Pacific Rim is an American science fiction film directed by Guillermo del Toro and co-written by Travis Beacham. Produced by Legendary Pictures, Pacific Rim is set the future of 2025 and follows the story of humanity on the brink of destruction after a fissure in the Pacific Ocean creates a portal that allows giant sea-dwelling creatures to wreak havoc across the Pacific Rim. At war with the Kaiju, humanity unites to create the Jaegers, gigantic humanoid mechas each controlled by at least two pilots, whose minds are joined by a mental link. At the end of days, Raleigh Becket, a washed-up Jaeger pilot, is called out of retirement and teamed with a rookie pilot, Mako Mori, in a last-ditch effort to defeat the Kaiju. Pacific Rim is regarded as a homage to classic monster movies in Japanese cinema, a genre known as « Kaiju ». Pacific Rim was released in North American theaters July 12, 2013.