Pacific Rim

There was so much hype around this movie. So, I went to watch it in IMAX 3D. There was hardly any story to tell. The movie was about humans, machines and monsters. There were only two things which were different in this movie - the source or place where the monsters come from; and size of the monsters. The monsters looked cheesy. Most of the scenes were shot in dark and in water. The look and feel was not as neat and sharp as in Iron Man or Man of Steel.

Usually aliens come from outer space. In this movie, the monsters came from under the ocean (deep down below ocean) and they wanted to capture the earth by eliminating human beings from all over the world. In order to protect the human race, humans developed LARGE sized machines or robot. A robot needed two pilots to operate however the two pilots were needed to be connected such that their body and minds were synchronized.  

Here is something I didn't understand. If one can build such a huge machine, why not make it more easily maneuverable for the pilots ?

In a fight between a robot and a Kaiju (monster), the protagonist lost his brother and he gave up his job to work for a wall-construction company for 5+ yrs. As the program to kill Kaijus was not producing results, the bosses told the leader to wrap up the project in a few months. As expected, the leader would not give up and so he decided to re-assemble a team in Hong Kong and made the protagonist join his team. As they arrived in Hong Kong, the protagonist finds a Japanese (or Chinese) girl there. Sooner he found her to be the most suitable co-pilot. Twist - The leader would not let her go into a fight as he had been protective of her. After minor drama, it was decided she would become his co-pilot...followed by more minor drama.

More threats of attacks by Kaijus became imminent. The goal for the team was simple. They would be ready for the next set of Kaijus to come and they kill the Kaijus. However, to end the war, the team needed to nuke the place under the ocean. As the task became difficult, the leader also joined the fighters team and soon there were two robots which went down into the ocean. The robots foughts the Kaijus and blew their actual home with nuclear bombs.

Something was missing in the movie...it was not fulfilling...