Do yourself a favour see it a on the big screen

Rating: 8/10 (20 June 2009)

Saw the movie yesterday and it was well worth the trip to the cinema even with todays steadily rising ticket prices. In my opinion it was a much better movie than the first instalment. Whereas the first movie got a bit flat in places Revenge of the Fallen hurtles along at the typical breakneck speed one expects from Micheal Bay and never lets up however this time to me the story seems a lot more cohesive and the characters after setup in the first movie are able to live a bit more. Shia LeBouef and Megan Fox work as the leads and the comedy relief from Sam's parents works well and isn't overused. The other supporting cast are solid various recognisable faces from TV (24's Agent Pearce) as well as Josh Duhamal and Tyrese Gibbson reprise their roles and John Turturro was excellent as always i thing Agent Simmons is my favourite character in the whole movie. Now the robots as with the first movie the Autobot and Deception design is awesome and the fight scenes are frantic my only criticism is at certain times so much is going on at once it becomes a bit of challenge to keep up with the action. (Nerd note: it was great to see that Frank Welker is back voicing Decepticons once again even if its Soundwave and not Megatron) The set pieces are vintage Bay and Ill be honest some of the fight sequences are literally jaw dropping. In a nutshell the perfect summer blockbuster and way more satisfying than Terminator Salvation.