Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
John Boyega | ... | Jake Pentecost | |
Scott Eastwood | ... | Nate Lambert | |
Cailee Spaeny | ... | Amara Namani | |
Burn Gorman | ... | Hermann Gottlieb | |
Charlie Day | ... | Dr. Newton Geiszler | |
Tian Jing | ... | Liwen Shao (as Jing Tian) | |
Jin Zhang | ... | Marshal Quan (as Max Zhang) | |
Adria Arjona | ... | Jules Reyes | |
Rinko Kikuchi | ... | Mako Mori | |
Karan Brar | ... | Cadet Suresh | |
Wesley Wong | ... | Cadet Jinhai | |
Ivanna Sakhno | ... | Cadet Viktoria | |
Mackenyu | ... | Cadet Ryoichi | |
Lily Ji | ... | Cadet Meilin | |
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Shyrley Rodriguez | ... | Cadet Renata |
It is 2035, ten years after the Battle of the Breach, in which the inter-dimensional portal created by the Precursors (through which they sent marauding Kaiju) was closed. Former Jaeger pilot Jake Pentecost - son of Battle of the Breach hero Stacker Pentecost - makes a living by stealing and selling Jaeger parts on the black market in the Los Angeles area. After he tracks part of a disabled Jaeger's power core to the secret workshop of fifteen year-old Jaeger enthusiast Amara Namani, both are arrested by the Pan-Pacific Defense Corps (PPDC) after an altercation between Amara's small, single-pilot Jaeger Scrapper and the Police Jaeger November Ajax. A holographic transmission of Jake's adoptive sister and PPDC Secretary General Mako Mori persuades him to return to PPDC as an instructor, with Amara as his recruit..
I am not one of those folk who complain that since Legendary was purchased by a Chinese company all the actors and actresses are Chinese. Hollywood is doing that on its own anyway in order to sell tickets in China. Moreover, for years the Chinese (and everyone else) have seen Caucasians in films even those happening in the Far East (think of Lost In Translation for example). Although I have to admit that placing Chinese actors in a lore stemmed from Japan is just as bad as Ghost In The Shell's whitewashing case. What I do object to is bad acting, a lack of story and studios thinking loud noises that come at us non-stop make up for characters, a nice story line or talented actors. I love seeing beautiful women in films (shoot me, I am a man), but they must be able to act too and have a script to stand on please.