QWhat exactly happens to Yancy? How does Raleigh survive when the Gipsy crashes on the beach?
AIt's slightly difficult to see what happens to Yancy when he's torn from the control module but it looks like the kaiju got hold of Yancy's pilot harness and yanked him out that way. From that point, Yancy was likely thrown aside or dropped by the kaiju or simply slid off the kaijus claw. If that had happened, he'd have fallen to his death in the water since a drop from that height is deadly, even on water. However, that is a convention in big-budget movies that is often cheated -- the last James Bond movie Skyfall is a good example. But, for the purposes of the story here, Yancy is most likely dead. Raleigh was able to survive the crash landing because he was still attached to his control harness.
QWere the kaijus coming from the center of the Earth?
ANo. As explained in the film, the rift was a portal between two dimensions. That it appeared to be going downwards is misleading.
QIs there a scene after the credits?
AYes. After the main credits, there is a short scene of Hannibal Chau slicing open the body of the kaiju that swallowed him, popping his head out, and exclaiming "Where is my goddamn shoe!" At the very end of the credits, it also has a special message, dedicating the film to the memory of both Ray Harryhausen (special effects pioneer for classics such as The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, Jason and the Argonauts, the original Clash of the Titans and many more) and Ishiro Honda (director of the original Godzilla, as well as many of its sequels and other Japanese genre films, many of which inspired Pacific Rim and its source material).
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