<P> Pacific Rim is a 2013 American science fiction action film directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Charlie Hunnam , Idris Elba , Rinko Kikuchi , Charlie Day , Burn Gorman , Robert Kazinsky , Max Martini , and Ron Perlman . The screenplay was written by Travis Beacham and del Toro from a story by Beacham . The film is set in the future , when Earth is at war with the Kaiju , colossal sea monsters which have emerged from an interdimensional portal on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean . To combat the monsters , humanity unites to create the Jaegers , gigantic humanoid mechas , each controlled by at least two pilots , whose minds are joined by a mental link . Focusing on the war 's later days , the story follows Raleigh Becket , a washed - up Jaeger pilot called out of retirement and teamed with rookie pilot Mako Mori as part of a last - ditch effort to defeat the Kaiju . </P>
<P> Pacific Rim is a 2013 American science fiction action film directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Charlie Hunnam , Idris Elba , Rinko Kikuchi , Charlie Day , Burn Gorman , Robert Kazinsky , Max Martini , and Ron Perlman . The screenplay was written by Travis Beacham and del Toro from a story by Beacham . The film is set in the future , when Earth is at war with the Kaiju , colossal sea monsters which have emerged from an interdimensional portal on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean . To combat the monsters , humanity unites to create the Jaegers , gigantic humanoid mechas , each controlled by at least two pilots , whose minds are joined by a mental link . Focusing on the war 's later days , the story follows Raleigh Becket , a washed - up Jaeger pilot called out of retirement and teamed with rookie pilot Mako Mori as part of a last - ditch effort to defeat the Kaiju . </P>
when did the first pacific rim come out
when did the first pacific rim come out
2013
2013