An action film about Transformers.

Rating: 7/10 (16 July 2009)

....come on guys, really. This film is a sequel to a classic. It has a lot to live up to and on most fronts it succeeds. When you go to see an action film about talking walking robots, that is supposed to be aimed at a universal audience, you cannot expect it to be an Oscar contender for best movie. Yes, the first scene with Megan Fox might as well have had her straddling the bike naked with a spanner hanging suggestively from her lips, but the film follows on from where the original left off in many ways. yes, the plot is hokey, and yes, the film is overlong with a few too many hammy scenes with hammy robots, and I agree- why would a robot be talking the language of "street"- but come on, Jazz in the original was from 'da hood', Bumble bee was a break dancing DJ- are the two films really so dissimilar? If you want a riot of action, with robots facing up toe-to-toe (with your better half constantly enquiring "who's the good guy?"), then this film delivers in the WAY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO! As I said- this is an action film about Transformers, not as polished as the original but a good crack none-the-less.