Review of Pacific Rim (2013) by Clem666 — 22 Feb 2021

This is the kind of movie that take the basics to work them harder and better. Of course the theme of giant monsters vs giant robots is far from being new but they surprisingly managed to make this thrilling. Scenario starts with an impressive amount of stereotypes but gain in complexity and originality as we get through it. Until the end there are some impressive turns of events. Everything (pretty much the equivalent of the apocalypse) begins in 2020. I guess we can be thankful that we fortunately didn't have to face monster aliens last year. It's always good to put things into perspective.

Characters are awesome: they all have their story, their little plot justifying their presence in the army of robots. The marshall (Idris Elba) appear to be particularly attaching as his role gets further from the classic military head of the missions. His acting is perfect by the way. Every character is linked in a way or another to multiple protagonists, making the cast and the acting really rich and varied.

Special effects are quite decent even with today's look. There are obviously a lot of giants fights but I felt like it was not the major part of the movie which appeared not to be a dull and effortless action movie. Jokes are ambitious and funny. Let's just have a little thought for underwater fauna and flora who are completely destroyed as the movie goes on. The original score and the main theme are both great but the last quickly becomes repetitve.