Pacific Rim: Uprising
I thought it was a pretty good sequel, maybe better than the original in terms of strength of narrative and action sequences, as far as "giant robots vs giant aliens" goes.
You're not asking for an Academy Award-worthy film when you go to see giant robots fight giant monsters... you're asking for giant robots to fight giant monsters. And that's what the movie gives you, but with a bit of a twist.
John Boyega in this was a better lead than Charlie Hunnam in the original, and Scott Eastwood and Cailee Spaeny give the co-star cast more depth than the original, where it was just Idris Elba, basically.
Charlie Day and Burn Gorman get more face time as the crazy doctors, but it felt kind of forced compared to the first film.
I think it was a better film than the original, and the final act was stronger than the first film's, mostly because the narrative was surprisingly strong for the genre.
10/10, would recommend if you like giant robots battling giant monsters.
