Director Guillermo del Toro, best known for his stunning work in "Pan's Labyrinth" and the "Hellboy" movies, bring giant monsters and robots to life in the big budget blockbuster, which opens in 2D, 3D and IMAX tonight at 7pm.
"Pacific Rim" is set in the near future. The planet is under siege by monstrous kaiju, a threat not from outer space, but from a dimensional rift deep in the ocean.
The colossal mechanized war machines known as jaegers are initially successful at deterring the creatures, but as the kaiju attacks increase in ferocity and frequency, terrible losses mount.
The Pan Pacific Defense Corps gathers its remaining jaegers in a last-ditch effort to close the rift. With so few left, washed-up pilot Raleigh Becket (Charlie Hunnam) is called into action, though he's reluctant to enlist after suffering a personal tragedy. Complicating matters is that jaegers require two operators; the Corps -- and Raleigh -- must put their fate in an untested pilot Mako Mori (Rinko Kinkuhci).
The plot is uncomplicated, serving as a vehicle for the spectacular CGI battles between the kaiju and jaegers. The jaegers are a site to behold, four stories tall. del Toro keeps their designs clean and realistic so viewers can easily follow the action (unlike the overly flashy "Transformers"). Equally impressive are the kaiju. They emerge from the water and quickly fill the entire screen -- truly terrifying masses of scales and claws.
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