It's been five years since the world got its first big taste of a Hollywood "Giant Robot vs Giant Monster" showdown with Guillermo del Toro's "Pacific Rim" - and that science fiction adventure flick dared to present concepts seen in Japanese mecha anime and monster films meshed into one single universe - where humanity stood in the brink of defeat against the invading Kaiju coming from deep under the Breach. To combat against these monsters, mankind created monsters of their own in the Jaegers - giant robots that could only be manned properly by two pilots who shared their thoughts and memories together via a "neural handshake". As seen in the events of the 2013 original - humanity won and defeated the Kaiju invaders, although without great sacrifice involved in the process.
Fast forward to 2018, and the adventure continues with "Pacific Rim: Uprising" - which now falls under the direction of Stephen S. DeKnight and starring "Star Wars" movies star John Boyega as Jake Pentecost - the son of Idris Elba's Stacker Pentecost from the first film. Much like the first film - this has giant monsters attacking mankind once again with humanity once again ready to fight them, yet there is a twist involved that adds new conflict and struggle that the Pan-Pacific Defense Corps must deal with in order to survive. Thanks to Columbia Pictures Philippines and United International Pictures Philippines, I got to see this sequel and thoroughly enjoyed it. How good was it? Check out my thoughts after the jump below.
