Pacific Rim Uprising

Pacific Rim Uprising
The four Jaeger robots are preparing for battle in the destroyed city with the weapons. The film's tagline, "Rise up", is displayed along the top.
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySteven S. DeKnight
Written by
Based onCharacters
by Travis Beacham
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDan Mindel
Edited by
Music byLorne Balfe
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures[1][2]
Release dates
  • March 21, 2018 (2018-03-21) (TCL Chinese Theatre)
  • March 23, 2018 (2018-03-23) (United States)
Running time
111 minutes[3]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$150–176 million[a]
Box office$290.9 million[4]

Pacific Rim Uprising is a 2018 American science fiction monster film directed by Steven S. DeKnight (in his feature-film directorial and writing debut), and written by DeKnight, Emily Carmichael, Kira Snyder and T.S. Nowlin. It is the sequel to the 2013 film Pacific Rim, and second installment in the Pacific Rim franchise. Guillermo del Toro, director of the first movie, serves as a producer; while production studios Legendary Pictures and Double Dare You Productions developed the movie. The sequel stars John Boyega, as well as Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny in her film debut, Jing Tian, Adria Arjona and Zhang Jin, with Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, and Burn Gorman returning from the original film. The film takes place in 2035, ten years after the events of the first film. The story follows Jake Pentecost, who is given one last chance to live up to his father's legacy after Kaiju, giant sea monsters, are unleashed back into the world and aim to destroy it.

Principal photography began in November 2016 in Queensland, Australia.[6] Pacific Rim Uprising premiered in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on March 15, 2018, and was released in the United States on March 23, by Universal Pictures (unlike its predecessor, which was released by Warner Bros. Pictures). With a gross of $290.9 million worldwide, the film was a box-office disappointment.[5] It also received mixed reviews; many critics considered it inferior to del Toro's film and criticized its story, while praising its visual effects, action sequences, and performances of Boyega, Eastwood and Spaeny.[7][8] It was followed in 2021 by a 14-episode animated series on Netflix.

  1. ^ "Pacific Rim Uprising". Legendary Pictures. October 6, 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  2. ^ THR Staff (July 10, 2013). "It's Official: Legendary Signs Deal With Universal". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  3. ^ "Pacific Rim Uprising (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Pacific Rim Uprising". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference opening was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Pacific Rim Uprising". Screen Queensland. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
  7. ^ Stolworthy, Jacob (March 21, 2018). "Pacific Rim Uprising review round up: Here's what the critics are saying". The Independent. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  8. ^ McNary, Dave (March 30, 2018). "Box Office: 'Pacific Rim Uprising' to Unseat 'Black Panther' With Modest $23 Million". Variety. Penske Business Media. Retrieved March 23, 2018.


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