Pacific Rim -2013 Page
Our protagonist, Raleigh Becket (Charlie Hunnam), is a Jaeger pilot who suffers a devastating loss when his brother and co-pilot is killed during a mission in which their Jaeger, the Mark-3 model "Gipsy Danger," is critically damaged. Haunted by the trauma, Raleigh abandons the program and retreats to a life of hard labor on the coastal walls that have become the world's last line of defense. Years later, the war is all but lost. The charismatic and weary Marshal Stacker Pentecost (Idris Elba) of the Pan Pacific Defense Corps tracks Raleigh down and convinces him to return to the Hong Kong Shatterdome, the last remaining Jaeger base.
To combat the Kaiju, humanity unites to build the Jaegers (German for "Hunters"). These towering, mechanical titans are skyscraper-sized weapons of war. Rather than sleek, futuristic designs, the Jaegers look heavy, industrial, and battle-worn. The main fleet showcases global diversity: pacific rim -2013