Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)

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  TheMovieDiorama

  4 / 10

  Pacific Rim: Uprising certainly isn't "cancelling the apocalypse". They had such an easy task, simply place giant humanoid robots against catastrophic terrestrial monsters and watch the carnage unleash upon itself. Del Toro effortlessly achieved that in the original, this sequel however just made too many bad decisions to be classed as enjoyable. Ten years after the war from the previous film, a group of young jaeger cadets must rapidly learn how to control their machines in order to prevent the kaijus from destroying the world...again. Ohhh but if only it was that simple. We have four screenplay writers, with DeKnight also directing. They somehow turned a simple popcorn blockbuster into a stupid mindless mess that is plagued with horrendous plot choices. Honestly, this script was diabolical. No hyperbole, no over exaggeration. Just. Pure. Stupidity. The unfunny humour was forced into every scene in an attempt to establish personalities. The amount of exposition was enough to make the kaijus savagely tear each other apart. However most regrettably, the story was painfully woeful. A primary antagonist, really? A small group of teenagers are tasked with saving the world? Come on! It's like 'Power Rangers' fondled with 'Transformers' and somehow gave birth to this. Too much of the runtime was spent dabbling into corrupted drone jaegers and not enough attention was given to the kaijus. Charlie Day...I mean, I can see the Golden Raspberry nomination now. Awful awful awful! Plus, not enough Kikuchi, which is a crime in itself. The third act was the saving grace of this mess. Why? Because that's what people paid to see. Destruction, chaos, colossal fights with an inventive arsenal of weaponry...it's what dreams are made of kids. The sound editing was phenomenal, the technological noises of the plasma cannon and gravity sling was music to my ears. After you wait an hour and thirty minutes, you get the film you truly deserve. But everything else was boring, dull and stupid. Cute that they gave Boyega a lacklustre speech, and also cute that they've left it open for a sequel...

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