‘Atlantic Rim: Resurrection,’ The Knock-Off Version Of ‘Pacific Rim Uprising,’ Is Already Out
With every blockbuster movie, there is always a low-budget knock-off version waiting on-demand to confuse your elderly relatives. The victim this time around:Pacific Rim Uprising. The culprit? The people behind theSharknadomovies.
The low-budget production company The Asylum isn’t even waiting until thePacific Rimsequel hits theaters to release their similarly titled copycat,Atlantic Rim: Resurrection.It’s everything you love aboutPacific Rim(aliens, robots, spunky robot pilots!) but without everything that madePacific Rimgood. In other words, a perfect movie to drunkenly watch on a Friday night.
Who knew that the business of knock-off movies that barely skirt copyright infringement was so lucrative? The Asylum did. The production company behind low-budget fare likeParanormal EntityandSnakes on a Trainhas made a killing off of confusing people who are bad with movie names — or people who genuinely enjoy B-movie schlock — releasingmore than 100 “mockbusters” since 1999.
And their latest release is no different. In fact, it’s a sequel to the firstPacific Rimknock-off they produced on a dime, 2012’sAtlantic Rim. NowAtlantic Rim: Resurrectionis available digitally, beforePacific Rim Uprisinghits theaters in March.
Atlantic Rim Resurrection Trailer
I, for one, love how shockingly low-budget the mech pilot set-ups are. That’s literally a fancy office chair with a seat belt and an elaborate contraption built for the eye. Everything else in the trailer pretty much fills in the check-boxes for an Asylum production: aliens that look like they were whipped up in 5 minutes on After Effects, women in low-cut tops screaming, and hilariously wooden acting.
It really makes you appreciate the trailer forPacific Rim Uprising. I haven’t been as keen onSteven S. DeKnight’s sequel as I was forGuillermo del Toro’s love letter to mecha anime, butJohn Boyegareally does wonders for the movie. Hey, maybe that was Asylum’s intention all along: appreciate the blockbusters you have. Because one day, you may type in the wrong title while searching for an on-demand movies and end up watchingAtlantic Riminstead.
Atlantic Rim: Resurrectionis out today.Pacific Rim Uprisinghits theaters onMarch 23, 2018.
