I liked this movie. I didn't love it - I just liked it. The premise seems simple enough: giant monsters (the Kaiju) invade our world through a portal beneath the Pacific Ocean, so we develop giant robots (the Jaegers) to battle them. Unfortunately, that's about as deep as it gets. Sure, there's some stuff in there about humans "interfacing" with the Kaiju like the Jaeger pilots (there are two pilots per machine, connected via neural interface), but that actually kind of weighs the movie down. The movie really shines in its action scenes (which are absolutely spectacular), as well as in some of the acting (notably Charlie Day, who injects a little bit of humor into the film, as well as Idris Elba and Ron Perlman).
A sequel is planned (although I don't really see the point, as the movie works very well as a stand-alone film).
Overall: A good tribute to the old Japanese kaiju films (such as Gojira), Pacific Rim possesses some originality, but this is brought down by a cliched story and (mostly) average acting.
Rating: 70/100
