![]() ![]() No, Mako Mori does not pass the Mako Mori Test in Pacific Rim: Uprising. Even if she doesn't pass the Mako Mori Test, I've give her a point for effort. She could have used some more detail and nuance in her character, but at least she is her own character, unlike Jules. ![]() As far as background and supporting characters go, though, I don't have too many complaints. Sure, she goes from hating Amara to liking Amara, but it's less of an arc than a sudden jump without real motivation. Does she actually have a character arc herself? Not really. She's just another hot latina stereotype in a tank top, there for us to oggle at and nothing more.ĭoes her character support a man's arc? No. Where the first Pacific Rim might have played with her design to suggest the character underneath, like it did with the Kaidonovskys and Wei siblings, Uprising offers us nothing. She has no bearing on the plot, no personality, and no actual characterization. She literally only exists in this movie for Jake and Nate to thirst after. Of all of the women in this movie, Jules fails the Mako Mori Test about as badly as a character can. Pacific Rim: Uprising just came out last week, and while it is a film that is populated by women and certainly passes the Bechdel Test, do any of those women pass the test that their predecessor created? ![]()
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