Neither one shows up in Pacific Rim Uprising, right?ĬRITIC: That's correct. Charlie Hunnam starred in the first film. I'm sorry, are you okay? Do you need some water? The giant robots fight other giant robots for a while, see, and then they -ĬRITIC. But maybe there's more you can tell us about it? How is it different than the first Pacific Rim?ĬRITIC: Dude, that was in my statement too. (Unfolds paper, begins to read) " Pacific Rim Uprising is a movie in which giant robots fight giant monsters. Film reviews usually provide a synop-ĬRITIC: Did you come in late? Did you miss hearing me read my statement? I'm happy to read it again. Movie Reviews 'Pacific' Overture: The Apocalypse, Off To A Bang-Up Start This is a press conference, not Facebook. This is not a forum for your smug condemnation of the fact that a given piece of popular culture is popular. I'm sorry, is someone forcing you to go see it? Are there armed gangs of street toughs employed by Universal Studios going house-to-house and frog-marching the hapless citizenry into Pacific Rim Uprising showings across this nation?ĬRITIC: Yes, you are just saying, not asking, and I'm here to answer questions about the film Pacific Rim Uprising. You expressly do not count yourself among the cohort of giant-robots-fight-giant-monsters potential filmgoers, safe to say. Then we got to wondering who in the world would ever actually see it.ĬRITIC: Do I agree that you shouldn't see it? I very much do. and then we clucked our tongues, the way we do, and sat there a while basking in our keenly developed aesthetic sense. REPORTER #1: I saw the trailer, and I said to my wife Simone, "Uch, there's no way in Hades I'm sitting through that, imagine. REPORTER #1: No, I just wish to express my pained disgust. REPORTER #1: Mis-en-Scene, the Quarterly Journal for Performatively Pained Cineastes.ĬRITIC: Ah. REPORTER #1: Yes, just more awful Hollywood CGI schlock. REPORTER #1: Well, that sounds simply ghastly. (He folds the paper before him, and sticks it back in his jacket pocket.) Pacific Rim Uprising is slightly different than Pacific Rim, in that in Pacific Rim Uprising, the giant robots first fight other giant robots and then they fight giant monsters.
It is the sequel to 2013's Pacific Rim, a movie in which giant robots fight giant monsters. " Pacific Rim Uprising is a movie in which giant robots fight giant monsters. (He removes a piece of paper from his jacket pocket, unfolds it, and begins to read.) I'll read a brief statement, and then I'll be happy to take your questions. Jaeger Hot-Shots: Jake Pentecost (John Boyega) and Nate Lambert (Scott Eastwood) mech the most of a bad situation in Pacific Rim Uprising.ĬRITIC: Good evening.