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當(dāng)被稱為怪獸的外星怪物從海中勢不可擋地冒出來時，它們帶來的，是一場奪取百萬生命和人類資源的戰(zhàn)爭。接連摧毀舊金山、馬尼拉和墨西哥等城市后，怪獸數(shù)量與攻擊次數(shù)越來越多。為了對抗怪獸的襲擊，人類啟動代號“機甲獵人”（Jaeger）的作戰(zhàn)計劃，亦即以“巨大神經(jīng)元合體機械人”為地球設(shè)下防衛(wèi)機制。

兩名駕駛員必須透過神經(jīng)元合體，才能同步操縱巨大的機械人，一旦連結(jié)失敗，就會引發(fā)大災(zāi)難，只是這群配備精良的機械人，卻仍然擋不住洶涌襲來的殘暴巨獸。

駕駛員萊理（查理·漢納姆飾）和哥哥在一場怪獸作戰(zhàn)中，哥哥不幸被怪獸吞噬，萊理因此意志消沉，留在阿拉斯加打零工維生。但隨著怪獸威力越來越強大，攻擊越來越頻繁之際，機甲獵人數(shù)量也越來越少。萊理和日本菜鳥女駕駛麻子（菊地凜子飾）必須駕駛老舊機甲獵人吉普賽，擔(dān)負起拯救全世界的重責(zé)大任，在面對怪獸威脅與兩人各自傷痛記憶的過往，他們能夠成功達成任務(wù)嗎？

【音頻文本】

Sci-fi action film Pacific Rim features overwhelming visual effects. And yes, when I say overwhelming, it means the visuals are good enough to make you overlook the film's other failings.

Written by Guillermo del Toro and Travis Beacham, the story is set in the 2020s, when colossal alien monsters pass through inter-dimensional portals on the floor of the Pacific Ocean to plague the human world. Inresponse, the Pacific Nations pool their resources and build equally colossal humanoid machines to fight the behemoths. But as the attacks come in ever shorter intervals and the cost of maintenance multiplies, humans must find a solution to deal with the gigantic pest problem once and for all.

"Pacific Rim" offers practically everything I wanted to see but wasn't able to when I was still a boy. TheTransformers series was good enough to grab boys' attention and inspire their interest, but was not alwaysaired and besides, the episodes were too short. The Japanese Dinosaur Corps Koseidon TV series lasted longenough, but they were lame even in the eyes of an 8-year-old kid. "Pacific Rim" provides a real feast for the eyes and ears about giant machines and huge beasts, because unlike the Transformers film series where you can barely tell one robot from another amidst the non-stop action, the machines in "Pacific Rim" are of a more simplistic yet majestic design, and their movements are slower, and therefore more easily registered by the audience.

More importantly, the sensational imagery does not come all at once, but is spread across the length of the film and accumulates. Certainly, there has to some action in the background to wet the audience's appetite at the very beginning, but after that, the action scenes are carefully inserted between much softer parts of the story. Character development efforts are successful to a large extent. Lead actress Rinko Kikuchi is very memorable for her portrayal of a shy yet determined fighter, and supporting actor Idris Elba does a better job than male actor Charlie Hunnam, the latter is good at fighting but not so much at leaving other impressions.

Director del Toro believes this makes a good film for kids, because it speaks loudly about trust and crossing the barriers of color, sex, beliefs and so on. However, an American colleague of mine seems to disagree. As a parent, he thinks it is a good idea to protect kids from such intensive action films. Well, that'sbad news for boys with protective parents who won't be able to enjoy a thrilling Kaiju movie that would definitely set their imagination free.

On a scale from one to ten, I give "Pacific Rim" a seven.

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