"There are things you can't fight - acts of God. You see a hurricane
coming, you get out of the way. But when you're in a Jaeger, you can
finally fight the hurricane. You can win."-Raleigh Beckett.
I am beyond biased for this movie. I wouldn't so much call this as review, as I would call it me gushing over how much I loved this movie, and how cool I think it looks. Read on if you like pretty pictures and ramblings!
The movie begins with Monsters known as Kaiju coming out of sea, and basically attacking humanity. after taking the first one out, more kept coming. There's a rift in the Pacific Ocean that these beasts keep coming from, which is indestructible.They needed something that could fight these beasts on equal terms- thus the creation of giant robots known a Jaegers. They needed pilots- two working in tandem, one person could not handle the mental strain. They needed to be drift compatible- able to open their minds to one another and connect. Naturally this invaded everything in the world, from merchandise, to Jager pilots being treated like celebrities.
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| ALL OF MY WANT! |
Enter our lead Raleigh Beckett- pilot of Gipsy Danger with his brother Yancy. They aren't the best at sports or school, but they could fight, and were drift compatible.
They hear the warning alarm, and its' time to get out there in Gipsy Danger and throw down with a Monster! Fuck me this movie is amazing already! The beast is called Knifehead:
Just when they think he's down and out, he pops up, claiming the life of Yancy:
Raleigh manages to take down the beast, and pilot a wrecked Gipsy back to shore, before collapsing.
The movie skips ahead now five years- Raleigh working construction on a wall to supposedly keep out the Kaiju, and the Yeager project is nearing its end. The pilots aren't as good as the earlier ones, and the Kaiju keep getting stonger.
Stacker Pentecost, the head of the Kaiju resistance comes recruiting Raleigh, basically telling him the world's ending, come help us and pilot your robot. Yeah, this movie isn't strong on plot, but visuals and fun ? 999999/10
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| Striker Eureka- the Australian 5th Gen Jaeger |
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| Token Asian and Raleigh co pilot |
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| wacky scientists. |
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| The Shatterdome |
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| Crimson Typhoon- don't get too attached. |
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| Cherno Alpha- once again don't get attached. |
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| Ivan Drago and his wife. |
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| The Aussies |
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| Kaiju Biology class. |
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| We put the bomb in the hole! |
Anyway the few remaining Jeagers are planning to drop a nuclear bomb into the rift the Kaiju are coming from. The token Asian is selected as Raleigh's new co-pilot, and its revealed that she was saved, and then raised by Stacker when she was a young girl. Yep- Stacker was a Jeager pilot.
During the activation tests for Gipsy, The wacky doctor number on attempts to drift with a Kaiju- and succeeds! He realizes that Kaiju are created by some sort of masters to take over earth. However, the brain he has is incomplete, and is sent to someone who might have a few lying around!
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| It is a Del Toro movie, of course he'd make an appearance. |
Enter Hannibal Chow- a man who finances the Jaeger program by selling the Kaiju parts on the black market. It's been too long without a battle, so our reward is two Kaiju to battle! Fuck yes! Every suit except Gipsy out! Gispy had compatiblity issues during the start up, so it's on ice.
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| Hong Kong |
The Jeagers are scrambled, and Cherno Alpha and Crimson Typhoon are smacked down like bitches. It's up to Striker to do it, however an electo pulse generated by one of the Kaiju knocks out Striker's systems, the Shatterdome, and Hong Kong. Oh Noes! Gipsy in Analog though- time to shine Token Asian!
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| Yep, they shoot it in the eye with a flare gun. |
During all this Hannibal reveals he too once drifted with a Kaiju, and sens crazy scientist one to the public shelter.
Time for Gipsy to shine! Taking on two Kaiju, one after the other ? Oh snap this is hardcore.
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| Yep, he uses the tanker as a weapon. |
As you can see in the gorgeous pictures above, Gispy does it. Now it's time to check in on wacky scientist number one, and is shortly joined by wacky scientist two!
They drift together with the newborn Kaiju baby ( one of the defeated was pregnant) and find out the rift reads the Kaiju like a scanner, and opens the rift to them. Time to head back to base and tell everyone!
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| Cocaine is a hell of a drug. |
The older Aussie pilot was injured, so Stacker steps up to pilot. He was told he would die if he piloted again ( due to early Jaegers not exactly being safe), but personally, I was hoping the dog would do it. Anyway time to take qda nuke to the rift! Unfortunately two more Kaiju pop out of the rift, followed by the biggest Kaiju yet- a category five! Fuck!
Gipsy loses an arm, and has a heavily damaged leg, and Strike Self Destructs to take out the Kaiju.Unfortunately the category five isn't affected, so Gipsy Improvises.
Gipsy grabs onto the Kaiju, and dives into the rift. Activating it's chest turbine, it burns a hole through the Kaiju and kills it. Now it's time to destroy the rift!
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| Kaiju's master. |
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| My favorite shot, by far. |
Gispy explodes, taking out the tunnel, and the pilots escape. Another Happy ending! til the sequel, which I am already salivating over.
I love this movie so much. I saw it in theaters three times, and loved it a little more each time. Unlike every other movie that's released right now it's not based on an existing property, it's an original story. It's a great mix of fun and action, and the CG is beautiful. I wish there were more movies like this. Del Toro is love! Pacific Rim 999999999999999999/10
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| Where is my Goddamn shoe ? |
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