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It may sport more style than substance, but Pacific Rim is a solid modern creature feature bolstered by fantastical imagery and an irresistible sense of fun. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

Long ago, legions of monstrous creatures called Kaiju arose from the sea, bringing with them all-consuming war. To fight the Kaiju, mankind developed giant robots called Jaegers, designed to be piloted by two humans locked together in a neural bridge. However, even the Jaegers are not enough to defeat the Kaiju, and humanity is on the verge of defeat. Mankind's last hope now lies with a washed-up ex-pilot (Charlie Hunnam), an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi) and an old, obsolete Jaeger.
  • Rating:
    PG-13 (Intense Sci-Fi Action/Violence|Brief Language)
  • Genre:
    adventure, sci fi, action
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Guillermo del Toro
  • Producer:
    Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, Guillermo del Toro, Mary Parent
  • Writer:
    Travis Beacham, Guillermo del Toro
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     wide
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  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $101.8M
  • Runtime:
  • Production Co:
    Legendary Pictures, DDY
  • Sound Mix:
    Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, SDDS, Datasat
  • Aspect Ratio:
    Flat (1.85:1)

Cast & Crew

Charlie Hunnam
Raleigh Becket
Diego Klattenhoff
Yancy Becket
Idris Elba
Stacker Pentecost
Rinko Kikuchi
Mako Mori
Charlie Day
Dr. Newton Geiszler
Burn Gorman
Gottlieb
Max Martini
Herc Hansen
Rob Kazinsky
Chuck Hansen
Clifton Collins Jr.
Tendo Choi
Ron Perlman
Hannibal Chau
Guillermo del Toro
Director
Travis Beacham
Screenwriter
Guillermo del Toro
Screenwriter
Thomas Tull
Producer
Jon Jashni
Producer
Guillermo del Toro
Producer
Mary Parent
Producer
Callum Greene
Executive Producer
Guillermo Navarro
Cinematographer
Peter Amundson
Film Editor
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Critic Reviews for Pacific Rim

All Critics (294) | Top Critics (67) | Fresh (212) | Rotten (82)

  • Del Toro is a dreamer. He's a visionary. If you give him a pile of money to make enormous robots fight enormous monsters at the end of civilization, he will work to make Pacific Rim a movie that makes you feel all the enormousness.

    January 3, 2014 | Full Review…

    Wesley Morris

    Grantland

  • Pacific Rim is a special-effects behemoth, a toy franchise with a deafeningly loud movie attached -- Transformers with an A-level.

    December 30, 2013 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…

    Anthony Quinn

    Independent (UK)

  • In essence, Pacific Rim features a series of Godzilla monsters battle an ever dwindling number of Transformers, layered over the plot from Independence Day, only dumber.

    December 30, 2013 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

    Giles Hardie

    Sydney Morning Herald

  • Feels like it's always struggling to break through the screen-if only to grab you by the scruff of the neck and drag you in.

    November 4, 2013 | Full Review…

    Max Nelson

    Film Comment Magazine

  • It is possible to applaud Pacific Rim for the efficacy of its business model while deploring the tale that has been engendered -- long, loud, dark, and very wet. You might as well watch the birth of an elephant.

    July 18, 2013 | Full Review…

    Anthony Lane

    New Yorker

  • As adventures in mechanised mayhem go, the picture does, of course, crush the Transformers franchise into iron filings.

    July 14, 2013 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

    Donald Clarke

    Irish Times
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Audience Reviews for Pacific Rim

  • Mar 28, 2016
    Wonderfully stupid and unabashedly entertaining, Pacific Rim should be recognized as a standard for blockbuster filmmaking at it's finest thanks to likable characters, a focused script, stunning visual effects, and world building that stands high with some of the best science fiction films ever.
    Matthew M Super Reviewer
  • Aug 03, 2015
    Godzilla meets Transformers in this robots-hitting-monsters actioner. The set pieces are often exciting and some of the "tech" in this world is interesting, but Charlie Hunnam is woefully miscast as the lead (and he has a terrible wandering accent) and the personal dramas are badly written. It's about half successful overall.
    Daniel P Super Reviewer
  • Apr 25, 2014
    Don't know why, but neither the story nor the execution appealed to me. Maybe because I'd formed an opinion about it before going for it. Hardly worked as a time-pass. To be fair enough, 1/5.
    familiar s Super Reviewer
  • Feb 23, 2014
    I thought this was going to be the dumbest movie ever, or at least a really bad Transformers ripoff, but this was surprisingly good. What's really funny is that this film's cast is composed almost entirely of TV show actors. We're talking people from Sons of Anarchy, Homeland, Always Sunny, Torchwood, and the Unit. But it all works out surprisingly well. Charlie Hunnam is a fantastic choice for the protagonist. Anyway, the action is phenomenal, and the storytelling is pretty solid. I wouldn't mind seeing another one of these in the future.
    Stephen S Super Reviewer
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