MOVIE REVIEW: PACIFIC RIM - UPRISING

The initial first Pacific Rim was a masterpiece directed by Guillermo del Toro and also the main soundtrack by Ramin Djawadi was also crazy addictive and suited the whole Robot vs Monsters (Kaiju) vibe. Fast forward 5 years later, Pacific Rim Uprising is supposed to take on the epic-ness of the first Pacific Rim and continue what del Toro did with initial Pacific Rim.

THE GOOD

More Jaegers. This time we are looking at 3 different kinds of jaegers which Gipsy Avenger being the highlight in the movie. So your eyes are entertained if you are going in for more Jaegers. More action. This movie brings lots of action from the start right to the end, this time you get Jaeger on Jaeger action and also Jaeger on Kaiju action, the fighting sequences are more fluid from the first and it seems like, after 10 years, they now know how to make Jaeger more fluid and fighting this time looks more like ninja jumping around instead of big machine whacking on each other. Terrific CGI. The team actually did a very good CGI throughout the whole movie as you will not realize some of the scenes are using green screen thus there are not glaring when you are watching the movie.

THE BAD

Storyline. There is basically no storyline in this movie, coming from the Del Toro to this new director, you can pretty sure nothing has been done just pure action. that's all. Character Development. Zero character development for the movie franchise also, so technically the old character you like from the first franchise, no longer exist except maybe Mako Mori and well she didn't last that long 

CONCLUSION

Watch Pacific Rim Uprising without the expectation of the first Pacific Rim. If you like robot fighting, you will love this, I was enjoying the fights between Jaeger and Kaiju. Should you watch it in cinema? You should be a fan, if not you could probably just wait for torrent out. Also, too much mandarin for my taste in a movie.