One of The Best Sci-Fi Action Films Ever

Rating: 9/10 (2 May 2015)

Watching this is like being the five year old me all over again, discovering big action blockbusters for the first time with my eyes wide, jaw dropped and full attention, this is the ultimate blockbuster.
Critics may not like most of his films, and a lot of the audience are divided up, but Michael Bay knows how to entertain and bring in the big bucks, and make your money worth while. His films contain sweeping scales that show off his skills in technicality, and the action will make you gasp. If Bay delivered at the top of his game in one film, the perfect example would be Transformers: Dark Of The Moon, the third adventure in the wildly successful blockbusting franchise, a franchise that has made well over $2 billion.
This is the best movie in the franchise, and one of my all time favourite movies and easily the best 3D experience! Throughout the film locations pops to life, from the Cybertron-War at the opening, to the intense Motorway chase and the mind-blowing, hour long Chicago climax that will knock you off your seat. Depth is monumental, even in faster cut shots the ability to sense space is easily done as it's so convincing. Dark of The Moon delivers incredible action alongside a solid storyline that just gets better and more involving throughout, it's the strongest plot of the franchise and I love how the Space Programme is used against the backdrop of a darker mission to the Moon. This entry also introduces new characters to the epic franchise as well as returning cast members. Shia LaBeouf, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, John Turturro, Ken Jeong, Alan Tudyk, exceptional newcomer Rosie Huntington Whiteley and co are all on top form with razor sharp performances.
Like I said Michael Bay is the master of scale and chaos, the finale of this film is the best I've ever seen. Chicago falls to it's knees in the last act, an epic battle of robot-smashing, pyrotechnic carnage that goes on for nearly a whole hour. Sometimes I get the temptation to skip most the movie and just watch this part but the build-up is just too good to miss. The visuals are perfect, the sound roars to life and it's the best battle in film, jaws will drop at the size of this movie, and it's the best 3D I've ever seen speeding ahead of Avatar and Gravity. Dark Of The Moon packs incredible action shots, some of the best I've ever seen including actors walking amongst backdrops of explosions and collapsing structures. Overall a spectacular special effects bonanza with Michael Bay at his best.