Transform Michael Bay.

Rating: 6/10 (30 June 2015)

Transformers (2007): Dir: Michael Bay / Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Megan Fox: Action film about advance technology where robots fall to earth and have the ability to form into vehicles. The peaceful Autobots defend earth against the evil Decepticons that are in search of a cube in connection to their planet. Special effects are impressive as vehicles shift into robots but they are really there to beat the bolts out of each other. Directed by Michael Bay without a shred of story. Bay is known for directing such junk as Armageddon and Pearl Harbor. This is at least an improvement for him. Shia LaBeouf, in the one decent role, ends up in possession of Autobot Bubblebee, but supporting actors are are only there to shout over loud noise and make narrow escapes. John Voight sleepwalks through the role of secretary of defense. Josh Duhamel and Tyrese Gibson play soldiers who are hardly useful. They attempt to fight the Decepticons, which becomes a joke once those machine begin mashing our technology into hub caps. Megan Fox is laughable playing the female lead whose role consists of bending over an engine exposing her cleavage. For an adaptation of the 1980's cartoon it works on a visual level but as a story it is about as flimsy as most films of its kind. Basically it transforms into another celebration of popular animated marketing from decades earlier. Score: 6 ½ / 10