When there's a big movie coming out, you can count on The Asylum to throw together some shoestring budget cash grab to capitalize on the name alone, and release it around the same time! Atlantic Rim is one of those movies. It worked, if it weren't for the horror movie reviews name and obvious rip off of Pacific Rim, who the hell (blog post) would still be talking about it?
Source: Atlantic Rim Movie Review (blog post) - Decker Shado