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Cast
Idris Elba (Stacker Pentecost)Charlie Hunnam (Raleigh Becket)Rinko Kikuchi (Mako Mori)Charlie Day (Dr. Newton Geiszler)Diego Klattenhoff (Yancy Becket)Burn Gorman (Gottlieb)Max Martini (Herc Hansen)Robert Kazinsky (Chuck Hansen)Clifton Collins Jr. (Ops Tendo Choi)Ron Perlman (Hannibal Chau)Brad William Henke (Construction Foreman)Larry Joe Campbell (Construction Worker)Mana Ashida (Young Mako)Santiago Segura (Wizened Man)Joe Pingue (Captain Merrit)Milton Barnes (McTighe)Brian Frank (1st Officer)Ellen McLain (Gipsy Danger AI)
Director
Guillermo del Toro
Synopsis
As a war between humankind and monstrous sea creatures wages on, a former pilot and a trainee are paired up to drive a seemingly obsolete special weapon in a desperate effort to save the world from the apocalypse.
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