Pacific Rim states early
that we always expected extra-terrestrial life to come from above, in reality
it came from beneath our feet. Following the opening of a giant crevasse, deep
under the Pacific Ocean, a series of monsters
christened Kaiju began attacking costal cities, flattening them and killing
tens of thousands. To halt the unexpected onslaught the world put aside its
differences and initiated the Jaeger programme which constructed giant robots
used as weapons to defend humanity from the alien invasion. The Jaegars are
piloted by two individuals who have their minds interlocked, each controlling
one hemisphere of the Jaegar’s brain. Slowly, we turned the tide of the battle.
When I first heard about Pacific Rim and
more importantly who was directing it, I was filled with excitement. Vague but
tantalising descriptions of giant monsters battling human built robots across
the planet sounded like an epic idea for a blockbuster but it also sounded
dangerously familiar. When I think of giant robots I think of Michael Bay
and those two words aren’t the sort to get me excited about a film. Thankfully
the director’s evident love of the monsters and genre and attention to detail
in the huge fight scenes raise this movie above the normal smashy, smashy, what’s going on type of summer Blockbuster.
