Review of Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) by Rodney W — 23 Mar 2018

Transformers with some thought actually put into it.

This review of Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) was written by Rodney W on 23 Mar 2018.

Pacific Rim: Uprising has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Steve W (2,154) on 21 Dec 2018

It will not make you feel like a 10-year-old, but it will make you feel 10 years older by the time you leave the theater…

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By Jarvis (5) on 07 Jan 2019

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Not a bad blockbuster, but nothing out of the ordinary. Not sure it will live long in the memory…

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By C.j. H (219) on 03 Dec 2018

60 as a movie but 100 as a video game display averages out to 80. The plot unfolded so rapidly that I had a hard time keeping up…

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Even by the standards of escapist cinema, it's tedious, flat, and relentlessly dumb. Maybe next time, we should just let the kaiju win…

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