Movie Classification: P13
Genre: Action / Adventure / Science Fiction
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Starring:
- Charlie Hunnam (Raleigh Becket)
- Idris Elba (Stacker Pentecost)
- Rinko Kikuchi (Mako Mori)
- Charlie Day (Dr. Newton Geiszler)
- Burn Gorman (Dr. Hermann Gottlieb)
- Max Martini (Herc Hansen)
- Robert Kazinsky (Chuck Hansen)
- Clifton Collins, Jr. (Tendo Choi)
- Ron Perlman (Hannibal Chau)
- Diego Klattenhoff (Yancy Becket)
Running Time: 2 Hours 11 Minutes
Released Date: 11th July 2013
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Language: English
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Pacific Rim Synopsis
In 2013, human cities come under attack by the Kaijus: colossal extradimensional beasts who rise from an interdimensional portal on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. To combat them, the nations of the Pacific Rim build the Jaegers: equally colossal humanoid war machines, each manned by two pilots whose brains are linked to share the overwhelming mental load of piloting the sophisticated machines. Though the Jaegers are effective, the Kaiju attacks grow more frequent and powerful. By 2025, the Pacific Rim governments have discontinued the Jaeger project and resort to building massive coastal walls to protect humanity from the Kaijus. The four remaining Jaegers are redeployed to Hong Kong to defend the unfortified coast until the wall is completed. Stacker Pentecost (Elba), commander of the Jaeger forces, devises a plan to end the war by using a nuclear weapon to destroy the portal.
Pentecost approaches retired pilot Raleigh Becket (Hunnam) and convinces him to return and pilot Gipsy Danger, the Jaeger he and his brother Yancy once piloted. During a mission off the coast of Alaska, Yancy was killed by a Kaiju while connected to his brother, traumatizing Raleigh. Arriving at Hong Kong, Raleigh is paired with potential co-pilots to find one with a strong connection, as the stronger the connection, the better their performance in battle. Sensing a strong connection, Raleigh demands to be partnered with Mako Mori (Kikuchi), the director of the Jaeger refurbishment project. Pentecost opposes, as Mako is his adopted daughter, but he eventually relents. The duo's initial test run nearly ends in disaster when Mako becomes engrossed in a childhood memory of the Kaiju attack that orphaned her; she inadvertently activates and almost discharges Gipsy Danger's weapons while in the hangar. Shortly thereafter, the other Jaegers are tasked with fending off a double Kaiju attack in Hong Kong. The defense goes badly, with the Kaijus destroying two Jaegers and disabling the third. Pentecost sends Raleigh and Mako to mount a last stand with Gipsy Danger.
Meanwhile, Newton Geiszler (Day)—a scientist studying the Kaijus—assembles a machine allowing him to establish a mental link with a Kaiju brain fragment. The experience nearly kills him, but he discovers the Kaijus are not wild beasts, but engineered weapons fighting at the behest of a race of alien conquerors. With Pentecost's approval, he seeks out Hannibal Chau (Perlman), a major figure in the trafficking of Kaiju parts, in an attempt to procure an intact Kaiju brain to repeat the experiment. Chau deduces that the Kaijus are searching Hong Kong for Geiszler, because his experiment has attracted their attention, as the mental link is two-way and the Kaijus possess a hive mind. After Gipsy Danger kills both Kaijus, Chau and his team move in to harvest parts. Geiszler realizes one of the Kaijus is pregnant. The newborn bursts from its mother and swallows Chau before dying. Geiszler and his partner Hermann Gottlieb (Gorman) merge with the newborn Kaiju's intact brain and learn the portal will only open for a Kaiju, which is why all previous attempts to destroy it have failed.
The two remaining Jaegers are sent to execute Pentecost's plan to destroy the portal with a nuclear weapon. Pentecost co-pilots the Jaeger carrying the warhead, but they are forced to detonate early, sacrificing themselves to destroy the powerful Kaijus guarding the portal. Raleigh and Mako seize the final Kaiju with Gipsy Danger and use it to enter the portal. Running out of oxygen, Raleigh ejects Mako, initiates the nuclear reactor's overload sequence, then ejects himself. Gipsy Danger's nuclear core detonates, laying waste to the alien conquerors and destroying the portal. Mako and Raleigh's escape pods surface safely in the Pacific, and the duo embrace as rescue helicopters arrive.
In a post-credits scene, Chau—revealed to have survived—cuts his way out of the newborn Kaiju's stomach.
Pacific Rim Movie Review
This is the movie where the human created the giant robot to fight with the alien. The Jaegers pilot and commanders hope to fight with Kalju and save the world. They sacrifice their life because they might be died on anytime during the fight.
I feel sorry for Raleigh's brother, Yancy was killed during the operation. But thanks God because Raleigh are alive and work as a builder. He is trying to live alone without his brother. This might be a hard thing for him to forget about the matter because they are interconnected in the Jaegers during the fight with Kalju.
I don't really like Chuck being the arrogant pilot. He try to show he is the best among the other Jaegers pilot. For him, Raleigh is an obstacle. But his has changed after his Jaegers was failed to function during the fight with Kalju, because without Gipsy Danger, Kalju will be continue attack the city.
At last I feel touched because the commander and Chuck sacrifice themselves for opening the way for Gipsy Danger to enter the alien's nest and destroy it. Their sacrifice would bring the better future for the human. At last, the story was ended with the happy ending.
As a conclusion, no matter what was happened, we should sacrifice ourselves to save more people. Without the Jaegers and the pilots, the world will be destroyed by the alien (Kalju).
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