More of the same

Rating: 3/10 (29 December 2011)

I had heard that this was better than the disappointing second Transformers film but to be honest I couldn't see much of a difference; the locations and one or two actors may have changed but to all intents and purposes this was just another two and a half hours of robots fighting and stuff exploding. Once again Shia LeBeouf must fight alongside the Autobots to defeat the Decepticons, this time they are after Sentinel Prime an Autobot disabled when his ship crashed into the moon. It turns out it is all a plot to rebuild their home world using humanity as slave labour.
At two and a half hours this film is far too long; the action does look great with robots transforming, fighting and blowing things up; the problem was the best action isn't exciting if one doesn't care about the characters. The central character is fairly annoying; whining about how his deeds in previous films went largely unrecognised, getting jealous about his new girlfriend's boss and getting upset when government officials didn't welcome him with open arms when the Decepticons started to cause trouble again. The film's attempts at humour did nothing for me although I must admit my ten year old nephew thought they were funny! Over all I wouldn't recommend this unless you are a fan of the franchise; no doubt if you liked the previous films you'll like this too.