Plot
Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.
Release Year: 2009
Rating: 5.9/10 (149,859 voted)
Critic's Score: 35/100
Director:
Michael Bay
Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel
Storyline A youth chooses manhood. The week Sam Witwicky starts college, the Decepticons make trouble in Shanghai. A presidential envoy believes it's because the Autobots are around; he wants them gone. He's wrong: the Decepticons need access to Sam's mind to see some glyphs imprinted there that will lead them to a fragile object that, when inserted in an alien machine hidden in Egypt for centuries, will give them the power to blow out the sun. Sam, his girlfriend Mikaela Banes, and Sam's parents are in danger. Optimus Prime and Bumblebee are Sam's principal protectors. If one of them goes down, what becomes of Sam?
Writers: Ehren Kruger, Roberto Orci
Cast: Shia LaBeouf
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Sam Witwicky
Megan Fox
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Mikaela Banes
Josh Duhamel
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Major Lennox
Tyrese Gibson
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USAF Master Sergeant Epps
John Turturro
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Simmons
Ramon Rodriguez
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Leo Spitz
Kevin Dunn
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Ron Witwicky
Julie White
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Judy Witwicky
Isabel Lucas
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Alice
John Benjamin Hickey
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Galloway
Matthew Marsden
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Special Air Service Forces
Andrew Howard
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Special Air Service Forces
Michael Papajohn
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Cal
Glenn Morshower
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General Morshower
John Eric Bentley
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Aide
Opening Weekend: £8,349,739
(UK)
(21 June 2009)
(516 Screens)
Gross: $836,303,693
(Worldwide)
(15 October 2009)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
The Autobot Arcee was originally meant to appear in the first film, but was replaced with Ironhide because the writers thought robot genders would be difficult to explain. Afterward, they decided to include Arcee to please fans, and ignore the gender issue. Arcee's alternate mode was felt to be too small for her to be an effective warrior, so she got two partners, Chromia and Elita-1.
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes:
A group of F-16 fighters flying in formation bank off to engage the Decepticons. Inexplicably, they each launch flares, a decoy for heat-seeking missiles, as they break formation. (This is likely because it's stock footage of F-16s on maneuvers.)
Quotes:
[first lines]
Optimus Prime:
Earth, birthplace of the human race. A species much like our own, capable of great compassion and great violence. For in our quest to protect the humans, a deeper revelation dawns: our worlds have met before...
User Review
Great effects - story lacking
Rating: 6/10
As expected, the effects were spectacular. The fight scenes were
extravagant and fast-paced.
The story though, couldn't keep pace. They kept stopping for a romance
that was never developed (and no one really cared). The real thing that
brought this movie down though was the constant stooping to this
immature level. The had to have said @ss and balls 10 times (and that's
a low estimate). Not only this, but those two twin autobots were
introduced who were supposed to be "hip" maybe? They just turned out to
be extremely annoying and to bring down the level of the movie as a
whole.
As a fan of the original cartoon series, I have to say I was really
disappointed they stooped the level of immature @ss-balls humor and
creating new characters with low IQ's. They could have done better. The
action though, was amazing and I am still glad I paid to see it on the
big screen.
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