Free STEM on Screen Film: Pacific Rim

As part of our STEM on Screen series of films for area school groups, we chose a good summer action sci-fi film and are opening this one up to the entire community.  We are working on confirming a special guest speak who will talk beforehand about CGI and special effects - more info to come.  

This film is Rated PG-13, so we recommend parents heed that rating. 

Funded in part by a grant through the Google Foundation.   

About the film:
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.