If these films are going to continue, as the end of Uprising suggests, they need to invest in the women who exist in them. It populates its main cast with women, but doesn't give any of them the attention, development, or specificity that made one woman enough to capture an audience the first time around. Uprising seems to have been made by people who were aware of the effect Pacific Rim had on young girls, but not why it did. Pacific Rim: Uprising's Overall Average Grade on the Mako Mori Test: F. How about an F with "Come see me" written below it so I can give her some extra help? Please, tell me she's just in hiding so I can give her extra help. Grade: God, I love her too much to give her an F. And even if a third movie reveals she miraculously survived and went into hiding wherever Raleigh is now, I don't think I can forgive that. If Mako has to die, for some reason or another, give her the heroic death she earned.īut, no, instead, Mako Mori of Mako Mori Test fame is needlessly shot down from a helicopter in the first twenty minutes of Uprising in order to support a man's story. If Rinko Kikuchi could only appear in a few scenes, then keep her as secretary-general and give her a few, well-written scenes. She could have trained the cadets with Jake, could have drifted with her brother in Nate's place and bonded over finding Stacker in the Drift, could have piloted Scrapper in the final battle. I really don't understand how they arrived at this plot point as a good continuation of the character that sparked such love, inspiration, and excitement for young women. Her arc is cut short without character or plot motivation so that Jake can look sad for a minute and then move on. She appears for the first twenty minutes, then dies for no apparent reason other than to spur her brother forward and send an incomplete message that's content and source is never fully explained and could have been revealed any other way. No, Mako Mori does not pass the Mako Mori Test in Pacific Rim: Uprising. Even if she doesn't pass the Mako Mori Test, I've give her a point for effort. She could have used some more detail and nuance in her character, but at least she is her own character, unlike Jules. As far as background and supporting characters go, though, I don't have too many complaints. Sure, she goes from hating Amara to liking Amara, but it's less of an arc than a sudden jump without real motivation. Does she actually have a character arc herself? Not really. She's just another hot latina stereotype in a tank top, there for us to oggle at and nothing more.ĭoes her character support a man's arc? No. Where the first Pacific Rim might have played with her design to suggest the character underneath, like it did with the Kaidonovskys and Wei siblings, Uprising offers us nothing. She has no bearing on the plot, no personality, and no actual characterization. She literally only exists in this movie for Jake and Nate to thirst after. Of all of the women in this movie, Jules fails the Mako Mori Test about as badly as a character can. Pacific Rim: Uprising just came out last week, and while it is a film that is populated by women and certainly passes the Bechdel Test, do any of those women pass the test that their predecessor created? Jules Reyes
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