Review of Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) by Joel Z — 29 Mar 2018

Waaaay to much talk and not enough action.

This review of Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) was written by Joel Z on 29 Mar 2018.

Pacific Rim: Uprising has generally received mixed reviews.

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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 Micheal Compton (319) for Bowling Green Daily News (319) on 24 Oct 2018

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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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By Tim Stevens (75) for Comicsverse (74) on 27 Nov 2018

Brighter, funnier, and more action-oriented than its predecessor, PACIFIC RIM UPRISING is a marked improvement over the first installment…

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I hate that this was made on a cheaper budget than the first movie which was an actual success…

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

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It seems more a bad copy of the first than a sequel, taking everything great and overexploiting it so much that it is no longer great. 4…

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By Sean Mulvihill (414) for FanboyNation.com (414) on 29 Oct 2018

It's a goofy, big B-movie that doesn't always work but when it does it presents plenty of booming action that places an emphasis on fun and…

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