The involvement of Guillermo Del Toro and Idris Elba are reasons enough to see the film Really do wish that the same can be said for its sequel 'Pacific Rim: Uprising'. It wasn't great or perfect as an overall film, and somewhat of a case of style over substance, but it entertained and did well on delivering on its objectives. Will admit to enjoying the first 'Pacific Rim'. Only the creatures who emerged from another dimension resembled those that the Power Rangers fought against a long time ago. To be honest, I sometimes had the feeling that I was watching a modern version of the Power Rangers. Have you seen 'Pacific Rim' years ago? Then you can safely skip this one because you won't be seeing something really new here. Do you like to watch huge robots and by extraterrestrial created monsters battle each other? Then I guess this film is right up your alley. The duel on the ice, on the other hand, looked extremely great.

Just like in those ancient Godzilla films. It wasn't as if this clash of the titans took place in between blocks of flats made from cardboard. And the final battle in a Japanese city close to 'Mount Fuji' just looked ugly. But to be honest, it's the same old thing as in the previous movie.

It's fun to see huge robots and enormous monsters smashing into one another. And just like the acting, there are also ups-and-downs here. Just like the 2013 film, it's a visual spectacle. But the acting by Burn Gorman, Charlie Day and Tian Jing was at times simply bad. And not only because of that creepy resemblance to his famous father. Scott Eastwood was again suitable for the character Nate. John Boyega sometimes played the indifferent Jake with reluctance. Cailee Spaeny was acceptable with her youthful enthusiasm and rebellious behavior. Haven't we seen that before? Also, the acting wasn't something to get enthusiastic about.

The Goonies in giant robots who save the world. Anyway, it all feels a bit like a kindergarten. And who will be the hero in the end? Yep, not hard to guess. And of course, there's one of the cadets who can't stand the newcomer Amara Namani (Cailee Spaeny) and believes she doesn't belong there. A bit like in 'Ender's game' but now it's not in space. We end up in a cadet school where young people are trained to become Jaeger pilots. This time the entire Jaeger program shifts from a mature world to that of teenagers. I rather think there are several factors that ensure that you can't really call this a successful film. But that's a bit simplistic to state, in my opinion. Since the design and subject are identical to that of the initial film, one could say that it's thanks to Guillermo Del Toro the first film was kind of a success. That way we don't need to be afraid of a possible sequel in the future. I was hoping this time the Kaiju's took control and destroyed planet earth. But it's so irritating and annoying mostly. This sequel is simply a duplicate with other main characters in identical Jaegers.

'Pacific Rim' was brainless amusement with a high entertainment value. And even though 'Pacific Rim' wasn't high-quality cinema and simply a very expensive monster film with superb looking computer-generated images, the film impressed me at the time. Little by little everything is explained again in such a way that I partially knew it again. What amazed me the most was the fact that I couldn't remember much of 'Pacific Rim', even though I thought it was an original-looking film years ago. We are a family now, and we are earth's last defense.

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