Great!! - but not as good as the 1st

Rating: 8/10 (24 June 2009)

Michael Bay successfully captures the reason Transformers was such a hit - the awesomeness of the bots. The effects, action, and simply this unique version of superheroes is just really really cool - I could watch bots transform into fighter jets in mid-air and fire missiles all day.
Even though the plot was in place really well, and the acting was about the same as the first...the attempt at the teenage love story, the climax, and the conclusion were rushed and failed. The build-up to the finale was overdone, and the finale itself was way too short.
I did miss some of the bots from the first movie which I thought were a lot cooler, and a lot less PG-13 rated (cursing/racial jokes were unnecessary).
Overall - if you liked the first one, go see this one too! Action-packed, funny, and overall a pretty good summer blockbuster.