Welcome to the Friday Movie Pile & Zesty Spring Salad Recipes, the column where we tell you about the movies coming out this weekend and also provide a healthy, delicious recipe that you can make at home for your family or pets! Put on your movie pilin’ pants and let’s go.<\/p>\n
Plot:<\/strong> Remember how those giant monsters were attacking us, so we made giant mind-controlled robots to fight them? Well, I guess it didn’t work, because we’re back at it.<\/p>\n Director:<\/strong> Stephen S. DeKnight, a producer, writer, and director for such TV shows as Angel<\/em>, Smallville<\/em>, and Daredevil<\/em> making his film debut. (Guillermo del Toro, who directed and co-wrote the first Pacific Rim<\/em>, was a producer on this one.)<\/p>\n Stars:<\/strong> John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaney, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day<\/p>\n Buzz: <\/strong>Reaction is mixed so far: 45% of reviews at Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> are positive, with an average score of 4.9\/10 — right down the middle. Story’s about the same at Metacritic<\/a>: 44\/100. A lot of people think it’s OK, but nobody really loves it yet. Here’s my review<\/a>. (For comparison’s sake, Pacific Rim<\/em> is 71%, average score of 6.6\/10.)<\/p>\n