Pacific Rim

Theatrical Release Date: 2013 07 12 (USA - 3D) / 2013 07 12 (USA)

UPC: 883929353262

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Sci-Fi Violence, Mild Language]

Summary: Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro teams up with Legendary Pictures to bring audiences a unique take on the monster film with this sci-fi production. Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy) stars as a washed-out controller and pilot of a series of robots called Jaegers, which are put into production after Earth is invaded by a species of giant monsters, the Kaijus. The Brothers Bloom's Rinko Kikuchi co-stars as a trainee whom Hunnam is psychically paired with in order to pilot the last beacon of hope -- a decommissioned Jaeger assigned to stop the Kaijus once and for all. Thor's Idris Elba leads the rest of the starring cast, which includes Charlie Day, Rob Kazinsky and Ron Perlman. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi

Category: Science Fiction

Awards: Best Visual Effects – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Visual Effects – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Visual Effects – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Visual Effects – British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Features: 14 Featurettes provide in-depth looks at Kaijus, Jaegers, sets, stunts, sounds, effects, and the mythology and making of the film. Also includes the director's notebook, the digital artistry of Pacific Rim, an audio commentary and more!

Pacific Rim

Release Date: 10/15/2013

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo, DHMA

Runtime: 131 Minutes

Sides: 4

Number of Discs: 4

Language(s) English,French,Spanish

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Pacific Rim
1. Chapter 1 [9:08]
2. Chapter 2 [9:26]
3. Chapter 3 [4:28]
4. Chapter 4 [9:55]
5. Chapter 5 [9:43]
6. Chapter 6 [7:16]
7. Chapter 7 [10:08]
8. Chapter 8 [:58]
9. Chapter 9 [13:34]
10. Chapter 10 [7:35]
11. Chapter 11 [9:48]
12. Chapter 12 [9:45]
13. Chapter 13 [9:41]
14. Chapter 14 [7:42]
15. Chapter 15 [2:56]
16. Chapter 16 [8:58]

Cammila Collar

Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim is awesome, scary, weird, exciting, exuberant, and ridiculous -- basically everything you want from a sci-fi action movie. And let's not mince words here: This isn't a drama with action elements; it's not a gothic horror set in space; this film is equal parts explosive action and nerdy science fiction, and that's it. If you're not on board with humans piloting robots to fight giant monsters, it's best to come to terms with that right now.
Still interested? Here's the idea: One day, a huge, angry monster climbed out of a tectonic fault in the Pacific Ocean, and started destroying cities. Humans eventually killed it using bombs and tanks and what not, but another one came along six months later, then another, then another. Soon, humanity started pooling its defense resources to combat what was apparently an ongoing threat, constructing equally huge mechanical soldiers called Jaegers (a derivative of the word "hunter," but a concept referred to by those in the sci-fi know as a mech), which two pilots control together using a tandem neural interface that synchs directly with their brains. Using a mix of built-in weapons and hand-to-hand combat, the pilots fight and eventually kill the monsters, which they've determined are traveling to Earth through some kind of dimensional portal in the tectonic fault. And what do the humans call these monsters? Kaiju.
This fact alone should tell you something. Kaiju originates as a Japanese word roughly translating as "strange monster," but more pertinently here, Kaiju is the name for this entire genre of sci-fi, where massive creatures step on buildings and threaten to destroy civilization. Godzilla movies are Kaiju films. But make no mistake, co-writer/director Guillermo del Toro didn't name his creatures Kaiju out of a lack of creativity, he's paying tribute here, as he does throughout the film. As a matter of fact, true nerdery aficionados will notice del Toro paying direct homage to the legendary kaiju/mech anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion, if they look closely: Rinko Kikuchi's portrayal of a Jaeger pilot struggling with a traumatic past nods pretty clearly to Evangelion's character Rei Ayanami, with her anxious posture and bob haircut. She even has blue highlights.
But all this isn't to say that you need to be a devoted fanboy in order to enjoy Pacific Rim. Far from it, you just need to enjoy enthralling action sequences and terrifying monsters. Which, of course, is exactly what we know del Toro can deliver. ~ Cammila Collar, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Guillermo del Toro  Director 
Guillermo del Toro  Producer 
Guillermo del Toro  Screenwriter 
Mary Parent  Producer 
Callum Greene  Executive Producer 
Jon Jashni  Producer 
Ramin Djawadi  Composer (Music Score) 
Thomas Tull  Producer 
Travis Beacham  Screenwriter 
Charlie Hunnam  Actor 
Diego Klattenhoff  Actor 
Idris Elba  Actor 
Rinko Kikuchi  Actor 
Charlie Day  Actor 
Burn Gorman  Actor 
Max Martini  Actor 
Rob Kazinsky  Actor 
Clifton Collins, Jr.  Actor 
Ron Perlman  Actor 
Brad William Henke  Actor 
Larry Joe Campbell  Actor 
Mana Ashida  Actor 
Santiago Segura  Actor 
Joe Pingue  Actor 
Milton Barnes  Actor 
Brian Frank  Actor 
Ellen McLain  Actor 
David Fox  Actor 
Jake Goodman  Actor 
Robin Thomas  Actor 
Julian Barnes  Actor 
David Richmond-Peck  Actor 
Charles Luu  Actor 
Lance Luu  Actor 
Mark Luu  Actor 
Robert Maillet  Actor 
Heather Doerksen  Actor 
Joshua Peace  Actor 
Sebastian Pigott  Actor 
Victoria Marie  Actor 
Roger Wong  Actor 
J. C. Kenny  Actor 
Jane Watson  Actor 
Robert Morse  Actor 
Paul Wyers  Actor 
Tyler Stevenson  Actor 
Mike Chute  Actor 
Duncan McLeod  Actor 
Louis Paquette  Actor 
Matthew G. Taylor  Actor 
Terry Belleville  Actor 
Frank T. Nakashima  Actor 
Farzad Sadrian  Actor 
Mishu Vellani  Actor 
Clive Walton  Actor 
Peter Kosaka  Actor 
Yiren Stark  Actor 
Hubert Tran  Actor 
Trek Buccino  Actor 
Drew Adkins  Actor 
Kelvin Lum  Actor 
Soo David Chum Ling  Actor 
Randy Lee  Actor 
Jung-Yul Kim  Actor 
Kaelyn Wong  Actor 

Country: USA