Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Pacific Rim’ Trailer

After all the viral marketing over the last few weeks, we finally have a full trailer for Guillermo del Toro‘s Pacific Rim. Most nerds like myself are fans of the concept of giant robots fighting equally giant monsters, and judging from the trailer it looks like this is going to be epic.

The film stars Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Idris Elba, Ron Perlman, and Charlie Day, and is set for a theatrical release July 12th, 2013.  Hit the jump for the full synopsis and trailer.

When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end.  To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge.  But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju.  On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes—a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)—who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past.  Together, they stand as mankind’s last hope against the mounting apocalypse.