Category: Transformers Franchise

Principal Cast : Peter Cullen, Judd Nelson, Robert Stack, Susan Blu, Lionel Stander, Frank Welker, John Moschitta Jr, Buster Jones, Paul Eiding, Gregg Berger, Neil Ross, Michael Bell, Scatman Crothers, Casey Kasem, Dan Gilvezan, Lenoard Nimoy, Roger C Carmel, Don Messick, Eric Idle, Clive Revill, Orson Welles, Hal Rayle. Synopsis: The Decepticons and the Autobots continue their war for Energon, bringing into play the battle for Cybertron from the destructive power of planet-sized transformer Unicron. ******** It’s amazing how nostalgia boosts ancient intellectual properties for Gen X-ers. Take the Transformers…

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Principal Cast : Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr, John Ortiz, Jason Drucker, Pamela Adlon, Stephen Schneider, Glynn Turman, Len Cariou, Gracy Dzienny, Ricardo Hoyos, Fred Dryer, Lenny Jacobsen, Voices of Dylan O’Brien, Angela Bassett, Justin Theroux, Peter Cullen, David Sobolov, Grey Griffin, Steve Blum, Jon Bailey, Kirk Baily.Synopsis:  On the run in the year of 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken.…

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Principal Cast :  Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Josh Duhamel, Anthony Hopkins, Laura Haddock, Isabela Moner, Jerrod Carmichael, Santiago Cabrera, John Tutturro, John Morshower, Liam Garrigan, Mitch Pileggi, Voices of Peter Cullen, Erik Aadahi, John Goodman,  Ken Wantanabe, Gemma Chan, John DiMaggio, Jim Carter, Omar Sy, Reno Wilson, Tom Kenny, Frank Welker, Steven Barr, Steve Buscemi, Mark Ryan. Synopsis:   Literally, what the actual hell is happening? ****** I’ve been sitting on this review for several days now, and even I, an avowed fan of Michael Bay, cannot overstate just how awful…

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Excruciatingly uneven, overblown event film delivers gratuity and car-porn like you’ve never seen it, and makes Dark of The Moon’s climactic battle looks like a minor skirmish; Age Of Extinction is mostly a dirge, a flatly written, expensive showreel for ILM that offers little depth or meaning other than to showcase the effects. If that’s all you want (and I did), even then you might come away wishing somebody had spent even a single percentage of the bloated budget into a better script. Age Of Extinction will – perhaps unfortunately – not spell the end of Transformers, but it should make whoever directs the next installment just a little more thoughtful about what they do with it.

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Gargantuan visual effects film is a substantial improvement over Revenge Of The Fallen, and is truly a terrific piece of entertainment, yet still retains many of the problematic thematical elements which have undone much of Michael Bay’s excellent work. The films final hour is an out-and-out action extravaganza, and makes Dark Of The Moon the second best Transformers movie going around.

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Slam-bang action, diabolical acting and dialogue, as well as some fatal flaws in character development, cannot overcome the most amazing action-oriented film Bay has directed yet. Yes there are problems with it, but on a sheer entertainment level, this film succeeds inordinately. No-brain popcorn chewing, epic CGI film with humans thrown in, Revenge Of The Fallen may just be the best of this year’s blockbuster films. Then again, with all it’s problems, it may just be one of the worst.

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Amazing mix of CGI and live-action, with pulse-pounding storyline (completely illogical, but then, it’s a Michael Bay film!) and enough high-energy action set-pieces to keep you from really noticing that too much. Sheer, unadulterated fun.

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