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Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009

Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro, Ramon Rodriguez, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, Isabel Lucas

Two years after the original, the Autobots work alongside the U.S. military. The Decepticons, on the other hand, attempt to regroup and unearth the Matrix of Leadership in order to activate the Sun Harvester, which they hope will destroy the world. The plot, or whatever you want to call it, is ridiculously complicated, especially when it's all just padding. This franchise is about gigantic robots who bash each other to bits and about humans who try to steer clear of the destruction. Michael Bay, who ended Transformers in an unintelligible action spectacle, gives us 2½ hours of the same. The Autobots appear to have a better coat of paint, otherwise I am not able to tell or care who is hitting who. This deeply offensive and mind-numbingly boring film takes its worldview from first person shooters and its view on women from porn movies. Followed by Transformers: Dark of the Moon.