The first film would be ashamed of the sequel.

Rating: 5/10 (14 December 2009)

First of all, I will talk about the good things about the movie. The action scenes were awesome, especially when Optimus takes on three Decepticons in the forest. The CGI was also very well done.
Now, the bad stuff. Where was the plot? Last time i checked, MOVIES NEED PLOTS!!! Otherwise its total anarchy. Pretty much up until Optimus Prime dies, there is no plot. Suddenly, they are whisked off to Egypt for the Matrix of Leadership (which sounds very cheesy by the way). I was very upset that the other Autobots were rarely given dialogue. It felt like the movie was mainly meant to be about Optimus more than the other Autobots.
Now, for the humans in the movie. Shia LaBeouf again did a good job, but i cannot get over the fact that he comes back to life after being killed. He has a vision of the Primes and he's suddenly up and kicking. Like seriously, WTF?! The parents i felt were overused and they perhaps should have been limited to another cameo role, like in the first movie. Josh Duhamel didn't contribute anything new. As did Tyrese Gibson. They weren't given enough dialogue in the movie.
A generous 5/10 for the awesome action sequences, nothing more.