Pacific Rim Uprising

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Pacific Rim Uprising

PG-13

2018

1h 51m

Sci-Fi

Action

Adventure

Fantasy

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Jake Pentecost is a once-promising Jaeger pilot whose legendary father gave his life to secure humanity's victory against the monstrous Kaiju. Jake has since abandoned his training only to become caught up in a criminal underworld. But when an even more unstoppable threat is unleashed to tear through cities and bring the world to its knees, Jake is given one last chance by his estranged sister, Mako Mori, to live up to his father's legacy.

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Critics Consensus

Pacific Rim Uprising won't win any points for subtlety or originality, but it delivers enough of the rock 'em-sock 'em robots-vs.-kaiju thrills that fans of the original will be looking for.

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

03/20/2020

This unnecessary sequel, lacking the original's assets, plays like a vapid Transformers knockoff.

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Anupama Chopra

Film Companion

09/05/2018

1.5/5

I'm not sure even fans will find this industrial-strength head-banger entertaining. The best thing is that Pacific Rim: Uprising is under two hours though I have to warn you - it feels much longer.

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Robert Daniels

812filmreviews

08/27/2018

1/4

Pacific Rim: Uprising is the skim atop your cooling soup: an unnecessary goop spoiling your appetizing meal.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

08/24/2022

2/5

...it’s tough to embrace it as anything more than forgettable blockbuster fluff.

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Daniel Howat

Next Best Picture

05/19/2022

3/10

Don’t get me wrong, if you’re here mainly to watch robots faceoff against monsters, you’ll likely leave fairly satisfied. Pacific Rim Uprising disappointingly settles for simply being passable.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

03/14/2022

1/4

The whole thing has a forgettable quality that almost deletes itself from your memory in the minutes and hours after seeing it.

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Jia Jian T

@RT67647026 Jul 1

Im no prove this is was a pacific rim 2,but this movie is ok change another movie name will be better

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Hyper Y

@RT73757271 May 4

Even for a fan-film this movie still sucks.

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Solomon B

@sbani3 Apr 19

Pacific Rim Uprising is everything the original wasn’t: loud, dumb, and completely forgettable. Gone is Guillermo del Toro’s heartfelt charm and visual poetry. In its place we get generic CGI robot fights that look like video game cutscenes, shaky camerawork, and zero sense of scale or wonder. The story is paper-thin and predictable, recycling the same "build bigger robots, punch bigger monsters" formula without any of the soul. New lead John Boyega tries his best, but the cast feels wasted on clichéd dialogue and forced teen-drama subplots. The Jaeger battles lack weight, tension, or creativity—most of the time you can barely tell what’s happening amid the frantic editing and lens flares. What made the first film fun was its earnestness and practical-effects grit. Uprising replaces all of that with cynical franchise-building and lazy writing. Skip this one. It’s not even entertainingly bad—just boring. Total waste of time and giant robots.

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Pedro Henrique C

@Pedro2005 Apr 7

Pacific Rim Uprising (2018) Weak, messy, awful, this movie is really sad to watch. The direction of the first film is wonderful and has great moments, but this second one is so bad it's pitiful.

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Alexander T

@RT02370703 Feb 28

If it were a fan film, I'd maybe give it a 3. Good effort! As is, if they ever make another pacific rim, I hope this film isn't acknowledged, a bit like temple of doom for indiana jones. Unfortunately, because of this movie that'll probably never happen.

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Nathan S

@NathanS. Jan 24

Better off forgetting a sequel even exists and sticking with the first film. The good one.

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Synopsis

Jake Pentecost is a once-promising Jaeger pilot whose legendary father gave his life to secure humanity's victory against the monstrous Kaiju. Jake has since abandoned his training only to become caught up in a criminal underworld. But when an even more unstoppable threat is unleashed to tear through cities and bring the world to its knees, Jake is given one last chance by his estranged sister, Mako Mori, to live up to his father's legacy.

Director: Steven S. DeKnight
Producer: Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Guillermo del Toro, John Boyega, Femi Oguns, Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni
Screenwriter: Emily Carmichael, Kira Snyder, T.S. Nowlin
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Legendary Pictures, DDY
Rating: PG-13 (Sequences of Sci-Fi Violence|Action|Some Language)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 23, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 5, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $59.2M
Runtime: 1h 51m
Sound Mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)