Now, director Steven S. DeKnight has explained why the film made its single, most significant, decision.
Steven S. DeKnight takes full responsibility for the decision, though he doesn’t take it lightly.
Pacific Rim Uprising made some pretty significant changes to the status quo of the first film, some of which haven’t sat well with many fans.
That decision, and this is a spoiler if you haven’t seen Uprising, is that the movie kills off the character of Mako Mori, the most popular character in the original movie.