Peacock Just Added the Most Electrifying Sci-Fi Monster Movie of the 2010s (Along With Its Disappointing Sequel)

While Godzilla has mostly cornered the market on kaiju movies over the last several decades, but 2013 saw a new, original take on the giant monsters emerge into the mainstream. Famed director Guillermo del Toro put his own spin on kaiju attacks, bringing more of a sci-fi flare by giving the monsters a formidable opponent in the form of enormous, human-operated robots. The result is an endlessly entertaining movie that has only gotten better with age, and just found its way to a new streaming home on Peacock.

Last week, Peacock added del Toro’s Pacific Rim to its lineup, bringing the service a serious boost in the way of sci-fi action. On the same day, Peacock also added Pacific Rim‘s sequel to its roster, but the follow-up (which wasn’t directed bu del Toro) doesn’t come close to its predecessor in terms of quality.

Pacific Rim: Uprising stars John Boyega and Scott Eastwood as the leaders of a new generation of Jaeger pilots, several years after the events of the first movie. While Uprising shares a lot of connective tissue with the original, the story is largely standalone, and it’s not really necessary to watch after Pacific Rim.

While Peacock getting this movies is certainly exciting for a lot of fans, they won’t be available on the service for very long. These are basically one-month rentals, so to speak, as both films in the Pacific Rim series will be exiting the service at the end of December.

New Movies on Peacock

Pacific Rim may be one of the biggest titles to hit Peacock in December, but it’s far from the only new arrival film worth watching. The streamer also added titles like 10 Cloverfield Lane, Gladiator, Creed, and Jingle All the Way.

You can find the full rundown of Peacock’s December 1st movie additions below!

10 Cloverfield Lane
300
2012
The Addams Family
Addams Family Values
All The Money In The World
Bad Words
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey
Bill & Ted Face The Music
Black Nativity
Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason
Bridget Jones’s Baby
Bridget Jones’s Diary
Cheaper By The Dozen
A Christmas Carol
Creed
Creed II
Creed III
Die Hard
Erin Brockovich
Everest
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Gladiator
Jingle All The Way
Just Friends
Kajillionaire
The King of Kings
The Martian
Meet The Fockers
Meet The Parents
Miracle On 34th Street (1947)
Miracle On 34th Street (1994)
The Night Before
Pacific Rim
Pacific Rim: Uprising
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
Pitch Perfect
Pitch Perfect 2
Pixels
Pride And Prejudice
Public Enemies
Rock Of Ages
Rocky
Rocky Balboa
Rocky II
Rocky III
Rocky IV
Rocky V
Tammy
Trading Places
Troy
Unaccompanied Minors

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