Autobots have come to defend Earth.

Rating: 9/10 (4 July 2007)

Sam Wittwicky is a high school kid with dreams of owning a vehicle in order to attract his crush (who is thankfully NOT a typical blonde). To buy said car, he's been Ebaying his Grandfather's belongings from an arctic expedition where he discovered an 'Iceman' (Megatron), who upon a slight touch, displayed his course-plot, which was accidentally burned into Grand-Dad Wittwicky's glasses.
The Decepticons arrive and begin to violently attack military targets in order to hack into top-secret files and the internet (of all things). They discover, through Ebay, that said glasses could lead them to the Earthly hiding spot of the 'All-Spark' (a cube of raw energy which brings life to anything mechanical). The Autobots send in BummbleBee as a classic Camaro to protect Sam. Sam see's the Camaro in a used car-lot and decides it is the one for him. In a hilarious scene, BummbleBee ensures that he is indeed the only car for Sam. Later, Sam watches his car drive away and follows it, thinking it's been stolen. BummbleBee eventually leads him to the arrival of Optimus Prime and the other Autobots. They have arrived to protect the Humans and retrieve the All-Spark before their enemies can. A simple enough plot and yet it is complicated by secret government agencies, high school bullies, military air-strikes and a boy's love for his new car.
This movie had just about everything. The film saves us from any sort of mushy-romantic scenes between Sam and his crush, allowing us to focus on the more important relationship between the humans and the Autobots. It was hilarious at times, mostly due to Sam's nervous ramblings and a few good one-liners from the Autobots. The Autobots were definite pride-surging heroes whenever they came on the screen, although they appeared more to be the muscle than the actual heroes of the film. The movie leaves the butt-kicking to the human element of the film, even when it comes to killing Megatron. It blends well, but if you were looking for space-battles and Autobot-on-Decepticon death matches, this film will disappoint.