Rated PG-13
Starring Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci, Jack Reynor,
Directed by Michael Bay
The Story:
It's been 5 years since the Autobots and Decepticons waged war and destroyed Chicago. Now the American government has declared war and is hunting down the remaining Autobots and Decepticon survivors. When robotics tinkerer Cade Yeager (Wahlberg) discovers Optimus Prime, he revives the leader of the Autobots, and the few remaining Autobots gather to help Cade and and his family to take down the government contractors that are using Transformer technology to create their own version of Autobots for sale. However, as is standard with all Transformers plots...
There is more to it than meets the eye.
:)
Oh come on, you know I had to do it!!
So, I've watched the 3 previous Transformer movies. Couldn't tell you what happened in any of them except:
Shia LaBeouf whined a lot.
Megan Fox attempted to act a little.
Transformers fought, a lot, in poorly lit action sequences.
So I come back, a glutton for punishment apparently.
However, this one improved in at least 3 obvious ways:
No Shia.
No Megan.
No poorly lit action sequences.
Congratulations and welcome to the best installment of the Transformers franchise.
Granted, that's not saying a whole lot. ;)
With a bloated, nearly 3 hour running time, the movie rarely dragged, which is a good thing.
But still, at nearly 3 hours, I can watch 2 really good 90 minute films instead.
Still, had a good enough time and if there is another film, I'll check it out on DVD.
I'm a glutton for punishment, remember?
Final Grade: C+ maybe even a B- if you push me hard enough.
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: Nope, once was good enough, but at least it was better than all of the previous versions before it.
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