Review of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Hollywood 101

Michael Bay laughs in the face of global recession with his 2009 summer blockbuster. It must be quite fulfilling to know that you can splash 200 million dollars on a film and guarantee that it's going to claim it all back at the box office. If you ever watched the first Transformers film then you'll know exactly what to expect from the second:

1. An unchallenging plot
2. Megan Fox in skimpy clothes
3. Sixty foot robots kicking the hell out of each other
4. US Army recruitment drive

All of these are present in abundance in the sequel. The action starts immediately as the Autobots continue to hunt down and eradicate rogue Decepticon enemies in the name of a free Earth. As always, some nerdy pen-pushing chucklefuck decides that the indispensable job carried out by the Autobots is a bad thing and tries to get them to leave the planet. Luckily, the Decepticons manage to kick up a fuss before they leave and Man and Machine must unite again to fight the alien threat.

In the middle of all this, Shia tries to go to college (with hilarious results) his parents try to go on holiday (with destructive results) and Megan tries to fix cars (with skimpy results). The Autobots take a bit of a back seat until the end of the film, which culminates in another mother of all battles between woefully ill-equipped humans, monstrous machines and a hapless Egyptian landscape.

There's not much left to say other than the fact that the dialogue is ultra cheesy, there are gratuitous slow-motion running shots of Megan Fox, the robots sometimes fight too quickly for you to figure out what's going on and the damage to public property is relentless. And so in all, it's a mildly entertaining mind-number with plenty of (but some how not enough) explosions.

6/10

Comments

jcricket07

Posted : 5 months ago at Jun 29 18:22

couldn't have said it better

Mr. Lays

Posted : 3 months ago at Aug 27 9:57

Upon first viewing this film I walked away feeling ripped off. And to be honest I still feel that way. Dissappointing to say the least. In all honestly I should have known what to expect though.

oh, your review is dead on. Short and to the point. Sorry about the rambling.

Added by Grand Assault 5 months ago on 22 June 2009 12:50