Review of Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) by Danilo C — 25 Apr 2018

Very poor story and character development. A lot of wasted potential. Guglielmo del Toro absence is strongly felt.

This review of Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) was written by Danilo C on 25 Apr 2018.

Pacific Rim: Uprising has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Sd A (1) on 13 Dec 2018

Pacific Rim was never more than an a summer blockbuster, the original I mean, but ï¿ 1/2 1/2Uprisingï¿ 1/2 1/2ï¿ 1/2Â…

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By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 11 Oct 2018

It certainly satisfies on a base level, even though Uprising often feels like a straight-to-VOD fugitive…

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By Mark_O (468) on 02 Nov 2018

As expected, very disappointing compared to the original film ... especially to those who love that one very much…

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By Toby H (254) on 14 Oct 2018

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

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By Li Lai (99) for Mediaversity Reviews (99) on 16 Oct 2018

Pacific Rim: Uprising challenges the notion of a leading black man who must appear culturally blank in order to seem 'safe' for non-black audiences…

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By Brett B (1,185) on 26 Dec 2018

Finally saw this, and loved every bloody, giant monster, oogey, gooey, martial arts, testosterone moment…

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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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By Derek R (307) on 22 Dec 2018

A very entertaining movie. Fun, without being dumb…

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By Johnny Gayzmonic (188) for Fanboys of the Universe (188) on 30 Oct 2018

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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By Emily Asher-Perrin (84) for Tor.com (87) on 08 Jan 2019

John Boyega continues to eke out a 'sardonic and prickly but secretly a perfect squishy marshmallow' leading man spot for himself that the…

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