Pacific Rim 2 Uprising May 2026

When Pacific Rim hit theaters in 2013, it was a love letter to giant monster movies and mecha anime. It had rain, grit, and the visceral feeling that these massive machines weighed a thousand tons. Guillermo del Toro’s original was a cult classic—clunky, earnest, and beautiful.

Liked this post? Check out our deep dive on why Pacific Rim still holds up a decade later.

(Bonus points for Boyega, deducted for Mako’s treatment.)

So when Pacific Rim Uprising (2018) rolled into theaters with John Boyega at the helm and del Toro only in a producer role, fans were... nervous.

Now, years later, does Uprising deserve its bad rap? Or is it just a different kind of popcorn flick? Let’s start with the bright spot: John Boyega . As Jake Pentecost (son of Idris Elba’s Stacker Pentecost), Boyega brings swagger, humor, and genuine heart. He’s having a blast, and it’s infectious. The mentor/rogue dynamic with his sister figure Mako Mori (Rinko Kikuchi, criminally underused) and his young co-pilot Amara (Cailee Spaeny) works more often than it doesn’t.

The action also gets a speed boost. The first film’s Jaegers moved like ocean liners—slow, heavy, powerful. Uprising trades that for anime-style agility. Jaegers slide, dodge, and chain-whip Kaiju like martial artists. It’s less realistic, but in IMAX? It’s a blast. Here’s the core problem: Uprising forgets what made the original cool .

SN1PER Tool-Web App Vulnerability Scanner

Sn1per Community Edition is an automated scanner that can be used during a penetration test to enumerate and scan for vulnerabilities. Sn1per Professional is Xero Security's premium reporting addon for Professional Penetration Testers, Bug Bounty Researchers and Corporate Security teams to manage large environments and pentest scopes.

Demo

Installation:

Step 1: git clone https://github.com/1N3/Sn1per.git

Step 2: cd Sn1per

Step 3: ./install.sh

Step 4: ./Sn1per

Usage:

# ./Sn1per -t (Target.com)

Example: ./Sn1per -t testsite.com

Commands And Usages

[*] SPECIFY CUSTOM CONFIG FILE

sniper -c /full/path/to/sniper.conf -t -m -w

[*] NORMAL MODE + OSINT + RECON

sniper -t -o -re

[*] STEALTH MODE + OSINT + RECON

sniper -t -m stealth -o -re

[*] DISCOVER MODE

sniper -t -m discover -w

[*] SCAN ONLY SPECIFIC PORT

sniper -t -m port -p

[*] FULLPORTONLY SCAN MODE

sniper -t -fp

[*] WEB MODE - PORT 80 + 443 ONLY!

sniper -t -m web

[*] HTTP WEB PORT MODE

sniper -t -m webporthttp -p

[*] HTTPS WEB PORT MODE

sniper -t -m webporthttps -p

[*] HTTP WEBSCAN MODE

sniper -t -m webscan

[*] ENABLE BRUTEFORCE

sniper -t -b

[*] AIRSTRIKE MODE

sniper -f targets.txt -m airstrike

[*] NUKE MODE WITH TARGET LIST, BRUTEFORCE ENABLED, FULLPORTSCAN ENABLED, OSINT ENABLED, RECON ENABLED, WORKSPACE & LOOT ENABLED

sniper -f targets.txt -m nuke -w

[*] MASS PORT SCAN MODE

sniper -f targets.txt -m massportscan -w

[*] MASS WEB SCAN MODE

sniper -f targets.txt -m massweb -w

[*] MASS WEBSCAN SCAN MODE

sniper -f targets.txt -m masswebscan -w

[*] MASS VULN SCAN MODE

sniper -f targets.txt -m massvulnscan -w

[*] PORT SCAN MODE

sniper -t -m port -p

[*] LIST WORKSPACES

sniper --list

[*] DELETE WORKSPACE

sniper -w -d

[*] DELETE HOST FROM WORKSPACE

sniper -w -t -dh

[*] GET SNIPER SCAN STATUS

sniper --status

[*] LOOT REIMPORT FUNCTION

sniper -w --reimport

[*] LOOT REIMPORTALL FUNCTION

sniper -w --reimportall

[*] LOOT REIMPORT FUNCTION

sniper -w --reload

[*] LOOT EXPORT FUNCTION

sniper -w --export

[*] SCHEDULED SCANS

sniper -w -s daily|weekly|monthly

[*] USE A CUSTOM CONFIG

sniper -c /path/to/sniper.conf -t -w

[*] UPDATE SNIPER

sniper -u|--update

Sn1per Features

Automatically collects basic recon (ie. whois, ping, DNS, etc.)
Automatically launches Google hacking queries against a target domain
Automatically enumerates open ports via NMap port scanning
Automatically exploit common vulnerabilities
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Automatically runs targeted NMap scripts against open ports
Automatically runs targeted Metasploit scan and exploit modules
Automatically scans all web applications for common vulnerabilities
Automatically brute forces ALL open services
Automatically test for anonymous FTP access
Automatically runs WPScan, Arachni and Nikto for all web services
Automatically enumerates NFS shares
Automatically test for anonymous LDAP access
Automatically enumerate SSL/TLS ciphers, protocols and vulnerabilities
Automatically enumerate SNMP community strings, services and users
Automatically list SMB users and shares, check for NULL sessions and exploit MS08-067
Automatically tests for open X11 servers
Performs high level enumeration of multiple hosts and subnets
Automatically integrates with Metasploit Pro, MSFConsole and Zenmap for reporting
Automatically gathers screenshots of all web sites
Create individual workspaces to store all scan output
Scheduled scans (https://github.com/1N3/Sn1per/wiki/Scheduled-Scans)
Slack API integration (https://github.com/1N3/Sn1per/wiki/Slack-API-Integration)
Hunter.io API integration (https://github.com/1N3/Sn1per/wiki/Hunter.io-API-Integration)
OpenVAS API integration (https://github.com/1N3/Sn1per/wiki/OpenVAS-Integration)
Burpsuite Professional 2.x integration (https://github.com/1N3/Sn1per/wiki/Burpsuite-Professional-2.x-Integration)
Shodan API integration (https://github.com/1N3/Sn1per/wiki/Shodan-Integration) When Pacific Rim hit theaters in 2013, it
Censys API integration (https://github.com/1N3/Sn1per/wiki/Censys-API-Integration)
Metasploit integration (https://github.com/1N3/Sn1per/wiki/Metasploit-Integration)