Soulless action film based on the dullest war since, er... Transformers 1

Rating: 1/10 (12 April 2013)

Don't bother seeing this. Instead, step inside a car crusher. When you have come out, flattened like a pancake and impaled by various pieces of scrap-metal, you will have had the same experience that I had when I watched this movie. Transformers 2 is a sequel that, like the original, is based on a war between two robot races: the Autobots (the 'good' guys) and the Decepticons (the 'bad' guys). The only problem is that you can barely tell which is which- they're just giant machines beating each other up. With the exception of Optimus Prime (who I like just because his name is awesome) you don't identify with any of the robots in the movie, the only character with any individuality whatsoever being Sam Witwicky, a character saved by the charisma of young actor Shia LaBeouf (of 'Holes' fame). Other than that, I simply can't find anything to like about this movie at all. In fact, even director Michael Bay didn't like it, and neither did LaBeouf, who thought, rightly, that they had sacrificed the key relationships in the movie for more robots fighting. And if the principle actor and the director thought it sucked, I believe I have every right to give this movie 1/10.