Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)

Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018): based on characters created by Travis Beacham and creatures designed by Guillermo del Toro; written by Steven S. DeKnight, Emily Carmichael, Kira Snyder, and T.S. Nowlin; directed by Steven S. DeKnight; starring John Boyega (Jake Pentecost), Scott Eastwood (Nate Lambert), Cailee Spaeny (Amara), Burn Gorman (Hermann), Charlie Day (Newton), Tian Jing (Dr. Shao), and Rinko Kikuchi (Mako Mori): 

Guillermo del Toro had almost nothing to do with this sequel to Pacific Rim, and it shows. We get a mostly dumb children's movie that seems aimed at turning Pacific Rim into a sort of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series. It's not terrible, there are a lot of scenes of giant robots punching giant monsters, and Jon Boyega's charisma has to do a lot of heavy lifting. It's better than any Transformers movie, which is not exactly a stirring recommendation. Lightly recommended.