Some new promotional material is online in light of the marketing blitz for Legendary Pictures’ July 12, 2013 release of the epic sci-fi monster-bashing rollercoaster, Pacific Rim, including a Japanese banner for its domestic release on August 9, a new clip, and a new featurette which discusses how the Kaiju were conceived for the film.
Recent reports speculate that the film is not tracking well, which explains the ad push in the remaining two weeks left until the film premieres. I really don’t see how, so the notion that the film is going to flop, as much as it remains to be seen, sounds pretty damn mininimal. I’m going to see this movie, period.
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SYNOPSIS:
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes—a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)—who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind’s last hope against the mounting apocalypse.
