It doesn’t appear as though the Gundam in Uprising is either of those promotional statues - this one appears to be part of a Kaiju museum. A classic, life-sized Gundam stood in Tokyo until 2017, but it was taken down and replaced with a newer mech, the Unicorn Gundam. The film opens with Richard Williams (Will Smith) at a country club trying to speak to tennis coaches about becoming a coach for his daughters, Venus and Serena (Saniyya Sidney and Demi Singleton), as he has been preparing them constantly for their greatness in the sport. For movie will never capture the essence of the book perfectly (and its happen too for Lords of The Ring). I never read this kind of book before, for I see that book will always be different from movie. In real life, there is a giant Gundam statue in Japan. Pacific Rim : The Official Movie Novelization is the first movie tie-in Id read. Amara’s in front of a giant white statue of a Gundam, from the long-running and classic anime franchise. Her escape pod lands at the feet of another giant robot, but it’s not a Jaeger. Bracer Phoenix, the Jaeger with the giant mace hand that’s co-piloted by one of the main characters, Amara Namani (Cailee Spaeny), is heavily damaged, forcing Amara to eject to safety. However, they begin to fall one by one against the combined might of the three Kaiju. This post contains mild Pacific Rim Uprising spoilers.ĭuring the final battle in Tokyo, as three Kaiju make their way towards Mount Fuji, the four remaining Jaegers leap into action. I think the Jaegers were pretty solid-I half expected a Voltron moment but instead we got the Kaiju-Voltron-but the Kaiju were pretty mediocre across the board. The style that del Toro is known for was definitely absent, but it had its moments. Among the many franchises that Netflix primed for animation was Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 cult hit, Pacific Rim. The newly released movie contains a big Easter egg (literally) that pays homage to one of the most iconic giant robot franchises that no doubt inspired Pacific Rim’s Jaegers. It was very much a mainstream Pacific Rim movie. If you hadn’t already figured, this article contains major spoilers for Pacific Rim, Pacific Rim: Uprising, and Pacific Rim: The Black. Uprising is set ten years after the events of the first Pacific Rim and a good chunk of coastal cities remain still partially. The first Pacific Rim revealed that Kaiju give birth to live young, but there’s at least one egg in the sequel, Pacific Rim Uprising. Pacific Rim Uprising is the movie that just went ahead and did that.