When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes -- a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi) -- who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.
Release date: July 12, 2013.
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Screenplay: Travis Beacham and Guillermo del Toro, based on a story by Travis Beacham
Cast: Charlie Hunnam (Raleigh Becket), Ron Perlman (Hannibal Chau), Idris Elba (Stacker Pentecost), Charlie Day (Dr. Newton Geiszler), Diego Klattenhoff, Burn Gorman (Dr. Hermann Gottlieb), Clifton Collins Jr. (Tendo Choi), Rinko Kikuchi (Mako Mori), Robert Maillet (Aleksis Kaidanovsky), Max Martini (Herc Hansen), Robert Kazinsky (Chuck Hansen), Heather Doerksen (Sasha Kaidanovsky), Larry Joe Campbell (Tommy T), Ellen McLain (Jaeger A.I.), Brad William Henke (Miles).
