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Pacific Rim: Uprising
2018 111 min United States of America PG-13 12+
★5.4
Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure
Director: Steven S. DeKnight
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Description
It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls upon the best and brightest to rise up and become the next generation of heroes when the Kaiju threat returns.
Budget:
$150M
US Gross:
$59.87M
Worldwide:
$290.06M
Starring
John Boyega
Actor
Scott Eastwood
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Cailee Spaeny
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Awards
6 nominations total
Key opinion
Pacific Rim: Uprising is widely viewed as a shallow, derivative spectacle that abandons the grounded vision and atmospheric depth of the original film. While some viewers enjoy the high-budget action and John Boyega’s lead performance, most critics and fans find the script clichéd and the shift in tone toward a "Transformers-style" aesthetic disappointing.
| Cinematography | The film delivers impressive, high-quality visual effects and massive-scale action sequences. | |
| Acting | John Boyega provides a charismatic and engaging lead performance that elevates the material. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay is heavily criticized for its banal dialogue, predictable twists, and lack of the franchise's original thematic depth. | |
| Direction | The film is a significant stylistic departure from Guillermo del Toro’s original, trading his signature noir-realist tone for a lighter, more superficial blockbuster aesthetic. | |
| Production | The portrayal of the giant robots, or Jaegers, is polarizing: some appreciate the agile, high-tech choreography, while others lament the loss of the "heavy, mechanical" weight and grounded physics that defined the first film. |