Cancelling the Apocalypse: Jaeger Style

One of Pacific Rim's theatrical posters

Pacific Rim first hit the theaters last July 11, 2013. Directed by Guillermo del Toro, and written by himself and Travis Beacham, the movie tells the tale of humanity's struggle against Kaijus - giant, extraterrestrial beings laying waste on Earth - through Jaegers - equally colossal mechanical humanoids piloted by, usually, two pilots. 

It was from a fissure between two tectonic plates on the Pacific's floor from which the first alien lifeform -- the Kaiju -- entered our world. Its first target: San Francisco. With the present weapons, it took six days before jets, tanks and missiles took it down. Six months after, the second Kaiju hit Manila, and the third, the fourth, the fifth, and so on. 

It was then humans realized that there's no end to it, and that they needed a new weapon. Thus, the Jaeger Program.

The Jaeger Program aims to make "monsters" -- giant robots -- to combat the Kaijus. Although, there were setbacks during the early stages of the development, for the neural load to interface with a giant machine was too much for a single pilot. Ergo, the two-pilot system was implemented, dividing the load between two people so it may be tolerable, and the Jaeger program realized. From there, humans started winning, but the problem is not quite over yet. In fact, far from it.

Follow the Resistance -- humanity's last line of defense against the Kaiju after the Jaeger Program was discontinued -- in this pure brawn, adrenaline ride.

The last four Jaegers; left to right: Crimson Typhoon (China), Gipsy Danger (USA), Striker Eureka (Australia), and Cherno Alpha (Russia)