Review of Pacific Rim (2013) by Andy R — 17 Feb 2016

Awesome action fighting. To Fight Monsters, We Created Monsters.

This review of Pacific Rim (2013) was written by Andy R on 17 Feb 2016.

Pacific Rim has generally received positive reviews.

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