Remember when we used to watch 'Ultraman' on the silver screen back then? Well, that was about 20 years back and I was a little kid filling up my weekends catching up with all the 'cartoons' on the weekend television slots.
Although 'Ultraman' was more for boys, I somehow love watching it since superheroes make my day after saving helpless town folks from monsters. I've been waiting for a big screen remake of 'Ultraman' but something greater has made it way instead in it's place.
Back to 2013, Pacific Rim is the latest 'superhero' movie to hit the golden screens although the concept is slightly different.
In this movie directed by Guillermo del Toro, humans in the future have found a way to fight monsters by building huge robots called 'Jaegers' (pronounced 'yee-ay-gers') which were steered by 2 people, most preferably with combat skills.
Monsters have been appearing from the Pacific rim in the ocean (hence the title of the movie), and these huge sea monsters are named 'Kaiju' (pronounced 'kai-joo') with different categories to denote the size of the monsters.
To beat these Kaijus, Jaegers have been deployed to fight them. But these Jaegers have to be piloted by 2 people who share a strong bond since they have to think as one. The Jaeger mirrors their shared actions and together this strategy worked for a while, till the Kaijus started getting bigger and bigger, and they started losing Jaegers faster than they could build them.
Therefore, many countries wanted to stop the Jaeger programme and focus instead on building a great wall around the Pacific ocean, shielding countries from the Kaijus.
But after a successful attempt by a huge Kaiju which broke the wall in mere seconds, people began calling upon the Jaegers to save their cities again. This time round, the Jaegers will attempt to detonate a bomb in the Pacific Rim to stop the Kaijus from coming up once and for all.
Totally the underrated movie of 2013 so far for me. I didn't expect so much from the movie since it wasn't greatly talked about or promoted (as compared to 'Despicable Me') and the only reason I went to watch it was because my 2 brothers wanted to watch it. So, thank you bros!
The author loved the relatively 'fresh' faces of the main cast comprising of Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, and Rinko Kikuchi. Her personal 2 favourites are the squabbling scientists, Dr Newton and Dr Gottlieb who are a great hilarious duo. And 'Gipsy Danger' rocks!
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