Does the black guy live? Movie reviews...Pacific Rim
Pacific Rim Quick review
If you needed your Godzilla, Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot, or even Power Ranger itch scratched, then Pacific Rim does the trick.
Monsters and giant robots are the subject for this movie.
I saw this movie utilizing the D-Box vibration chair. It didn't add anything to the movie. it was like watching the movie while sitting in a broken massage chair that would cut on and off.
Does the black guy live?
SPOILER ALERT!
Nope. He lasts for a while, but he has a good death.
The premise of the movie is a dimensional rift opens in the Pacific Ocean and gigantic monsters (we name them Kaiju) emerge from it to terrorize humanity. Giant robots called Jaegars (Japanese for hunter) are constructed to fight the threat. Who doesn't love giant robots? The robots prove to be too much for one person to pilot. So dual pilots are used.
The story has lots of giant robot action as well as political machinations. Governments shut down the Jaegars program in favor of building a wall. The wall proves to be ineffective. So a military commander takes a few of the remaining robots in a last ditch effort to end the threat.
The special effects were spot on and impressive. I may see the movie again in I-max. The fights were for the most part dynamic although at times a little hard to follow as the battle scenes were usually very dark.
Ron Perlman played a small but extremely awesome roll as a criminal that dealt in black market Kaiju body parts (oh yeah there's a huge market). His gold tipped shoes were what sealed the deal.
The story wasn't bad although it did have several cliches. Our main character was a hot shot who burned out after the death of his brother in combat. And of course he's sought out as he's "wasting" his potential. There is also the cocky pilot who needs to be taken down a peg and he ends up respecting the main character and the tragic hero who is dying as a result of his being an early Jaegur pilot. The plot also mimics Independence Day as aliens are trying to take over Earth and there's a ton of destruction. Still with all that, it was a good movie.
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