And now, here's my official written review of the movie, which will go into much more detail.
Transformers Revenge of the Fallen takes place two years after the events of the first film. We learn from a brief narration by Optimus that the the Autobots have joined with a strike team known as NEST which is led by Major Lennox (Josh Duhamel)and Sergeant Epps (Tyrese Gibson). The group's primary objective is to elimate Decepticons in hiding throughout the globe. This ultimately leads to the opening action sequence in Shanghai.
Sam Witwicky (Shia Labeouf) is trying to lead a normal life and go off to college. Unfortunately he has to leave behind his girlfriend, Mikaela Banes (Megan Fox) and his guardian, Bumblebee. His so called 'normal' college life is short lived however. After coming into contact with a remaining AllSpark fragment he still had after its destruction from the first movie, he begins to see Cybertronian symbols. He begins to see these symbols during his very first day of college and completely embarasses himself and seems to be going nuts. But thse symbols are quite important..Megatron, leader of the Decepticons, who was killed in the first film, has been brought back to life. We learn that Megatron is under orders from an even higher ranking Decepticon known as no other than, The Fallen. He is the original Decepticon and needs the last of the 'Prime's' (AKA Optimus Prime) to be elimated before he makes his debut on earth. Once this is accomplished he and the other Decepticons can go after an ancient artifact that destroys suns to create energy for the Decepticons to use known as 'energon'. But they need the symbols Sam is seeing to lead them to the artifact. Confusing right?
Once you get past the overall plot of the movie, Revenge of the Fallen delivers. Michael Bay recieved an astronomical amount of money for Revenge of the Fallen, hence the incredible visual effects, record breaking explosions, and even more robots on screen, bigger and badder than ever.
The action and suspense in Revenge of the Fallen can't even compare to it's 2007 predecessor. There are about 5 times as many robots on screen, pounding each other's faces in, ripping each other's limbs off, shooting missles, shooting lasers, whizzing down streets, pyramids being smahsed..all the good stuff. Michael bay really knows how to make good action sequences and tie in top job special effects and Revenge of the Fallen shows every bit of that. Many critics complain that the action/fight scenes were way too fast and the camera was all over the place. Yes, the action and fighting is very fast but not to a point where it is unclear who is fighting and where all you see is "robotic blurs".
The comedy in Revenge of the Fallen is more outrageous than the first film (in a good way, for the most part). Almost every single critic trashed the characters of Mudflap and Skids, the two Autobot twins. They have been labeled as "racial stereotypes". Michael Bay created the characters "for the kids" because they are "more accessible to them". I agree with this statement. Their "I'm gunna bust a cap in your ass" humor appeals to the younger viewing audience. It's purely goofy comic relief. If you can't handle goofy, "wannabe ganster" robots, you need to get your head checked. They were like the two, very brave, "little engines that could" with comical behaviors. As for the other bits of comedy, Shia Laebouf and his giddy personality as Sam Witwicky brought a lot of charisma to the screen. John Tuturro who plays agent Simmons was back with his sarcastic, nutty, and comedic attitude as well. The other two notable characters were Jetfire and Wheelie. Jetfire was a more 'appropriate' character as far as comedy goes while Wheelie appealed to the younger audience with his perverted behavior (don't be surprised to see him humping Megan Fox's leg).
As for the human stars of this movie Shia Laebouf is proving to everyone that he is the next rising young movie star. He was full of great charisma as I have said before and really played his role well.
Megan Fox returned as Mikaela Banes, Sam's girlfriend, and she was smoking in this movie (erm looks that is). Besides Fox's incredible beauty she really didn't deliver much. She seemed to be bored throughout the entire film and just could not muster up any emotions at all.
Good news for this movie, the robots got a lot more speaking roles including Optimus Prime, Megatron, Starscream (with a very weasel-like G1 attitude), Jetfire, and the Twins. But some key characters and fan favorites like Soundwave (without his synchronized voice), Arcee, Sideswipe, Ratchet, Ironhide and Sideswipe, only had a few sentences.
Michael Bay knows how to direct an action film and that's what Revenge of the Fallen is. It's the perfect summer blockbuster action film. Don't go into this movie thinking your going to have the perfect story, the perfect characters, etc. Go into this movie with an open mind, transformer fan or not, and watch the movie you will like enjoy it. Especially disregard anything the critics have said. There IS a story and a plot. It is a little confusing but it is CERTAINLY explained. If you have interest in seeing it..GO. Thanks for reading my official written review everyone.
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