Unfortunately, all the seamless CGI and well-staged action sequences can only achieve this much if the movie fails to establish the plot and characters altogether. The final 20 minutes, where the Jaegers join forces to defeat the kaiju in the middle of the city, is particularly the highlight here. In fact, watching the smackdown in a giant IMAX 2D screen is no doubt an epic, cinematic experience. kaiju and sometimes against a rogue robot in broad daylight allow us to witness the action clearly. The special effects are top-notch, while the decision of shooting the robots vs. So, how does the sequel fares this time around? Well, for a first-time movie director undertaking a big-budget Hollywood project, DeKnight is certainly competent enough in handling the large-scale action sequences. But a new generation of Jaeger pilots led by Jake Pentecost (John Boyega), Nate Lambert (Scott Eastwood) and Amara (Cailee Spaeny) soon face new threats involving a rogue Jaeger as well as the return of kaiju. In this sequel, the movie takes place ten years after the events of the first movie, the world is now free from kaiju threats.
Although he is barely known in Hollywood movies, DeKnight is an accomplished television producer responsible for well-known series like Angel, Smallville and Daredevil. DeKnight, making his feature-length directorial debut in Pacific Rim Uprising. That “someone else” in question is Steven S. Except for this time, Guillermo del Toro gave up the director’s chair for someone else but retained his other credits as one of the producers. Now, five years and a lengthy production issues later, the sequel to Pacific Rim has finally arrived.
But one thing for sure, he sure knows how to stage spectacular giant robots vs. With the exceptions of Idris Elba and Rinko Kikuchi, the movie was largely suffered from cardboard characters and a long-winded yet melodramatic screenplay.
The first Pacific Rim back in 2013 wasn’t exactly one of the best works from Guillermo del Toro.