#Pacific rim uprising 2018 review movie
But there are two major problems, and the movie never manages to overcome either of them. He's operating in that mode here, playing Jake Pentecost, the pilot-turned-scrapper son of the original film's inspirational warrior-guru Stacker Pentecost ( Idris Elba). Ever since "The Force Awakens," he's been honing a screen persona that owes a lot to the late James Garner-a funny, cynical survivor who makes a point of avoiding unnecessary fights and keeping one eye on the exit at all times, but who also has a buried streak of righteous honor that surfaces during dire moments. John Boyega, in particular, saves long stretches of the movie just by being his appealing self. It’s in these battles that Uprising is at its most gleeful.And the cast is filled with actors doing everything they can to make their characters as memorable as possible even when the script (credited to four people) isn't lending them the support they deserve. As the bad guys reveal a hidden trick to a panting, broken Jaeger, stumbling to stay upright, it evokes a wonderful sense of “that's not a knife, this is a knife” anticipation. Uprising refuses to play it safe in these scenes, and every swing of a fist or slice of a chainsword ups the ante. It’s hard not to wince in sympathy as these beautiful creations take a beating, with Kaiju sending them flying through rock and ice and their expensive-looking parts breaking off in teeth-clenching chunks. Fights are faster this time around – the story’s justification for more nimble, human-like movements is upgraded Jaeger tech – but the fluidity doesn’t take away from viscerality this still feels like steel against flesh. Still, if all you’re here for is to watch the Kaiju fight the Jaegers, there’s plenty to enjoy in Uprising. Some of these are forgivable – Uprising is meant to be pulpy fun after all – but others scream of deleted scenes and half-formed thoughts. Its most interesting new ideas are left by the wayside - the ‘Kaiju worshipping’ mentioned at the beginning is barely explored, and giant leaps of logic are made in order to propel a bursting-at-the-seams plot forward at a breakneck pace. There’s just not enough room for these characters to grow, and through Day and Jing bring the requisite skittishness and gravitas, respectively, their motivations are roughly sketched.
On the one hand there’s Amara, Jake, and their plethora of co-stars in the Shatterdome on the other there’s returning character Newt (Charlie Day) and his plotline working against his sinister boss Liwen Shao (Tian Jing), also featuring a plethora of co-stars (including the marginalised but always entertaining Burn Gorman as Hermann). Such half-baked characterisation can be attributed to a screenplay that feels as if DeKnight and his co-writers wrote two drafts and then decided to inelegantly squash them together. Considering the important role these cadets play later on in Uprising, I would have loved to have learned more about them, especially haunted tomboy Vik (Ivanna Sakhno) whose rivalry with Amara never reaches a satisfying conclusion.
Thrust into a group of Jaeger pilots in training, she must learn to ‘drift’ with others in a fairly obvious metaphor, but Spaeny sells Amara’s struggles to connect. Spaeny’s Amara doesn’t experience quite the same good time as her male counterpart, but she does get the more sincere and interesting storyline.
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