When we thought we had heard the last of the popular children action series, Power Rangers (a programme shown in the late 90s which is a replica of the popular cartoon in the 80s, Voltron), Hollywood thought it cool to reintroduce the concept of giant robots controlled by humans, determined to protect the earth from giant monsters trying to unleash havoc on the human race. The movie is Pacific Rim, and I must say that I am confused on whether to follow public opinion by giving the movie a thumbs up and avoid being lynched! Or rather just speak the truth and let it out...but actually words can't express my disappoint for this GLORIFIED POWER RANGERS MOVIE!
Human cities come under attack by the Kaijus: colossal beasts who come through an interdimensional portal on the Pacific Ocean floor. To combat them, the Pacific Rim nations build the Jaegers: equally colossal humanoid war machines. Each Jaeger is manned by two pilots whose brains are linked to share the overwhelming mental load of piloting the machine. A Jaeger's neural load is too much for a single pilot to handle alone, meaning they must first be psychically linked to another pilot—a concept called "Drifting". When pilots Drift, they quickly gain intimate knowledge of each other's memories and feelings, and have no choice but to accept them.
Commanding Officer of the Pacific Rim Stacker Pentecost (Idris Elba) approaches retired pilot Raleigh Becket (Hunnam) and convinces him to return and pilot Gipsy Danger, the Jaeger he and his brother Yancy once piloted. During a mission off the coast of Alaska in 2020 (Yancy was killed by a Kaiju while connected to his brother, traumatizing Raleigh). 
The film centers on the relationship between Becket and Mori. Both are deeply damaged human beings who have decided to suppress their respective traumas. While learning to pilot their Jaeger, they undergo a process of "opening up", gaining access to each other's thoughts, memories and secrets. Both Becket and Mori have suffered profound personal tragedies; one of the movie's central ideas is that two damaged people can metaphorically "become one", with their figurative missing pieces connecting almost like a puzzle.
Watching this movie with what can be called personal torture, I could remember how irritated I was when Power Rangers came on but was unable to change the channel because my younger ones were watching, and trust mummy, changing the channel at the time was bullying!
The movie lacked depth as it was mostly about showing the fight scenes between the Jaegers and the kaijus. It failing to establish how and why the kaijus intended to invade earth and destroy humanity in the frst place.
The movie, although showed promise, failed to move me and I wonder how it was able to intrigue the majority of the audience.
This is what I suggest, those of you who gave kudos to this movie should watch it again, and trust me you will get my drift. Pacific Rim was a junk of metallic crap and moster slime grinding each other, that's all!
Pacific Rim received generally positive reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Metacritic gives a rating of 64 out of 100 based on reviews from 48 critics, which indicates "generally favorable" reviews. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 72% approval rating with an average rating of 6.7/10 based on 243 reviews. The site's consensus reads: "It may sport more style than substance, but Pacific Rim is a solid modern creature feature bolstered by fantastical imagery and an irresistible sense of fun."Pacific Rim is a 2013 American science fiction monster film directed by Guillermo del Toro, written by del Toro and Travis Beacham, and starring Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba,Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Robert Kazinsky, Max Martini, and Ron Perlman.
The film was produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros.
There are already speculations of a sequel.
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