a5c7b9f00b Jake Pentecost, son of Stacker Pentecost, reunites with Mako Mori to lead a new generation of Jaeger pilots, including rival Lambert and 15-year-old hacker Amara, against a new Kaiju threat. What Pacific Rim 2 does well is that it has Jaegers in it, you can end the review there if you only like positivesunfortunately that&#39;s almost all I have. From the start PC2 is off on the wrong foot, where PC1 had a powerful intro that set the stage for an action blockbuster, PC2 limps into a first act that I would have trouble remembering if I had written it myself. Gone are the heroics of Gypsy Danger nobly fighting on with just one pilot, here our hero is presenteda plucky 20 something with daddy issues and his sidekick is a whiny teen mechanic.<br/><br/>Everything I loved about the first film is absent from its sequel, Guillermo Del Toros direction is clearly missed with almost no personality given to any of the Kaiju (a paltry 3 of them with no distinguishing characteristics) and Ramin Djawadis original theme remains yet is only played once, over an hour into the film, with no additional score at all!<br/><br/>John Boyega shows just enough personality to stay awake while the rest of the cast simply turn upwell, Idris Elba knew he wasn&#39;t starring in Shakespeare in the original but at least he had the decency to ham it up a bit. The exception to this is Burn Gorman and Charlie Days portrayal of bickering scientists and friends, however even this is destroyed with the reveal that Charlie Days character is actually the villain being controlled by Kaiju?!?! It&#39;s weak. <br/><br/>The third act does too little too late to redeem the film, with three personality-less Kaiju morphing into one really big personality-less Kaiju which the heroes have to effectively suicide bomb to overcome. <br/><br/>Overall this is a clear cash grab that even has the balls to tease a third film, despite being nearly devoid of any merit at all. <br/><br/>2/10 Better than the 1st movie<br/><br/>Boyega was amazing<br/><br/>The actions were superb<br/><br/>Oh, and The kids were great There’s a directness and swift pace to the first hour or so that works on an elemental level, and the final act is a delirious sugar rush of city-smashing spectacle (in Tokyo, of course, which has been evacuated to avoid any pesky collateral damage), delivering precisely the goods the movie promises.
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