Director Guillermo del Toro revives Japanese monsters in 'Pacific Rim'

By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a summer swimming in apocalypse movies, Mexican director Guillermo del Toro puts his own stamp on the end of the world with an epic sci-fi battle between monsters and robots, eschewing Hollywood's A-list for a cast of cable TV actors. "Pacific Rim," out in theaters on Friday, sees mankind fighting giant alien monsters called "Kaijus," derived from Japanese lore, with giant human-operated mechanical robots called "Jaegers," and taps into Del Toro's own childhood fascination with Japanese movies and robots. ...

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