Guillermo Del Toro's Pacific Rim Reveals Plot Description

The plot description for Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim has been revealed. The epic sci-fi was known to be an action adventure about humans operating giant robots to fight destructive monsters. Sons of Anarchy star Charlie Hunnam leads, along with Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day and Ron Perlman. Other cast members include Max Martini, Robert Kazinsky, Clifton Collins, Jr., Burn Gorman, Larry Joe Campbell, Diego Klattenhoff, and Brad William Henke. A press release was leaked earlier this week, and now Collider have confirmed this is the official synopsis for Travis Beacham's script. It reveals the giant robots are named Jaegers, and that the monsters - Kaiju - emerged from the ocean: When legions of 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. Del Toro will be working with his Oscar-winning director of photography Guillermo Navarro once more, following the stunning Pan's Labyrinth. Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures will release Pacific Rim the summer of 2013.