Today the film Pacific Rim was released in the cinema and I had the good fortune to go and see it!

Bellow if the youtube trailer (to give an overview and synopsis).

Non- Spoiler Review

Now I make an effort to see as few trailer as possible before a film and not read any reviews whatsoever if I like the film just from the trailer. This way my first impressions are the most accurate and I don't have any thought about the film in my head (such as twists).

My initial thought from the trailer was "awesome mek's fighting big monsters", and I personally would have been happy if this was all that the film contained.

The film lives up to this, and the fight scenes are very well done. They do not feel "rushed" as many fight scenes in this type of film feels. The film does a brilliant job of making both the monsters and the Meks feel "massive", giving a much more realistic feel to both of them and increasing immersion within the scenes.

They are not to long and not to short, and considering I saw this in 2D and not 3D, awe inspiring spectacles, whilst not containing ridiculous explosions.

The film also contains a storyline which is much deeper the in the impression the trailer gives. While not giving anything away, relationships are explored in depth between the main characters, and even I had a little bit of liquid pride at certain parts.

Overall the acting in the film is good, there are one or two moments where I felt like more feeling could been draw from the acting and that is what holds this film back from getting a perfect score for me. I will add that these parts are maybe only once or twice in the whole film.

The music is good throughout and on the most part I didn't notice it (which is great, it didn't detract form the film) and when I did it was only at the very end in the credits and it was very well composed and will be getting listened to on youtube a few times tonight.

GLaDOS also makes an appearances throughout which is AWESOME! (she has the funniest line in the film)

Conclusions:

Overall, the trailer is lived up to with awe inspiring mek vs monster fight scenes. The film also contains an immersive story that really holds meaning, exploring relationships in depth and giving the characters meaning.

My Score: 8.5/10 - a must see for anyone into this genre and a film I would be happy to re-watch.

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