Boy Was This Film Bad

Rating: 3/10 (24 July 2007)

This review contains spoilers.
I have to admit, I should have not expected anything more. This film is based on a kids show all about giant robots that turn into cars. However I went along hoping to be surprised by something new....I wasn't. The first 15 minutes is quite good with the attack on the air base and the soldiers and Pentagon trying to figure out what these hostile robots are all about.
However things go all downhill from there. The final 2 plus hours boil down into geeky boy trying to get laid by impressing tarty girl (who is obviously in the film far more for her look than her acting ability) getting caught up in some robot war simply because his great grandfather accidentally discovered one of these things in the antarctic ages ago.Toss in a few fed guys who don't know who's side they are on, a few soldiers who are always in the wrong place at the wrong time, and of course the cute geeky computer nerd girl and a fat black guy for comic relief and you have one hell of a rotten film.
The cgi was OK but to be honest since the last hour of the film is all shot at break neck speed and very close to the action I coudn't tell the bad bots from the good ones. Anyway after a very looooong battle sequence the goodies win for no particular reason, the geeky guy gets the tarty girl and all the others simply vanish never to be seen again.
A great film if you are 15 with raging hormones and only think about hot cars and girls, otherwise don't bother.