![]() ![]() Once the dust settles and the monster fighting gets going, the mojo comes back too. Because the world was saved in the first movie, Uprising begins as a political comedy. What made the first movie so interesting were the creature battles and jaw-dropping visual effects. Pacific Rim: Uprising Movie Review Rating: 3/5 Stars (Three stars)Star Cast: John Boyega, Rinko Kikuchi, Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny, Charlie Day.Director: Steven S. The second half is much better than the first hour or so. All that really matters is there’s a large team of robots fighting a large team of sea monsters. Movie Review: Museum Hours (2012) Movie Review: Much Ado About Nothing (2012) Tagged: aliens, monsters, ocean, robots. More established actors could have helped Pacific Rim reach its true potential. The several short, cute subplots are trivial to the big picture. Too bad he couldn’t have cancelled the checks to his mostly undeserving costars. If the concept sounds confusing, this may not be the movie for you. Now, the jaegers (giant, human-controlled robots) protect the planet against other threats, including, of course, more kaiju, back for round two. There’s nothing revelatory being done in this peculiar sequel, but it’s innocently entertaining from start to finish.įollowing 2013’s surprise hit Pacific Rim, the kaiju (evil underwater monsters from another dimension) have been stopped from attacking Earth. If Pacific Rim: Uprising teaches us anything, it reminds us these kinds of movies can be fun. When done with intelligence and the right attitude, they don’t really get old. Still, there’s something about watching large, expensive CGI fights in blockbusters. In the long list of expensive, city-crushing action movies, it’s hard to make something different. Review for Universal's new action disaster fantasy PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING, now playing in theatres. ![]()
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