American screenwriter and television producer Steven S. DeKnight (Daredevil, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) makes his feature-film directorial debut in 'Pacific Rim Uprising', the sequel to the 2013 film directed by Guillermo del Toro. Warner Bros. is after a hit with this follow up and are clearly gunning to turn this into a successful franchise. 

The sequel stars John Boyega (also making his producer debut), Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny, Jing Tian, Adria Arjona, and Zhang Jin, with Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, and Burn Gorman. 

Does 'Pacific Rim Uprising' deliver? Listen to our discussion to find out what the TPSB crew thought. 

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