A frighteningly grounded introduction to Guillermo del Toro’s epic action movie

When Guillermo del Toro offered Mathew Cullen the opportunity to direct the opening prologue of his film Pacific Rim, he had just one note: keep it real. Cullen took this idea and ran with it, creating a chillingly real dramatic opening sequence that mixes handheld POV, news footage, epic CG, and shot sequences to tell the story of the kaiju invasion and the world’s responses. The prologue sets up the movie to come, grounding the audience in a familiar world and bringing them into the story emotionally - all while providing essential exposition and story.