Pacific Rim: Uprising
Universal Pictures | Release Date: March 23, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 45 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
28
Negative:
10
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzMar 22, 2018
With all due affection, del Toro is the fantasy world’s Quentin Tarantino – his originality rests in how meticulously and enthusiastically he repackages the work of others. DeKnight has no such goals; he can’t even be bothered here to ape del Toro’s imitation game. Read full review
38
St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonMar 22, 2018
Tickets to Pacific Rim Uprising should come with a package of aspirin. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 21, 2018
Action-packed and impressively stupid. Read full review
33
ConsequenceAllison ShoemakerMar 21, 2018
Uprising plods around like the giant robots that occupy so much of its space, moving too quickly to let almost anything resonate emotionally, but not quickly enough to lend much of an adrenaline rush. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovMar 22, 2018
Utter rubbish compared to its 2013 precursor. Enter with low expectations and you might just have some rock ‘em, sock ‘em, let’s-ravage-Tokyo fun. Read full review
30
VarietyNick SchagerMar 20, 2018
Pacific Rim Uprising delivers plentiful CG mayhem.... What it lacks, though, is both del Toro’s trademark Lovecraftian imagery (all slick tentacles and dank subterranean locales) and the sense of thunderous heft that the Mexican auteur bestowed upon his titans. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMar 20, 2018
Lacking the stylistic flair provided by del Toro in the original, this sequel directed by Steven S. DeKnight (TV's Daredevil and Spartacus) becomes increasingly tiresome in its cliched plotting and characterizations, hackneyed dialogue and numbingly repetitive, visually incoherent action sequences. Read full review
25
The PlaylistDrew TaylorMar 20, 2018
At its best, Pacific Rim Uprising is tedious and mildly diverting, but at its worst it feels like an out-and-out betrayal. Read full review
20
TheWrapDan CallahanMar 20, 2018
Pacific Rim Uprising has zero emotional pull. Read full review
12
Rolling StoneDavid FearMar 22, 2018
This is Transformers-level inanity. This is a blow to your head from a mallet. It will not make you feel like a 10-year-old, but it will make you feel 10 years older than when you first entered the theater. It is certainly not personal in any way, shape or form, just strictly chilly, corporate to a fault and somehow both chintzy and wildly overblown. Read full review
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