While we’ve had a few different teasers and a lengthier trailer before and some other footage, Pacific Rim has rolled out its latest trailer that it’s dubbing the “main trailer” for the July 10th feature by Guillermo Del Toro. Which, unfortunately, continues to use that utterly awful, awkward and uninspiring segment by Idris Elba about cancelling the apocalypse. On the plus side, I believe this is the first in-footage mention of the enemy being called kaiju, which will definitely get some fans excited just in hearing it.
Plot concept: 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.
