Pacific Rim: Uprising

{{Infobox film | image = Pacific Rim - Uprising (2018 film).jpg | alt = The four Jaeger robots are preparing for battle in the destroyed city with the weapons. The film's tagline, "Rise up", is displayed along the top. | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Steven S. DeKnight | writer = | based_on = | producer = | starring = | cinematography = Dan Mindel | editing = | music = Lorne Balfe | studio = | distributor = Universal Pictures | released = | runtime = 111 minutes<ref>{{cite web|title=Pacific Rim Uprising" (12A)|url=https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/pacific-rim-uprising-2018|publisher=British Board of Film Classification|access-date= March 13, 2018 }}</ref> | country = United States | language = English | budget = $150–176 million | gross = $290.9million }}Pacific Rim Uprising is a 2018 American science fiction monster film directed by Steven S. DeKnight (in his feature-film directorial and writing debut), and written by DeKnight, Emily Carmichael, Kira Snyder and T.S. Nowlin. It is the sequel to the 2013 film Pacific Rim, the second film, and second installment overall in the Pacific Rim franchise. Guillermo del Toro, director of the first movie, serves as a producer; while production studios Legendary Pictures and Double Dare You Productions developed the movie. The sequel stars John Boyega, as well as Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny in her film debut, Jing Tian, Adria Arjona and Zhang Jin, with Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, and Burn Gorman returning from the original film. The film takes place in 2035, ten years after the events of the original film. The story follows Jake Pentecost, who is given one last chance to live up to his father's legacy after Kaiju, giant sea monsters, are unleashed back into the world and aim to destroy it. Principal photography began in November 2016 in Australia. Pacific Rim Uprising premiered in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on March 15, 2018, and was released in the United States on March 23, by Universal Pictures (unlike its predecessor, which was released by Warner Bros. Pictures). With a gross of $290 million worldwide, the film was a box-office disappointment. It also received mixed reviews; many critics considered it inferior to del Toro's film and criticized its story, while praising its visual effects, action sequences, and performances of Boyega, Eastwood and Spaeny.