New Pacific Rim Trailer Released

Pacific Rim could be one of the surprise hits of the summer. Of course, it might seem weird to call a movie with a rumored $180 million budget and a big name director like Guillermo Del Toro a surprise hit. However, Pacific Rim is one of the few big budget summer movies that's not either a sequel or based on an established character that looks like it has the potential to do really well. When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes—a washed up former pilot and an untested trainee — who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse. Pacific Rim is scheduled to be released at movie theaters in the United States on July 12, 2013.