Pacific Rim (2013)
Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
65Kernel Score — Generally Favorable, 0 reviews
The Kernel take
A 65 Metascore hardly justifies the $180M swing—Pacific Rim needed to be a critical darling, not merely competent, to justify that budget against a $411M gross that barely clears the bar.
Director track record: Guillermo del Toro
Pacific Rim trails well behind del Toro's own 71.6-point average across 10 scored films, falling 6.6 points short and well short of his best-reviewed work, The Shape of Water (87).
Lead track record: Charlie Hunnam
Hunnam's 65 here sits well above his own 55.8-point average across 14 scored films—one of his better-reviewed works to date, though it still trails his best-reviewed film, Children of Men (84).
Box office
Budget $180M · Box office $411M