Pacific Rim (2013) was big, it was dumb, and it was oddly enjoyable but when I watched the trailer for Uprising it looked like 2hrs of stupidity painted liberally with cgi.
I'm not wrong often when it comes to these things, but I was wrong here. Uprising is stupid and it is heavy on the cgi (As it had to be I suppose) but it's also a lot of fun just like the first movie.
The cast however are mostly different and that's a very mixed bag. Scott Eastwood is awful, he's just the absolute pits and has no place in front of a camera. His father was dire initially as well, so if he follows suit with his father he'll be a bearable actor by around the age 60 mark!
Next we have John Boyega whose choice of roles explains why I'm not keen on him. He played a Storm trooper gone good in Star Wars, he was a chav moron in Attack the Block and here he's a criminal turned hero. Sorry but that just doesn't work for me, why is he always the good guy with bad roots?
And finally of those note worthy we have Cailee Spaeny who was excellent, very likeable, very talented and I hope this girl has a bright career ahead of her as based on this performance she deserves it.
The movie itself is exactly what you'd expect, it follows on well from the previous movie and adds to the universe well but ultimately is just dumb take your brain out over the top fun. And you know something, that's okay! Not every movie needs to be smart or well constructed, sometimes you just need to see big flashy cgi robots beating up big scary cgi monsters!
I hope there is a third (And probably final) movie to wrap things up. The franchise is never exactly going to produce outstanding movies but for simple silly fun they tick all the right boxes.
The Good:
Big dumb fun
Cailee Spaeny
The Bad:
John Boyega is simply not up to filling Idris Elba's boots
I struggle to get behind criminal protagonists
Scott Eastwood
Felt like it should have been longer
I'm not wrong often when it comes to these things, but I was wrong here. Uprising is stupid and it is heavy on the cgi (As it had to be I suppose) but it's also a lot of fun just like the first movie.
The cast however are mostly different and that's a very mixed bag. Scott Eastwood is awful, he's just the absolute pits and has no place in front of a camera. His father was dire initially as well, so if he follows suit with his father he'll be a bearable actor by around the age 60 mark!
Next we have John Boyega whose choice of roles explains why I'm not keen on him. He played a Storm trooper gone good in Star Wars, he was a chav moron in Attack the Block and here he's a criminal turned hero. Sorry but that just doesn't work for me, why is he always the good guy with bad roots?
And finally of those note worthy we have Cailee Spaeny who was excellent, very likeable, very talented and I hope this girl has a bright career ahead of her as based on this performance she deserves it.
The movie itself is exactly what you'd expect, it follows on well from the previous movie and adds to the universe well but ultimately is just dumb take your brain out over the top fun. And you know something, that's okay! Not every movie needs to be smart or well constructed, sometimes you just need to see big flashy cgi robots beating up big scary cgi monsters!
I hope there is a third (And probably final) movie to wrap things up. The franchise is never exactly going to produce outstanding movies but for simple silly fun they tick all the right boxes.
The Good:
Big dumb fun
Cailee Spaeny
The Bad:
John Boyega is simply not up to filling Idris Elba's boots
I struggle to get behind criminal protagonists
Scott Eastwood
Felt like it should have been longer