S10 Review's Transformers (2007)

Rating: 7/10 (4 November 2007)

Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay team up to bring the popular cartoon and toy series to a live action film. Sam Witwicky (LaBeouf) is your typical teen: trying to get the money to get the car and the girl. His father agrees to help him out with the car and after grabbing a slightly beat up Camero, Sam's well on his way. After several weird incidents it becomes apparent there more to the car than meets the eye. It turns out that Sam has an intricate piece for a puzzle that brings a group of Autobots (robotic shape-shifting beings) to Earth. Lead by Optimus Prime, the Autobots must find the all-spark cube to restore life to their destroyed home of Cybertron. But the evil Decepticons led by Megatron want it for themselves and will destroy any city to get it.
Pure popcorn fodder 'Transformers' could be nit-picked until the cash cows come home. This one has it all: silly script, annoying comedy relief, over blown CGI. You name it and it's here. But that's beside the point isn't it? What you want is robot-on-robot action tearing up the landscape. You do get a generous helping of it here with Bay's usual over-the-top MTV styling. The story does lag at times and only really works when the 'Tranformers' are on screen but again that's typical. The end result is a film that works perfectly for the little boy that lives inside many of us and that's about all you can hope for.