Review of Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) by Htgamer — 28 Mar 2018

Pacific Rim: Uprising is a big letdown for fans of the first movie.

Whereas the original movie inspired awe in its spectacle, and even some of its characters engaged the audience, this light-hearted sequel is boring and its cast fails to engage the viewer. The absence of Charlie Hunnam, the protagonist from the first film, is a big negative.

Sure there are some pretty CGI effects but nothing you haven't seen in Michael Bay's Transformers movies already. The only cool thing in Pacific Rim: Uprising is a plot twist regarding a traitor, but they spoilt it by making it obvious so early that it didn't pay off at all.

The movie just brims with bad ideas and even worse execution. For starters the main mecha is named Gipsy Avenger (as in, Marvel's Avengers?). Next, 3 biological beings combine into a bigger one with the help of thousands of little machines that glued them together, as if the Constructicons appeared out of nowhere and combined into Devastator. The writers also made poor attempts at character development for all 10 Jaeger pilots when the focus should be on just 2 or 3 of them. And how about the sub-plot with the Kaiju's blood being excellent rocket fuel? There is an even dumber idea regarding the masterplan of the alien invaders, but I won't spoil it here. Lastly but not least, in the mid-credits they also tease a 3rd movie which should bring the fight to the aliens' homeworld. LOL.

I am very disappointed with Pacific Rim: Uprising, and this is one of the very few movies I regret watching in cinema. I'd rather watch a sequel to the newest Power Rangers movie.