The street is in ruins. Cars are overturned. Glass is everywhere. Fallen parts of huge skyscrapers litter the alleyways and streets. Hong Kong has become a war zone, and nothing is left unscathed after the latest attack. As I walk on the battered streets to take in what's happened, I'm left marveling at the size and scope of the destruction, and I can't believe it's all fake. But let me back up a second. It's March 29, 2012 and I'm on a plane flying back to Los Angeles from Toronto. I just spent the past two days in the great Canadian city where Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim is filming some of its Hong Kong scenes. While I've been to numerous film sets around the world, I have never seen the level of devestation on a sound stage like I did yesterday with a few other online reporters. So much more after the jump. While I'm very confident everyone reading this article has heard about Pacific Rim, for those just joining the party, here's the latest trailer. But the quick one-liner is: imagine monsters from another dimension invade our planet and we build giant powerful robots to defend us. It's Godzilla meets Robotech from the mind of Guillermo del Toro. And it looks awesome. As I've said many times in previous set visits, some productions are guarded, while other productions open their doors and reveal what would you like to know. For the most part, Pacific Rim was the latter. The Sizzle Reel When we first arrived, we ...
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