Blu-Ray Review: Pacific Rim

Guillermo del Toro's "Pacific Rim" is a special effects filled popcorn movie that will satisfy  your Sci-Fi jones for one viewing and one viewing only.  

The story is basic to say the least and there are few surprises so viewers probably won't come back for repeat viewings.  

If you want to save space on your Blu-Ray shelf and have not yet seen "Pacific Rim" then I recommend renting it and saving your money for a more deserving purchase.


Drumroll please...  6 out of 10 drumsticks!!!

Pacific Rim

ARRIVES ONTO BLU-RAY 3D COMBO PACK,

BLU-RAYÔ COMBO PACK, 2-DISC DVD SPECIAL EDITION and DIGITAL HD ON OCTOBER 15 FROM

WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT

Blu-ray Combo Packs and 2-disc DVD Special Edition include

hours of new bonus features!

All disc versions feature UltraViolet

Monsters and robots go head to head when the action-packed spectacle “Pacific Rim” from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures arrives onto Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital HD on October 15 from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Directed by Oscar® nominee (Best Writing, Original Screenplay, “Pan’s Labyrinth,” 2006) Guillermo del Toro, “Pacific Rim” follows a team of unlikely fighters who unite for a final attempt to save humanity from terrifying monsters that emerged from the sea.

From Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, “Pacific Rim” is directed by Guillermo del Toro (“Pan’s Labyrinth”) from a screenplay by Travis Beacham and del Toro.  The film stars Charlie Hunnam (TV’s “Sons of Anarchy), Idris Elba (“Thor”), Rinko Kikuchi (“Babel”) and Charlie Day (“Horrible Bosses”), along with Rob Kazinsky, Max Martini, Clifton Collins Jr., Burn Gorman and Rob Perlman

SYNOPSIS

In “Pacific Rim,” legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, have started rising from the sea, beginning a war that takes millions of lives and consumes 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.

BLU-RAY AND DVD ELEMENTS

“Pacific Rim” Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack and Blu-ray Combo Pack contain the following special features:

·        Audio Commentary by Guillermo del Toro

·        The Directors Notebook

·        Drift Space

·        The Digital Artistry of Pacific Rim

·        The Shatterdome

·        Focus Points

·        Deleted Scenes

·        Blooper Reel