The title “Pacific Rim Uprising” sounds like the punch line to a dirty joke, but there’s no sex and no fun in this formulaic, cynical sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 film “Pacific Rim,” which was ...

This image released by Universal Pictures shows, foreground from left, Cailee Spaeny, John Boyega and Scott Eastwood in a scene from "Pacific Rim Uprising." (Legendary Pictures/Universal Pictures via ...

Giant monsters are back and they are bigger than ever. Director Guillermo del Toro’s “Pacific Rim” heralds the mainstream return of an offbeat, still durable cinematic genre known as Kaiju – literally ...

If you could hear anything over the extraordinary din of clashing robots and monsters in 2013’s “Pacific Rim,” you might have made out the sound of the heroic fighter Stacker Pentecost (Idris Elba) ...

Legendary-Universal’s “Pacific Rim Uprising” isn’t likely to open as high as the original monster battle movie, but robot-loving international territories could help power it to a solid box office ...