Pacific Rim

A favourite among the director’s own works, this is a Kaiju mash-up made for the big screen.

  • Director

    Guillermo del Toro

  • With

    Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day

  • USA 2013. 133min

  • Digital (2D)

  • Certificate

    12A

Influenced by the Japanese Kaiju monster movie sub-genre, Pacific Rim was a natural choice for a director who regards the 1966 classic The War of the Gargantuas as a formative cinematic experience. It charts humanity’s last attempt to build robot behemoths capable of fighting giant creatures from another dimension. A passion project for del Toro, it’s an underrated entry in his body of work, and essential viewing on the big screen.

The IMAX screening of Pacific Rim on Saturday 9 May will include a Q&A with Guillermo del Toro.