Atlantic Rim is a 2013 sci-fi action film about giant monsters attacking the USA which have to be battled using giant robots. Also known as Attack from Beneath, Attack from the Atlantic Rim and From the Sea.
Directed by Jared Cohn from a screenplay co-written by Richard Lima, Thunder Levin and Hank Woon Jr.
Plot [contains spoilers]:
Following the mysterious disappearance of an oil rig and a reconnaissance mini-submarine in the Gulf of Mexico, scientist Dr Margaret Adams initiates the Armada Program, which consists of giant robots designed for deep-sea rescue. The three robots — piloted by Red, Tracy and Jim — dive nearly 800 fathoms to the sea bed, where they not only discover the mangled remains of the oil rig but encounter the monster that brought it down. Red pursues the monster, prompting Admiral Hadley to order every naval fleet on the East Coast to converge on the oil rig’s site. Red emerges on a beach to warn the bystanders to leave the area; he is suddenly attacked from behind by the monster as their fight takes its toll on the city. An F-18 Hornet piloted by Spitfire assists Red in taking the monster down. Red, however, is arrested for disobeying a direct order. He is locked in solitary confinement until he is briefly released by Adm. Hadley and later given a medal of honour for his heroic actions, before serving the rest of his confinement.
Later, Adm. Hadley is informed by Sheldon Geise of a top-secret sonar program that discovered the monsters, which are hundreds of millions of years old and lay their eggs on a mixture of crude oil and saltwater. Two eggs have been discovered, one of which hatched into the monster that Red and Spitfire killed. Adm. Hadley orders a search for the other egg, but he is too late, as it has already hatched, with the second monster, much bigger than the first, feeding on the corpse of the first monster and destroying a whole naval fleet before wreaking havoc on the city. As the monster attacks the naval base, Tracy and Jim scramble to spring Red out of solitary before they are picked up by Lt. Wexler. Meanwhile, Geise informs Adm. Hadley that the President has authorized a nuclear strike on the monster, but Adm. Hadley defies that decision and orders everyone to evacuate the base. The monster retreats after a Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit drops a payload on it. Adm. Hadley is later informed that another egg has hatched off the Atlantic Coast…
Cast and characters:
Graham Greene … General Hadley
Anthony ‘Treach’ Criss … Lieutenant Jim Rushing
David Chokachi … Red
Jackie Moore … Tracey
Nicole Alexandra Shipley … Stone
Larry Gamell Jr … Smith
Steven Marlow … Sheldon
Jinhi Evans … Quinn
Sara Bond … Jennifer
Melissa Foster … Ensign
William Shannon Williams … Dagger
Marquez Linder … MP
Conner Bryan … Joey
Nicole Dickson … Margaret
Demetrius Stear … Lieutenant Wexler
Jared Cohn … Spitfire
Film facts:
The script underwent at least nine rewrites during production due to poor weather conditions and a forced last-minute relocation.
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