For those of you who couldn't qualify for a loan to take your family to see "Pacific Rim" Asylum presents this mockbuster. A sea creature emerges from a bad plot point (100 million year gestation) to attack New Orleans. Three experimental "Bots" (100 ft CG robots) each manned by one person go after the creature.
The three bots are known as Red, Green, and Blue. Each one is filmed in the same room with a different colored light and person...except in one scene, what was supposed to be a blue light was red. Fire the best boy. The threesome is under the command of Admiral Hadley (Graham Greene) a rather salty old man who uses phrases such as "bull butter" and "Jesus H. Christ." His antagonist is a one eyed submarine Captain.
On the plus side, the ranking insignias stay the same throughout the film, a problem Asylum has had in the past. The soundtrack, which was excellent in "Pacific Rim" was clearly second tier in this film, including the swagger music for our hero threesome. Some of the CG effects were better than others, with flames being the worse. In one scene Red uses a laser which goes out of control and takes down a building. If you watch closely, the building starts to fall before the laser hits it. Appropriately Red says, "oops" perhaps a comment on Asylum's editors.
The film has also been called "Atlantic Rim," "5,000 Fathoms Deep," and "From the Sea." Might be worthy as a rental for the kids. Don't expect too much.
Parental Guide: No f-bombs, sex, or nudity. Talk involving a love triangle.
The three bots are known as Red, Green, and Blue. Each one is filmed in the same room with a different colored light and person...except in one scene, what was supposed to be a blue light was red. Fire the best boy. The threesome is under the command of Admiral Hadley (Graham Greene) a rather salty old man who uses phrases such as "bull butter" and "Jesus H. Christ." His antagonist is a one eyed submarine Captain.
On the plus side, the ranking insignias stay the same throughout the film, a problem Asylum has had in the past. The soundtrack, which was excellent in "Pacific Rim" was clearly second tier in this film, including the swagger music for our hero threesome. Some of the CG effects were better than others, with flames being the worse. In one scene Red uses a laser which goes out of control and takes down a building. If you watch closely, the building starts to fall before the laser hits it. Appropriately Red says, "oops" perhaps a comment on Asylum's editors.
The film has also been called "Atlantic Rim," "5,000 Fathoms Deep," and "From the Sea." Might be worthy as a rental for the kids. Don't expect too much.
Parental Guide: No f-bombs, sex, or nudity. Talk involving a love triangle.