As the Shatterdome prepares for one final mission to save Earth from the Kaiju, Marshal Stacker Pentecost (Idris Elba) reveals that he will pilot a Jaeger and gives the team a speech.
While sparring with other pilots to discover who he is drift compatible with, Raleigh (Charlie Hunnam) discovers that the best option is Pentecost’s (Idris Elba) adopted daughter, Mako Mori (Rinko Kikuchi).