Could have been so much more

Rating: 7/10 (24 June 2009)

OK so basically Transformers 2 Revenge of the Fallen takes a lot of what was used in the first film. Decepticons and Autobots both search for something of great importance, Sam Whitwicky helps out and the US Army get to blow A LOT of things up. A lot cheesy moments but nothing too bad, at least I didn't think so.
Great things about this film were again, John Tuturo, the Whitwickys and HOT girls. The scenes involving the transformers were again absolutely spot-on and IMHO a lot better than the first film. The action scenes are incredible, something which Bay has down to a T, while all other scenes and dialogue are merely used to explain the next set of events. The plot itself is solid if a little drawn out, much of the crucial information is squashed into brief dialogues, while many pointless scenes are overly drawn out. The transition of the film is also another issue as it is constructed in such a way that there are 2 distinct acts as it were, each one on its own could be a film although obviously the 2nd part is WAY better. Don't leave the film early or you'll miss the best bits.
The new transformers were all pretty cool but they were woefully underdeveloped. For example the auto bot who turns into the silver Chevrolet concept car is in A LOT of the film but is never named. The new Decepticons, apart from one have no background, which is a massive disappointment to those who are familiar with the Transformers universe. Bay really needed help on this one, or just a better script.
Overall this film is a 7.5/10 mainly due to the fact that it didn't fulfil its potential, some of the scenes were unnecessary and could have been swapped to further character development and that I'm not sure what Bay was getting at with the college scenes and most of Megan Fox's scenes, who bless, is so ridiculously hot but can't act. I always think that the 2nd film in a trilogy is the most important as it is the one where most of the plot gets unravelled, we find where allegiances lie and characters really get developed. Bay has missed a trick from Star wars here and has made a skin deep but beautiful, awesome action film. I will obviously buy the DVD for the commentary to find out what his intentions were throughout the movie.