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The Jaegers of Pacific Rim From imdb From the Worldwide Web: Jake Pentecost(John Boyega) 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 throug h cities and bring the world to its knees, Jake is given one last chance by his estranged sister, Mako Mori(Rinko Kikuchi), to live up to his father's(Idris Elba) legacy. Initial release :  21 March 2018 ( Belgium ) Director :  Steven S. DeKnight Cast :  John Boyega ,  Jing Tian ,  Scott Eastwood ,  Rinko Kikuchi ,  Music composed by :  John Paesano ,  Lorne Balfe Producers :  John Boyega ,  Guillermo del Toro ,  Thomas Tull ,  Femi Oguns ,  Mary Parent ,  Jon Jashni ,  Cale Boyter Scene inside ...

Being the only girl in the family, although I had lots and lots of dolls and other feminine playthings, I was exposed to Lego sets, match boxes, toy guns, Justice League (DC) and Marvel comics, and robots.  I was addicted to watching Voltes V , Mazinger Z , Daimos etc. while collecting their action figures/robots. All of them were donated to less fortunate children and though I gave them away wholeheartedly, sometimes I wonder how it would feel like if I still have them. When the trailers of PACIFIC RIM were shown, you would think I would jump for joy, but I did not.  In my mind this was only going to be a TRANSFORMERS or KING KONG versus GODZILLA wannabe. Boy, was I wrong! (more below) Written(along with the author, TRAVIS BEACHAM) and Directed by GUILLERMO DEL TORO Pacific Rim is a surprisingly endearing story, which is action packed, funny, with a little drama and a lot of sense.  True, the scenes were literally dark, but if it weren't, ...