But it worked, somehow, thanks to its neon style and goofy verve courtesy of the Oscar-winning director, and a monsterific subplot involving scientists played by Charlie Day and Burn Gorman. It’s an inherently silly premise that dares us to take it seriously. In Guillermo Del Toro’s original Pacific Rim, written by Carnival Row scribe Travis Beacham, giant monsters called kaiju rise from the depths of the oceans and proceed to destroy major cities around the world.īut what begins as the usual Godzilla formula takes a turn with humanity’s last hope: rather than guns or bombs or a nuclear arsenal, it’s giant robots (called jaegers) piloted by humans that pummel the monsters to death in WWF-style brawls.
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