Atlantic Rim: World's End

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.

I got duped and started watching this believing it was the blockbuster "Pacific Rim". It was an impressive experience, my first exposure to a "mockbuster". To my defence, I quickly realized that I was not watching the real thing, so what the heck was I watching? I just couldn't believe that there was a market for this, so I came up with a few theories: * internet spoof: a bunch of movie buffs enjoy recreating scene-by-scene a blockbuster with intentionally minimalist SFX for release on YouTube * film school project: a bunch of students set out to recreate a multi-million blockbuster as quickly and inexpensively as possible, in order to learn the ropes What I finally settled on, was that I was watching an animated storyboard, i. e. a filmed first draft of the original movie script. I had to admire the actors for acting their hearts out, almost like in a real movie, only much more hammy. I sat transfixed through half of the movie. Never in the world, though, would I have suspected that this was an actual inferior copy of the original, made to part suckers from their money. Who would go back to a rental place that had fooled them once?

From Oscar award to the only explanation being Alzheimer's or absolute rock-bottom desperation for a paycheck.

Don't know what a "mockbuster" is? Watch Pacific rim then watch this. Your education is complete. Oedipus would gouge his eyes out again. You could hit yourself in the face with a hammer and your time would be better spent than if you whatch this. Even worse than Robot Jox...

........BA BOOM!!!!! Thing's gone."

Entire cast succeeded in never connecting with a high five, low five, fist bump, hand shake or any other celebratory hand or body gesture. Solid one star acting effort by all, but additional star for consistently bad from start to finish.

Michael Scott's movie "Threat Level Midnight" was probably better than this pile of garbage.