Pacific Rim: Uprising

Today, I saw Pacific Rim: Uprising. I have to admit, it is inferior to the 2013 original. In it, John Boyega (Star Wars) trains a group of kids to fight the Kaiju. Boyega's Star Wars co-star Harrison Ford did basically the same thing in Ender's Game. What I did not like was that the scientist played by Charlie Day (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), who was a good guy in the original, was portrayed in negative light in the sequel due to linking his brain to a Kaiju brain. What I did like was Captain Boyega's speech to his young trainees, saying that they can be awesome no matter who their parents were. Another highlight was the presence of Scott Eastwood (The Fate of the Furious), son of the one and only Clint Eastwood, as Boyega's character's co-pilot. Also, I found some references to other films. Like in The Avengers, a mecha flies a missile into space in order to kill the advancing aliens. Like in Star Wars, characters use glowing swords against the aliens. Like in Transformers, giant robots fight among themselves at one point, one of whom is grey like Megatron. Overall, the movie was mediocre. I'm not that big on sequels, you know.