Pacific Rim Uprising

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Pacific Rim Uprising

PG-13

Released Mar 23, 2018

1h 51m

Sci-Fi

Action

Adventure

Fantasy

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Jake Pentecost is a once-promising Jaeger pilot whose legendary father gave his life to secure humanity's victory against the monstrous Kaiju. Jake has since abandoned his training only to become caught up in a criminal underworld. But when an even more unstoppable threat is unleashed to tear through cities and bring the world to its knees, Jake is given one last chance by his estranged sister, Mako Mori, to live up to his father's legacy.

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Critics Consensus

Pacific Rim Uprising won't win any points for subtlety or originality, but it delivers enough of the rock 'em-sock 'em robots-vs.-kaiju thrills that fans of the original will be looking for.

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

This unnecessary sequel, lacking the original's assets, plays like a vapid Transformers knockoff.

Mar 20, 2020

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Anupama Chopra

Film Companion

I'm not sure even fans will find this industrial-strength head-banger entertaining. The best thing is that Pacific Rim: Uprising is under two hours though I have to warn you - it feels much longer.

Rated: 1.5/5

Sep 5, 2018

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Robert Daniels

812filmreviews

Pacific Rim: Uprising is the skim atop your cooling soup: an unnecessary goop spoiling your appetizing meal.

Rated: 1/4

Aug 27, 2018

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

...it’s tough to embrace it as anything more than forgettable blockbuster fluff.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 24, 2022

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Daniel Howat

Next Best Picture

Don’t get me wrong, if you’re here mainly to watch robots faceoff against monsters, you’ll likely leave fairly satisfied. Pacific Rim Uprising disappointingly settles for simply being passable.

Rated: 3/10

May 19, 2022

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

The whole thing has a forgettable quality that almost deletes itself from your memory in the minutes and hours after seeing it.

Rated: 1/4

Mar 14, 2022

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Deshawn F.

Good sequel to me had jus what I needed

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/25/25

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Nick G

Robots fighting monsters, what more could you ask for. The movie doesn't pretend to be anything that it isn't.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/21/25

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Audience Member

Watching giant robots fighting are cool. However, the story is poorly ran and I realised that I didn't even watch the middle of the movie because how silly it looks. The ending is almost a copy to a scene from the first movie.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/18/25

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Jorge R

I love the original movie so much. But Uprising is nothing but an abysmal movie!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/26/25

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Romas M

Greetings from Lithuania. "Pacific Rim: Uprising" (2018) wasn't as good as "Pacific Rim". This one was clearly made with a younger target audience in mind, and resembles more of a Transformers movie then "Pacific Rim". There are few returning characters from a first film in this one, unfortunately, two of the most annoying ones. The fight sequences are not bad, a lot of money clearly was used but problem is that they are very forgettable. New main characters are descent, and Cailee Spaeny was a standout for me. No wonder later she will be cast as main in "Alien : Romulus". The plot here is mainly to keep the action happening. There are some good scenes here and there between characters, but they mostly generic and formulaic. Overall, I've expected worst from "Pacific Rim: Uprising", given the negativity towards this film is saw on internet during the years. It's a generic monster action movie, coming nowhere close to first film. But then again it is not that bad either. For one dumb evening, this is not the worst choice.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/23/25

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BobboIlGabobbo .

A mio parere, non è un film bruttissimo, qualcosina si salva, solo che non può essere definito un sequel di Pacific rim, ci sono troppe incongruenze e un cambio di stile enorme

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

08/14/25

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Steven S. DeKnight

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Liwen Shao

Cailee Spaeny

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Synopsis

Jake Pentecost is a once-promising Jaeger pilot whose legendary father gave his life to secure humanity's victory against the monstrous Kaiju. Jake has since abandoned his training only to become caught up in a criminal underworld. But when an even more unstoppable threat is unleashed to tear through cities and bring the world to its knees, Jake is given one last chance by his estranged sister, Mako Mori, to live up to his father's legacy.

Director: Steven S. DeKnight
Producer: Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Guillermo del Toro, John Boyega, Femi Oguns, Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni
Screenwriter: Steven S. DeKnight, Emily Carmichael, Kira Snyder, T.S. Nowlin
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Legendary Pictures, DDY
Rating: PG-13 (Sequences of Sci-Fi Violence|Action|Some Language)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 23, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 5, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $59.2M
Runtime: 1h 51m
Sound Mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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