Because the two were "in the drift" when Yancy was killed, Raleigh experienced Yancy's death. He's still traumatized by the death of Yancy. Raleigh (Charlie Hunnam) has gone off the grid. The Jaeger program is being ended to focus strengths on building a massive wall surrounding the Pacific Rim. The Kaiju have continued to adapt and the Jaeger program hasn't been able to keep up. After 17 minutes, we finally get to the film's opening title sequence.Īfter the titles, we jump another five years into the future. In the process, Yancy is killed and Raleigh miraculously survives. The Jaegers could quickly take down the Kaiju before, but Yancy and Raleigh get their asses kicked.
This scene shows us a complete contrast from the Jaeger fights that we're shown in the recap. Of course, we also see them fight a Kaiju. We see how they get into their Jaeger, how the mental connection (known as "the drift") functions and how they co-pilot their robot. These machines were so powerful that they had to be piloted by two mentally-linked humans.Īfter the opening recap, we're introduced to two of these pilots – brothers Yancy and Raleigh Becket. These monsters became known as Kaiju, the Japanese word for "monster." Knowing that the Kaiju would keep coming, nations of the world banded together to create monsters of their own – robotic machines of the same size known as Jaeger. Six months later, the same thing happened again. It took six days for military forces to bring it down, but it had already destroyed much of San Francisco and two neighboring cities. A monster measuring more than 200 feet passed through. In 2013, an inter-dimensional rift opened in the floor of the Pacific Ocean. The film starts off with a voiced-over recap of what happened across the globe between 20. Watching it the first time, I couldn't help but think that this is the movie that ' Transformers' should have been. With fantastic special effects, tons of action, and a wildly loud sound effects, it's everything that a blockbuster should be. 'Pacific Rim' is an all-out fun summer blockbuster. With a worldwide gross of $407.5 million, the director and studios could feel successful and we could get a sequel. Lucky for del Toro, Warner Brothers, Legendary Pictures, and us – the fans of the film – the international draw was huge. The film's negative perception was widespread and the movie became critic-proof in a negative way. By the time opening day came around, 'Pacific Rim' sat with a healthy Rotten Tomatoes rating in the low 70s – but that didn't matter. Considering the immense amount of fun that I had with it, I was happy to do so.
It wasn't until I attended a local press screening that my opinion of the film changed. As proven by the box office numbers, the majority of the moviegoers in North America felt the same way.
I'll admit it – based solely on the trailers, I had absolutely no desire to see 'Pacific Rim.' But I wasn't alone.
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With a production budget of $190 million, Guillermo del Toro's grand scale monster movie barely managed to crack the $100 million mark stateside. t hat's wonderful compared to the relative coldness and grimness on tragedy that some of the other big movies have been concentrating on.Domestically, 'Pacific Rim' was amongst summer 2013's major flops. "They sacrifice their lives to protect large numbers of people and they're not flippant or callous about it. "These guys genuinely care about human beings and will do anything to protect them," he adds. "That's too bad because of all the films that have come out this spring and summer, there is a warmth to the characters in 'Pacific Rim' and a heroism you don't even see in 'Man of Steel' and "Iron Man 3.'" "Even when characters are put front and center - there were tiny aspects of the campaign that featured Idris Elba - they came across as or very broad or smashing each other in the face with sticks," says Gomez. and Legendary missed the opportunity of familiarizing people with a large story world and the characters inside it to generate more buzz around the figures and plot. " Market this film as if it was an established property, as if it has been going on, and as if it has been popular and has already connected with the audience." should have marketed 'Pacific Rim' as if the narrative in the movie had been going on for years and years," says Gomez.