#Mako mori death scene movie#

She is not the recognizable femme fatale or even the guns-blazing, rebellious, smart-mouthed, not-like-other-girls female action hero. It is her quiet nature that could make it so easy to impose this stereotype on her but she is only quiet because she is constantly watching, calculating, and storing away useful information for later (as shown in the sparring scene in which she only speaks when Raleigh directs a question to her but then gives a detailed answer that shows she has been watching his weaknesses very closely). She is respectful towards the Marshall even when he is denying her her life’s dream. So what I love about this scene where he tries to get Mako to disobey Marshall Pentecost is Raleigh fully believes he is here to liberate Mako while simultaneously (and possibly unconsciously) assigning the stereotype of the submissive Asian woman to her. He’s a rugged White man who is bad at taking orders and cannot see the bigger picture. We get this right off the bat when he and Yancy disobey direct orders from the very same Marshall who Mako is now taking orders from and eventually that disobedience is what gets Yancy killed and leaves Raleigh traumatized and without a co-pilot. He is essentially accusing her of cowardice since in his mind obedience is doing what is easy, not necessarily what is right. But he might as well make chicken noises at her because he is approaching this situation in completely the wrong way. Becket in question) is accusing Mako of following her superior’s and father figure’s orders not to co-pilot a Jaeger with Raleigh despite her obvious desire to on the grounds of respect.

Mako Mori, a woman driven by revenge and loss, stands up for herself and the validity of her suffering when she says, “It’s not obedience, Mr.

#Mako mori death scene movie#

The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth: In Praise of Mako MoriĪ recent rewatch of Pacific Rim got me thinking about my absolute favorite line (ok maybe second favorite since the line “Do you want to die here? Or in a Jaeger?” exists) in the movie spoken by my favorite character to exist in pretty much anything anywhere.