Entertaining, Insane, Wild, Action-Packed film.

Rating: 8/10 (8 July 2007)

In a galaxy far away... a long time ago on the planet of Cybertron. A war was fought between the noble Autobots (lead by Optimus Prime) and the devious Decepticons (lead by dreaded Megatron), Which they are fighting for the control of Allspark, a mystical talisman that would received unlimited power to whoever gets it. More than a century later... Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) buys his first car with the help of his father (Kevin Dunn). To his surprise, Sam discovers that his new car is actually on Autobot by the name of Bumbleebee (Voiced by Mark Ryan). Which Bumbleebee is here in earth to protect Sam from the evil Decepticons and especially Megatron (Voiced by Hugo Weaving).
More than 150 years ago... When Megatron leaves his planet in the search of the power and tracks it down on the planet earth. But Megatron find himself right into Arctic Ocean and the sheer cold. Which forced himself into a paralyzed state. When his body is found by Captain Archibald Witwicky (William Morgan Sheppard). An old family relative of Sam. When Megatron gets frozen, he used his last energy to engrave a map to find the location of Allspark. Which Megatron engraved on the Captain's glasses and sent a message to Cybertron. He's carted away by the captain's ship.
But Bumblebee isn't alone, when other noble Autobots coming to earth to protect Sam. Which they are Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen), Jazz (Voiced by Darius McCrary), Ironhide (Voiced by Jess Harnell) and Ratchet (Voiced by Robert Foxworth). Now together, they will try to find Allspark before other Decepticons like Starscream (|Voiced by Charles Alder), Blackout, Barricade (Voiced by Jess Harnell), Devastator/Brawl, Bonecrusher (Voiced by Jimmie Wood), Frenzy (Voiced by Reno Wilson) and Scopionok finds it. Sam and his new friend Mikeala (Megan Fox) find themselves between a huge battle fought on Earth between the Autobots and Decepticons. But they find themselves in the way of the mysterious Sector Seven agents (Lead by John Turturro). Which they tried to capture all "Speciments of this Alien Race". Meanwhile in the Hoover Dam within the depths, the cyogenically stared form of Megatron awakens...
Directed by Michael Bay (Bad Boys 1 & 2, Armaggeddon, The Rock) made an wild action-packed, science fiction/thriller with an refreshing sense of humor. This will be probably the highest grossing film of Bay's career and he must be thrill, this is a blockbuster. Since his previous film "The Island" was an major box office flop in the U.S. The cast is engaging, including:Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Rachael Taylor, Anthony Anderson and Jon Voight. Die-Hard fans of the original animated series will certainly loves this movie. It has some clever in-jokes and trivia for the fans as well.
The single disc DVD has an sharp anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) transfer and an good Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound but there's no DVD extras. "Transformers" has insane, imaginative action sequences but it nearly wears out... its welcome towards the end. Still, it is enjoyable and it is also better than some of Bay's previous movies. One of the executive producers is Steven Spielberg. Screenplay by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. Which they wrote together movies like "Mission:Impossible 3", "The Legend of Zorro" and "The Island". From a story by Kurtzman, Orci and John Rogers (American Outlaws, Catwoman, The Core). Bernie Mac appears in a amusing cameo as a sleazy car salesman. Panavision. (****/*****).