Pacific Rim Page #8

Synopsis: When 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 (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi) - 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.
Director(s): Guillermo del Toro
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 6 wins & 47 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
65
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
PG-13
Year:
2013
131 min
$101,785,482
Website
19,116 Views


on my own, now, can I?

Dad's hurt,

so who's gonna be my copilot?

(DOOR OPENS)

I don't remember it being so tight.

Getting back into that Jaeger

will kill you.

Not getting into one would kill us all.

Listen...

...you are a brave girl.

I'm so lucky to have seen you grow.

But if I'm going to do this...

...I need you to protect me.

Can you do that?

Right.

Everyone...

...listen up!

Today...

...today...

...at the edge of our hope...

...at the end of our time...

...we have chosen not only to believe

in ourselves, but in each other.

Today there's not...

...a man nor woman in here

that shall stand alone.

Not today.

Today we face the monsters

that are at our door...

...and bring the fight to them!

Today we are canceling the apocalypse!

(ALL CHEERING)

CHUCK:
Hey, marshal!

You know, that was a great speech...

...but how exactly are you and I

supposed to match up...

...in there?

I carry nothing into the Drift.

No memories, no fear.

No rank.

And as for you...

...well, you're easy.

You're an egotistical jerk...

...with daddy issues.

A simple puzzle I solved on day one.

(MAX BARKS)

But you are your father's son...

...so we'll Drift just fine.

Works for me.

Hey, now.

When you Drift with someone...

you feel like there's nothing

to talk about.

I just don't want to regret...

- ...all the things that I never said out loud.

- Don't.

(SIGHS)

You don't need to.

I know them all.

I always have.

(MAX BARKS)

Hey. Hey, handsome.

(MAX WHINES)

Oh, I'm gonna miss you.

You look after him for me.

HERC:
Stacker.

That's my son you got there.

My son.

You know, Mako, all those years

I spent living in the past...

...I never really thought

about the future.

Until now.

I never did have very good timing.

(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)

You ready for this?

- Oh, yes, yes.

- Initiating neural handshake in five...

...four...

...three...

...two...

...one.

(GRUNTING)

(INDISTINCT OVERLAPPING VOICES)

(GRUNTING)

(NEWT COUGHS)

Are you okay?

Yes, of course.

I'm completely fine.

(RETCHING)

(VOMITS)

- The Drift. You saw it?

- Yeah.

- Did you?

- Listen, we have to warn them.

The Jaegers... The Breach... The plan...

It's not going to work.

TENDO:
Disengaging transport.

CHUCK:
Loccent, all ports sealed.

Ready to submerge.

RALEIGH:
All ports sealed.

Ready to submerge.

MAN:
Both neural handshakes at 100 percent.

Neural handshake confirmed, sir.

Two actives still in circle formation

in the Guam quadrant.

Code names:
Scunner, Raiju.

Both Category 4.

PENTECOST:
Roger that.

Half a mile to the ocean cliff...

...we jump!

It's 3000 meters to the Breach.

Half a mile? I can't even see...

...a damn inch ahead!

How are we supposed

to deliver the bomb?

Visibility's zero.

Switching to instruments now.

MAN:
Sir!

HERC:
Gipsy, you have movement on your right.

Three o'clock! Three o'clock!

AI:
100-feet radius...

- ...clear.

RALEIGH:
- Right flank's clear.

I got nothing.

Left now! And moving fast!

Fastest Kaiju on record!

(KAIJU SQUAWKS)

I don't see anything.

It's moving too fast!

CHUCK:
Eyes on the prize, Gipsy.

600 meters from the drop.

400 meters and closing.

Bogeys are stopping.

HERC:
Striker! Bogeys are stopping.

One o'clock.

CHUCK:
Marshal, what are you doing?

They're stopping.

- Why the hell are they stopping?

- I don't give a damn, sir!

We're 300 meters from the jump!

- Something's not right!

HERC:
Striker...

...the bogeys aren't following.

Take the leap now.

NEWT:
Don't do it! Don't do it!

It's not gonna work!

Move, you fascist! Blowing up

the Breach, it's not gonna work!

PENTECOST:
What do you mean?

