During the battles Jaegers use their giant fists to smash Kaiju heads. There are frequent violent clashes between Kaiju (reptilian monsters) and Jaegers (giant robots) resulting in mass destruction and devastation.The movie also has violence between humans. The violence results in mass destruction and death. Pacific Rim shows frequent and prolonged sequences of intense science fiction action violence between alien monsters and human-operated robots. Themes World annihilation alien creatures loss of a family member Mako has a personal vendetta against the Kaiju, who destroyed her entire family when she was a young girl.Īs the final hour approaches, two research scientists, Dr Newton Geiszler (Charlie Day) and Gottieb (Burn Gorman), make a discovery that might give Raleigh and Mako one last chance. He pairs Raleigh up with rookie Jaeger copilot Mako Mori (Rinko Kikuchi). Raleigh was Pentecost’s finest Jaeger pilot, so Pentecost tracks down Raleigh. Raleigh’s old commanding officer, Marshal Stacker Pentecost (Idris Elba), is determined to make one final stand. He abandons his life as a Jaeger pilot and disappears.įive years later humanity is about to be destroyed altogether. Raleigh can’t cope with his brother’s death. Yancy is killed in battle and the brothers’ Jaeger is almost destroyed. At first Yancy and Raleigh can defeat the Kaiju, but when bigger and smarter Kaiju start appearing, the balance tips in favour of the Kaiju. The pilots’ minds are connected by a neural bridge.īrothers Yancy and Raleigh Becket (Diego Klattenholf and Charlie Hunnam) are Jaeger pilots. Jaegers must be operated by two pilots at the same time. To fight these monsters, the people of the world band together and build giant combat robots called Jaegers. They destroy cities and kill millions of people. Pacific Rim is set in the near future when gigantic creatures called Kaiju come out of an interdimensional portal in the floor of the Pacific Ocean.