Pacific Rim

Long ago, legions of monstrous creatures called Kaiju arose from the sea, bringing with them all-consuming war. To fight the Kaiju, mankind developed giant robots called Jaegers, designed to be piloted by two humans locked together in a neural bridge. However, even the Jaegers are not enough to defeat the Kaiju, and humanity is on the verge of defeat. Mankind's last hope now lies with a washed-up ex-pilot (Charlie Hunnam), an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi), and an old, obsolete Jaeger.

Critic Reviews:

• " Del Toro is a dreamer. He's a visionary. If you give him a pile of money to make enormous robots fight enormous monsters at the end of civilization, he will work to make Pacific Rim a movie that makes you feel all the enormousness. " – Wesley Morris

• " Feels like it's always struggling to break through the screen-if only to grab you by the scruff of the neck and drag you in. " – Max Nelson

• " As adventures in mechanised mayhem go, the picture does, of course, crush the Transformers franchise into iron filings. " – Donald Clarke