'Pacific Rim' Review Roundup: Guillermo Del Toro's New Film Scores Positive Reviews

On July 12, Warner Bros will unveil its new franchise "Pacific Rim."

The film, directed by Guillermo del Toro, tells the story of a war between humankind and monstrous sea creatures. As a result, a former pilot and a trainee pair up to utilize a special weapon to save the world from the apocalypse.

The film had its world premiere in Los Angeles and has thus far scored positive reviews. Todd McCarthy from the Hollywood Reporter stated, "A better-and-smarter-than-average humans-vs.-monsters spectacular."

Jordan Hoffman of Film.com gave the film eight stars out of 10 and stated, "They don't let 14 year-old boys direct multi-million dollar feature films, but somehow Guillermo Del Toro has channeled the interests, attitudes and fears from that mindset with a clarity that far surpasses contemporaries like Michael Bay."

Keith Uhlich of Time Out New York also enjoyed the movie and stated, "Though everything we see is pure, pleasurable comic-book absurdity, Del Toro somehow lends a plausible humanity to the proceedings, one lacking in most of this summer's city-destroying blockbusters."

The New York Post's Lou Lumenick gave the film a perfect score and wrote, "The extinction of mankind has loomed again and again over Hollywood blockbusters the past couple of years, though never anywhere near as entertainingly as in 'Pacific Rim.''

There were however some negative reviews. Variety's Justin Chang stated, "The squarest, clunkiest and certainly loudest movie of director Guillermo del Toro's career, a crushed-metal orgy that plays like an extended 3D episode of "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" on very expensive acid."

Latinos Post stated, "A Monster-Robot Movie Filled With Style But Little Substance."

"Pacific Rim" marks del Toro's first film since 2008's "Hellboy II: The Golden Army." He also helmed "Pan's Labyrinth," "Blade 2," and "The Devil's Backbone."

"Pacific Rim" stars Charlie Hunam, Rinko Kikuchi, Idris Elba, Ron Perlman and Charlie Day. The film will premiere in 3,300 theaters and is rated PG-13 for sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence throughout, and brief language.