Pacific Rim review | Thunderbolt

Shane Ryan, Thunderbolt writes:

Guillermo Del Toro’s latest cinematic release, Pacific Rim, is an ode to his childhood. At its core is a thin slice of science fiction that allows for giant mecha robots (Jaegars) fighting Godzilla-eque monsters (Kaiju). It watches as such too, with a mixture of crash, bang, wallop with cringe and wince thrown in for good measure. Giant robots punching giant monsters. It shouldn’t be hard to get right, but weave borne witness to similar summer films that are cynical, if not morally problematic. Del Toro in this instance got it right. It was then no surprise to see a licensed videogame bearing its name rear its head from the app store seas.