori (played by Rinko Kikuchi), the Mako Mori test is a set of requirements designed to measure the level of gender equality in a film or TV show.
 * The film recieved a sequel, mh:awfulmovies:Pacific Rim Uprising, which was released in 2018, as well as an animated series, Pacific Rim: the Black, which premired on March 4, 2021 on Netflix. While the animated series was well recieved, mh:awfulmovies:Pacific Rim Uprising was completely unecessary and was not well recieved by critcs, audience and fans of the film due to how unfaithful it is to this film.
 * The mockbuster company, mh:awfulmovies:The Asylum produced a mockbuster of the film, Atlantic Rim, and a mockbuster of it's sequel as well, Atlantic Rim: Ressrecution.