What's not gonna work?

Just because the Breach is open does not

mean you're able to get a bomb through.

GOTTLIEB:
The Breach

genetically reads the Kaiju...

...like a barcode at the supermarket

and then lets them pass.

You're gonna have to fool the Breach into

thinking that you have the same code!

- And how are we supposed to do that?

NEWT:
- By making it think...

...you are a Kaiju.

You have to lock onto the Kaiju,

ride it into the Breach.

The Throat will then read...

...the Kaiju's genetic code...

- ...and let you pass.

NEWT:
- If you don't do it...

...the bomb will deflect off the Breach...

...like it always has...

...and the mission will fail.

All right.

Now that you've heard all that,

Striker, take the leap!

Sir! I have a third signature...

...emerging from the Breach!

HERC:
- Third signature...

...emerging from the Breach.

It's a triple event.

Oh, God, I was right.

How big is it?

- What category?

- Category 5.

Striker...

...it's a Category 5.

The first ever.

(GROWLING)

(ROARING)

RALEIGH:
Striker, we see him.

We're right behind you...

...about 100 meters.

We're gonna come around

your 3 o'clock, try to flank him.

Standard two-team formation.

Just keep him busy for a few...

(KAIJU SCREECHING)

Brace for impact!

AI:
Chain sword...

...deployed.

(RALEIGH YELLING)

RALEIGH:
Let's get this son of a b*tch!

(SCREECHING)

PENTECOST:
Gipsy, coming up...

...on your 12 o'clock!

Full speed!

Get out of the way!

(GRUNTING)

CHUCK:
The release is jammed!

We can't deliver...

...the payload, sir!

We're still armed.

But the hull is compromised!

Half our systems are offline, sir.

We need to override the...

(ROARING)

(BOTH GRUNTING)

Both Kaijus...

...converging on Striker fast!

(COMPUTER BEEPING)

RALEIGH:
Hang on, Striker!

- We 're coming to you!

PENTECOST:
- No!

Gipsy! Do not come to our aid!

Do you copy?

RALEIGH:
Hang on!

PENTECOST:
Stay as far back as you can!

We can still reach you.

We're coming for you.

No, Raleigh, listen to me.

You know exactly what you have to do!

Gipsy is nuclear!

Take her to the Breach!

I hear you, sir.

Heading for the Breach.

AI:
Structural damage...

- Now.

- ...eighty percent.

- Unh.

PENTECOST:
Mako.

Listen.

You can finish this.

I'll always be here for you.

You can always find me in the Drift.

We're a walking...

...nuclear reactor.

We can destroy the Breach.

(GROWLING)

(SCREECHING)

CHUCK:
What can we do, sir?

We can clear a path!

For the lady!

They're gonna detonate the payload.

CHUCK:
Well, my father always said:

If you have the shot, you take it!

So let's do this!

It was a pleasure, sir.

(ALARM WAILING)

(SPEAKING IN JAPANESE)

AI:
All systems critical. Fluid loss.

Systems are critical!

Fuel is leaking!

Our right leg's crippled!

Code red.

- Let's finish this.

- All systems critical.

What are they doing?

Finishing the mission.

RALEIGH:
Loccent. We have...

...the Kaiju carcass.

We're heading for the Breach.

You guys better be right.

Because one way or another...

...we 're getting this thing done.

(ROARING)

On my count, rear jets!

Three...

...two...

...one.

Now!

(SCREECHES)

Hold on.

(SCREECHING)

Mako's oxygen is down. Half capacity!

- Can you reroute it?

- I'm trying, sir.

RALEIGH:
Hold on, Mako.

AI:
Heat shaft purge.

RALEIGH:
I'm gonna burn...

...this son of a b*tch.

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Travis Beacham

Just prior to graduating from North Carolina School of the Arts in 2005 after studying screenwriting, Beacham contributed to the independent feature Dog Days of Summer directed by fellow alum Mark Freiburger. Beacham's first spec script Killing on Carnival Row was picked up by New Line Cinema in 2005. Characterized as "a dark neo-noir fantasy thriller," the project has alternately been in development with directors Guillermo del Toro and Neil Jordan. more…

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