It’s been a little more than a week now since Transformers 2 was released in all cinema theatres around the globe. And I must say, coming from an avid fan of Transformers who’s purchased his Transformers G1 DVDs a while back (yes!!), I really enjoyed this film! It was great to watch. My friends and I went to our local cinema theatre one night, after two and half hours later we were absolutely thrilled the way how the sequel’s been delivered by Michael Bay.
Hands down, I reckon it delivered what’s expected of in reference to its title ‘Revenge of the Fallen’. And the fallen here means the evil alien robots, the Decepticons, who suffered plenty of defeat lately since in the last film, if you could recall, where Megatron was ‘disabled’ and shut down by the All Spark and USA Marine forces took and dumped him in the deepest part of Pacific Ocean. Without their leader, the rest of Decepticons where left in disarray, found no purpose of fighting for other than survival. As Optimus Prime and his loyal Autobots began to gradually defeat the remaining forces of Decepticons, a bigger threat is looming across the Earth that the Decepticons will once again rise again to invade the planet. But, more importantly, defeat the Autobots for they are always be arch-nemesis of Decepticons.
Megatron - Back for revenge
Ready for pay back?
In the nutshell, the plot delivered plenty of expectations for the fans of Hasbro toys, if not everything. The film promised people in the Tranformers-related forums there will be new alien robots to feature on both sides of the warring fence including (SPOILER WARNING!) the much talk about a combined Transformers called ‘Devastator’. Having said that, there’s plenty of action sequences these metallic behemoths sprung up against each other fighting and you get the sense of feeling that it’s a different Transformers battle sequence that we experienced in the predecessor. It’s bigger and louder. For sure. As do all sequels do, traditionally. But in Michael Bay’s world, this is his usual trademark. Explosions, weapons firing everywhere, battle scenes, US-army-forces-fighting-off-alien-invaders-from-creating-an-apocalyptic-end-to-the-Earth routine etc. No mistake about it. They got some of the amazing action sequences which were too cool to describe and you have to go and watch the film to believe it. It’s just unbelievable! The fans sure get what they’re asking for when they want plenty of robot action going on here.
Optimus Prime
Bumble Bee
Aside the action sequences, the story-telling side of things are, how should I say, adequate enough to make the point why the Fallen wanted to take revenge on the Autobots and pursued the invasion of the Earth, relentlessly, and how our main star-lets Shia Lebouff and Megan Fox are caught behind all of this in what appears to be an intergalactic warfare. I highlighted the word ‘adequate’ in italics because I do not suggest that the film was not good enough to tell us a great storyline. Rather, I’m saying it could have been better. If only they could ‘trim’ certain bits of the film that are not necessary to aid the storyline any less conceivable. As I know Michael Bay after seeing some of his movies like Pearl Harbor and Armagedon, I realised he’s managed to incorporate some elements from his previous movies in this one and I felt they serve no purpose other than weakening the plot along the way especially during the climax of the film and you’re starting to wonder if things are getting bit too predictable from one scene to another. I won’t go to specifics what they are, as I don’t want to risk spoiling it for everyone who’s yet to see the film. So I’ll stop here. However, if you know where I’m coming, you know pretty well what I mean.
Actors are good as they should be as we have Shia and Megan return to the big screen along with the original acting crew from Transformers set. They’ve played their individual role well so nothing short of expectations. My only other comment is that Megan Fox’s character was ‘downer’. To me, anyways. It would harsh for me to say this but having Megan appearing as a someone who’s got all the curvaceous grooves that certainly draw plenty appeal for, not just the teenage guys, but guys of all ages. As if we need that when this film is already considered as a big-boys-toys-psyched up film anyway. In other words, she’s all over the show and I felt it didn’t have any valid reason why a hot actress would bear that much importance to the whole story as much as our metallic gasoline-powered heroes who are supposed to be the stars of the night. A little overated with her screen time, I would say.
Overall, if you ask me what my overall rating for the entire film is, I would give a 4/5. Just!
I say ‘just’ because it’s totally a great film for guys (and girls as well) who have things for cars and vehicles of all sizes and check out their favourite Transformers morphed into new hot vehicles that General Motors were trying really hard to promote despite their pending bankruptcy proceedings as of late. So if you’re looking for exciting film that has plenty of action, good humor (which is nice I must say) and lots of thrills vehicle transformation, I recommend this one highly. It’s worth it!
“Autobots, Rollout!”
