Movie fans have begun debating a scene which they both love and don’t quite understand in a hit film that has just returned to Netflix.
Netflix fans have been losing their minds after a fan favorite action film became available on the streaming platform.
While I might disagree about its overall quality, it is hard to deny the film is a barrage of mayhem and fun.
A film that half doesn’t take itself too seriously and is just focused on massive set pieces? Sounds like a good popcorn movie to me.
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Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim, which was released in 2013, has come to Netflix and some fans have heralded it as the ‘greatest movie of all time’.
If you haven’t heard of it, well, here is basically all you need to know. Robots vs monsters = fun.
And that is what the mind’s behind it focused on.
The film’s big bad are known as Kaijus and are massive sky-scraper sized monsters that come from a portal in the ocean.
So, rather than your typical military response, the world’s army design giant robots known as Jaegers, to defeat these foes.
That is basically it, two people pilot the same robot at the same time to beat the snot out of monsters.
But in one scene, where a Kaiju is getting the better of the two central pilots, Charlie Hunnam’s character, Raleigh Becket, and Rinko Kikuchi’s Mako Mori, has got fans talking.
The duo eventually pulls out a grand massive sword and slices the Kaiju in half. But viewers are questioning why the pair waited so long to use their best weapon.
“The most unbelievable part of 'Pacific Rim,' still, is that they waited so long to deploy the sword weapon,” one viewer questioned on social media.
And fans of the film had all manner of hilarious reasons as to why they didn’t open with the sword.
“Or, and just hear me out, they just waited until to coolest possible moment to use the sword,” one user joked.
“You gotta follow Power Rangers logic, not allowed to deploy most powerful weapon until third act,” another commented.
“Look now, when you go through the training and fight numerous kaiju to get battle experience enough to make the call, then you can criticize,” joked another.
“Martial arts movie logic 101: you must hide your secret weapon or technique until the last possible moment!” a fourth added.
Got to say I agree, a lot more fun to see you pull out the best weapon when you are on the brink of death... makes for better viewing.
Topics: Film and TV, Netflix, Social Media
Gerrard Kaonga