However, their illegal activities put them in the crosshairs of the law and they're given a choice: jail or pilot academy. Rated PG-13: for sequences of sci-fi violence and action, some strong language Add in the gravitas of Idris Elba, with his rousing 'we are canceling the apocalypse' call to arms, and you have a moderately entertaining way to watch the end of the world. Yet it did possess a certain power, thanks to the epic staging of the war between giant beasts from the deep, called Kaiju, and the human-piloted megarobots, called Jaegers, invented to combat them.

The original 'Pacific Rim,' released in 2013, isn't 'Shape of Water' director Guillermo del Toro's best movie by a long shot. It's a rote, paint-by-numbers blockbuster that would be offensive in its mediocrity if it also weren't so relentlessly uninspired.

'Pacific Rim Uprising' is a lot like the city-crunching monsters it stars: big, loud and as dull-witted as Homer Simpson roused from a medically induced coma.

1 of4 It's an epic - or some would say mediocre - metal melee when the Jaegers once again battle the Kaiju in 'Pacific Rim Uprising.' Legendary Pictures/HONS Show More Show Less 2 of4 Wesley Wong, from left, Cailee Spaeny, John Boyega and Scott Eastwood are part of the diverse cast featured in 'Pacific Rim Uprising.' Legendary Pictures/HONS Show More Show Less 3 of4 John Boyega and Scott Eastwood in 'Pacific Rim Uprising' Universal Pictures Show More Show Less 4 of4 Pacific Rim Uprising (Universal Pictures ) Universal Pictures/HO Show More Show Less

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