Guy who is a little unsure of himself? Oh you better believe that’s a check. Nice guy who tells the newbie not to worry about said cadet? Check. Cadet with a chip on her shoulder? Check. The main culprit is Pacific Rim Uprising‘s rendition of the Scooby Doo gang that work with the main duo to save the day. In spreading itself so thin it accomplishes none of its goals outside of giving us a handful of fun robot scenes and flashes of chemistry.
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Pacific Rim Uprising can’t really decide what kind of movie it wants to be, and is in constant flux between trying to make us laugh or cry. I’m not fundamentally against the idea of a father-daughter narrative device (a recent mutant-focused project mostly pulled this off), but it simply sets a new tone throughout the film that’s at odds with its scenes of peril and loss. Just as I was getting into the world building efforts from Pacific Rim Uprising the rug was pulled out from under me. Scott Eastwood, John Boyega, and Cailee Spaeny in Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) – image for this review provided by Universal Pictures. One slow-mo comedic scene later and we find them in trouble with the law and thrust into military service-you can probably see where this is going. Before long, after a shaky cam chase foot chase that could have been copied directly from a smuggler betrayal scene in any sci-fi film, we’re introduced to the young Amara Namani, a hopeful Jaeger pilot. We’re introduced to John Boyega‘s Jake Pentecost, a morally questionable scavenger who is just trying to get by, an anti-hero archetype to which Pacific Rim Uprising contributes nothing new. We’re given a brief window into what could have been intriguing new ground for the franchise, but very quickly we’re reeled back into predictability. I dig this small slice of life we’re given in the opening moments. The atmosphere is both easy-going and uneasy, and its people trade in coveted goods like Sriracha sauce. The world is in a state of martial law and coastal zones are still in ruins, but people somehow find the time to party. It’s at this very moment that I started to sniff out its squandered potential.Īt first, I was into this new cheeky dystopian landscape. Ten years have passed since the events of the first film and things aren’t quite the same. We’re also given a refresher on humanity’s efforts to battle them with Jaegers, specialized mechs that for the most part require multiple pilots by way of a neural link. The overview reminds us of the Precursors, an alien menace that sent Kaiju, organic weapons of destruction, to Earth. We’re immediately drawn into an “explainer” of sorts, just in case you didn’t get the gist that this movie was about giant robots fighting gargantuan monsters. Rinko Kikuchi in Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) – image for this review provided by Universal Pictures.
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