Atlantic Rim (2013)

Powerful

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

I know there is a great following for this type of film, but there has to be a limit. Some are so bad they are entertaining, this film is not even one of those, it's just rubbish, a bad bad film. Acting by everyone is wooden, the script, if there was one, was badly written and thought out. At one stage Tracey (blue robot) hits the monster and actually says "take that". And then of course there is the rest of the dialogue which includes each and ever cliché known to man. The 'plot' is laughable, and NOT in a good way, is doesn't make any sense at all. the characters just appear in a new location/situation instantly. Big fight, hundreds of random people are dead, city has been raised to the ground, the 'stars' find themselves in a busy bar having a drink seconds later. I could have done better than this. There is truly nothing going for this film and should just never have been made at all.

The first hint one should get is that the original title of this movie was "Atlantic Rim"-- apparently trying to grab the few viewers that might mistake it for "Pacific Rim". That they have now changed the title could be only for one of two reasons: 1) Legal troubles with the Pacific Rim people or 2) Atlantic Rim got such a bad reputation they're trying to re-release it under a different name.This is one of the few movies that I would give 3 stars on special effects alone (not great, but interesting)... except that I don't really want to raise the current 1.7 rating. So I chose to not rate it at all, because even a 2 would up the scale a little. The script, acting, logic flaws, senseless storyline... it all adds up to a "rainy Saturday afternoon when the internet is out" movie.But then, anyone who watches a giant robots vs sea monsters movie made by Asylum and expects anything but goofy really is not acquainted with this company. I gave this one a chance thinking "Hey, even Asylum can't totally ruin a giant robots vs sea monsters movie." And I was right. They didn't totally ruin it; they just mostly ruined it. It did contain giant robots and sea monsters after all.Seriously though, recognize there is a reason for that (current) 1.7 rating, and spend time on a hobby or with the family. There, I just saved you a couple of hours out of your life that may have been spent in Asylum drivel. If you're still tempted to watch this, just remember: TRUST THE 1.7... TRUST THE 1.7...

So so so so so so bad..... in EVERY way imaginable. Bad acting, continuity, effects, story.... all of it. The bot suddenly springs up out of water barely deep enough to come up to its knees... was it lying down first??? Why were there so many dead people in town? One fight on the beach and practically the whole town was destroyed. NO military man carries a gun gangsta style in his waistband behind his back... In the car, the driver with the eyepatch never put his eyes on the road... just kept looking at General/Admiral Hadley. Not sure which since the same officer called him General and then Admiral... And as far is i know, 3 stars in the Marines is Lt General and in the Navy its Vice Admiral, either way they should not be calling him General or Admiral. WHAT?!?! Busting a locked doorknob on a steel door with a wooden handled hammer?!?!? And there was no locking mechanism in the door, just a doorknob on a door. Colonel Geise... fer gods sake take a chill pill. Loosen ya undies man, they must be so wadded up. I've never seen a man so stressed and full of pent up anger... any more stress and ya eyepatch will melt. Oh and is Geiss a Captain or a Colonel? Just exactly WHICH branch of the military was running all this??? Army, Navy, Marines??? None of the insignia was correct for any of them. I was trying to work it out but got a headache and gave up. 3 Bots and only Red does the work??? wtf? Melee weapons magically appear... OMG ITS THE POWER RANGERS!!!!!Forget this movie. I've wasted some of my precious life watching it... time i'll never get back... WHY.... why did i do it....? *sob sob*

This movie is utterly dreadful, although that is the precise point of these 'mockbusters'. My flatmate and I watch a s**t movie every other Sunday - we call it "S**t Movie Sunday." This one didn't disappoint. The highlights of this movie (i.e. the most 's**t' parts) are as follows:The moment when a 6-second clip of a jet flying across a sunset was re-used 5 times in a 10 minute action sequence. The 'Love Triangle' which lasts about 21 seconds.A homeless guy getting jumped in an alleyway by the main characters for no apparent reason.This movie is absolutely dreadful... please watch it at your own risk.