Schlock

Rating: 1/10 (5 July 2011)

So,... how many successive action beats does it take for a movie to degenerate into a chaotic mess? Well, it took me about an hour into this turkey to realize I had wasted my money. So let me break this down...
First off effects are a tool for telling stories, when the effects become the story then we have no story. This movie is nearly three hours of very nice explosions and dynamic fight scenes. If these are the reasons that you go to the movies then this will be perfect for you. My nine year old nephew loved it. I like a coherent plot and character development, neither of which occurred here.
Also, I think the filmmakers did a grave diservice to the new female lead in the franchise. The first time you see her on screen all you get to see is her ass. She delivers her first dialog while the camera is zoomed in tight on her posterior. It was very clear why she was put in the movie and quite frankly it was gratuitous, tasteless, and disrespectful to her.
So my recommendation is gonna have to be to skip this overblown, overlong schlock fest and rent the 1985 Transformers animated movie instead, a far superior story...