Pacific Rim (2013) - Quotes

Critique of Corporate Facades in Pacific Rim

Herc Hansen: Suits and ties and flashing smiles. That's all they are, Stacker.

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Seizing Opportunities in Challenging Situations

Chuck Hansen: [last words] Well, my father always said– he said "if you have a shot, you take it". So let's do this! It was a pleasure, sir.

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Encouragement in Battle Against the Enemy

Chuck Hansen: Come on, Gipsy! Kick his ass!

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Turning It On Again

Chuck Hansen: Yeah, he remembers how to turn it on.

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A Family's Sacrifice in Battle

Mako Mori: [in Japanese] For the sake of my family!

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Respect Over Obedience in Leadership

Mako Mori: It's not obedience, Mr. Becket. It's respect.

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Personal Responsibility in Performance

Mako Mori: It's not their performance, it's yours. Your gambit. You could've taken all of them 2 moves earlier.

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Mako Mori's Acknowledgment of Raleigh Becket

Mako Mori: [in Japanese] I apologize, Mr. Becket, I've heard a lot about you.

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Perceptions of Reality and Expectation

Mako Mori: [in Japanese] I imagined him differently.

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Endurance and Vigilance Over Six Years

Stacker Pentecost: On their watch it stayed unbreached for six years. Six years.

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The Power of a Legacy War Machine

Stacker Pentecost: Very effective. That tank, last of the T-90s. Chemo Alpha. First generation Mark 1. The heaviest and oldest Jaeger in the service. But make no mistake, Mr. Becket, it's a brutal war machine. And those two: Sasha and Aleksis Kaidanovsky.

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Description of Crimson Typhoon's Capabilities

Stacker Pentecost: Crimson Typhoon, China. One of the greatest. Assembled in Changzhou. Full titanium core, no alloys. Fifty diesel engines per muscle strand. Deadly, precise fighter. She's piloted by the Wei Tang brothers. Triplets. Local lads. They've successfully defended Hong Kong port seven times. They use the Thundercloud formation.

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Kaiju Threat and Depleted Jaeger Resources

Stacker Pentecost: A week, if we're lucky. My experts believe there'll be a Kaiju attack– even before that. This complex used to lodge– 30 Jaegers in five bays just like this one. Now we only have four Jaegers left.

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Resetting the War Clock After Kaiju Attacks

Stacker Pentecost: War clock. We reset it after every Kaiju attack. Keeps everyone focused. The frequency of attacks is accelerating.

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From Army to Resistance: Welcome to Shatterdome

Stacker Pentecost: [at Hong Kong Shatterdome] Things have changed. We're not an army anymore, Mr. Becket. We're the resistance. Welcome to the Shatterdome.

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Support and Encouragement in the Drift

Stacker Pentecost: Mako! You can finish this! I'll always be there for you! You can always find me in the drift!

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Facing the Monsters Together Today

Stacker Pentecost: Today. Today– at the edge of our hope, at the end of our time, we have chosen not only to believe in ourselves, but in each other. Today there is not a man nor woman in here that shall stand alone. Not today. Today we face the monsters that are at our door, and bring the fight to them. Today, we are cancelling the apocalypse!

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Establishing Authority and Demanding Compliance

Stacker Pentecost: One: don't you ever touch me again. Two: don't you ever touch me again. Now, you have no idea who the hell I am or where I've come from, and I'm not about to tell you my whole life story. All I need to be to you and everybody on this dome is a fixed point. The last man standing. I do not need your sympathy or your admiration. All I need is your compliance and your fighting skills. And if I can't get that, then you can go back to the wall that I found you crawling on. Do I make myself clear?

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Conversation Concluded

Stacker Pentecost: This conversation is over.

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Authority in Crisis During Combat Training

Stacker Pentecost: Do not let my calm demeanor fool you, RANGER! Now is not a good moment for your insubordination! Mako is too inexperienced to reign in her memories during combat.

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Kaiju Survival Announcement

Stacker Pentecost: That Kajiu is still alive!

Silencing Distracting Voices in Crisis

Stacker Pentecost: [to Hermann; to Newt] YOU! SHUT UP! You. Keep talking.

Facing the End: A Choice of Death

Stacker Pentecost: Haven't you heard, Mr. Becket? The world is coming to an end. So where would you rather die? Here, or in a Jaeger?

Unity in Action

Raleigh Becket: Come on! Let's do this! Together!

Urgent Call to Action in Battle

Raleigh Becket: Empty the clip, EMPTY THE CLIP!!

A Call for Apology

Raleigh Becket: [to Chuck] Apologize to her. I said Apologize to her.

Facing the Uncontrollable with Strength

Raleigh Becket: There are things you can't fight - acts of God. You see a hurricane coming, you have to get out of the way. But when you're in a Jaeger, suddenly you can fight the hurricane. You can win.

The Bond of Pilots in Jaeger Technology

Raleigh Becket: [we see the brothers initiating a neural handshake, effectively stepping into each other's minds] The drift. Jaeger tech. Based on DARPA jet fighter neural systems. Two pilots, mind-melding through memories, with the body of a giant machine. The deeper the bond, the better you fight.

Unlikely Heroes and Unique Skills

Raleigh Becket: [we see the two brothers being suited up and then boarding onto their Jaeger] Years before, you wouldn't have picked my brother Yancy and I for heroes. No chance. We were never star athletes, never at the head of the class. But we could hold our own in a fight. And it turned out we had a unique skill - we were drift compatible.

The Rise of the Jaeger Program

Raleigh Becket: [narrating] When I was a kid, whenever I'd feel small or lonely, I'd look up at the stars. Wondered if there was life up there. Turns out I was looking in the wrong direction. When alien life entered our world, it was from deep beneath the Pacific Ocean. A fissure between two tectonic plates. A portal between dimensions. The Breach. I was fifteen when the first Kaiju made land in San Francisco. By the time tanks, jets and missiles took it down, six days and 35 miles later, three cities were destroyed. Tens of thousands of lives were lost. We mourned our dead, memorialized the event, and moved on. And then, only six months later, the second attack hit Manila. Then the third one hit Cabo. And then the fourth. And then we learned, that this was not gonna stop. This was just the beginning. We needed a new weapon. The world came together, pooling its resources and throwing aside old rivalries for the sake of the greater good. To fight monsters, we created monsters of our own. The Jaeger program was born. There were setbacks at first - the neural load to interface with the Jaeger proved too much for a single pilot. A two pilot system was implemented, left hemisphere, right hemisphere, pilot-controlled. We started winning, Jaegers stopping Kaijus everywhere. But the Jaegers were only as good as their pilots. So Jaeger pilots turned into rock stars, danger turned into propaganda, Kaijus into toys. We got really good at it... winning. Then... then it all changed.