Title: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
Year: 2009
Directed by: Michael Bay
Produced by: Steven Spielberg (executive), Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Ian Bryce, Tom DeSanto, Don Murphy
Written by: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Ehren Kruger
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, John Turturro, Tyrese Gibson
Starring (voices): Peter Cullen, Hugo Weaving, Tony Todd
Budget: $200 million
Duration: 150 minutes
Year: 2009
Directed by: Michael Bay
Produced by: Steven Spielberg (executive), Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Ian Bryce, Tom DeSanto, Don Murphy
Written by: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Ehren Kruger
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, John Turturro, Tyrese Gibson
Starring (voices): Peter Cullen, Hugo Weaving, Tony Todd
Budget: $200 million
Duration: 150 minutes
The movie plot revolves around an ancient plan made by the Fallen (Tony Todd), a Prime, on Earth in 17.000 BC, which was situated in the area of Egypt. The plan to harvest Earth's Sun to create a new source of Energon was delayed then, only to postpone the next invasion on Earth.
At the present, two years after the first movie, surviving Autobots on Earth joined forces with the human troops, forming the NEST team, led by the Autobots' leader Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen), with the objection to hunt down remaining Decepticons on Earth. Despite having their rank fortified by new Autobots who came to Earth after the first movie and supports from the human army, the honorable bio-mechanic organisms from the outer space faced an opposing voice from Galloway (John Benjamin Hickey), the American National Security Advisor, who claimed that the Autobots' presence on Earth is the reason for the Decepticons still remaining on the planet, and requested them to leave Earth.
The Decepticons at the same time managed to revive their leader, Megatron (Hugo Weaving), from the depths of the Laurentian Abyss, stole information regarding a remaining Allspark piece on Earth, and contacted the Fallen.
Meanwhile, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) started attending college. Sam made contact with an Allspark splinter caught in his old jacket, and had his mind suddenly filled with information written in robotic language. He found himself involved in the new conflict, along with his sweetheart Mikaela Banes (Megan Fox) and his dorm roommate Leo Spitz (Ramon Rodriguez).
Once again, the protagonists have to fend off another attack from outer space, while cracking codes written in Primean language containing the secrets the Sun-eaters were after.
The high budget allocated for the movie, along with the smart forces of the filming crew made Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen one of the best selling and successful movie of the year. The movie achieved a gross revenue which covered half of their production cost after only 5 days from the premiere in United States only.
Graphics of the movie is of a very high quality. Details of the giant robots are not less than the movie prequel, Transformers. Lots of new robots are added both for the Autobots and Decepticons. Computer imageries usage was even heavier than the first movie, with more battle scenes, and competing robots.
Storyline of the movie is generally acceptable. here are situations from the first movie which was left unexplained, and some of them has already been answered in this movie, such as where Starscream (Charlie Adler) was heading after the first movie. But some others were still left unanswered, such as the Decepticon Barricade, who was missing at a certain point in the first movie. Some of the newer robots were also not getting a more proper introduction and involvement in the storyline. But all of that was covered with the elaborate and fun new plot. Humor were also dominant in the first part of the movie until around the middle-end of the story. The return of most of the original casts such as John Turturro as the former Sector Seven Agent Simmons were also delightful.
Linkin Park teamed up with composer Steve Jablonsky to supply the movie with a new soundtrack, New Divide. Personally, I think the first movie's soundtrack, What I've Done (also by Linkin Park), was much better. But the music in general was plausible.
Overall, the ratings for the movie is:
Graphics: 9/10
Storyline: 7.5/10
Laugh Meter: 8/10
Music: 7/10
Roles and Acts: 6.5/10
Overall: 7.6/10
At the present, two years after the first movie, surviving Autobots on Earth joined forces with the human troops, forming the NEST team, led by the Autobots' leader Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen), with the objection to hunt down remaining Decepticons on Earth. Despite having their rank fortified by new Autobots who came to Earth after the first movie and supports from the human army, the honorable bio-mechanic organisms from the outer space faced an opposing voice from Galloway (John Benjamin Hickey), the American National Security Advisor, who claimed that the Autobots' presence on Earth is the reason for the Decepticons still remaining on the planet, and requested them to leave Earth.
The Decepticons at the same time managed to revive their leader, Megatron (Hugo Weaving), from the depths of the Laurentian Abyss, stole information regarding a remaining Allspark piece on Earth, and contacted the Fallen.
Meanwhile, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) started attending college. Sam made contact with an Allspark splinter caught in his old jacket, and had his mind suddenly filled with information written in robotic language. He found himself involved in the new conflict, along with his sweetheart Mikaela Banes (Megan Fox) and his dorm roommate Leo Spitz (Ramon Rodriguez).
Once again, the protagonists have to fend off another attack from outer space, while cracking codes written in Primean language containing the secrets the Sun-eaters were after.
The high budget allocated for the movie, along with the smart forces of the filming crew made Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen one of the best selling and successful movie of the year. The movie achieved a gross revenue which covered half of their production cost after only 5 days from the premiere in United States only.
Graphics of the movie is of a very high quality. Details of the giant robots are not less than the movie prequel, Transformers. Lots of new robots are added both for the Autobots and Decepticons. Computer imageries usage was even heavier than the first movie, with more battle scenes, and competing robots.
Storyline of the movie is generally acceptable. here are situations from the first movie which was left unexplained, and some of them has already been answered in this movie, such as where Starscream (Charlie Adler) was heading after the first movie. But some others were still left unanswered, such as the Decepticon Barricade, who was missing at a certain point in the first movie. Some of the newer robots were also not getting a more proper introduction and involvement in the storyline. But all of that was covered with the elaborate and fun new plot. Humor were also dominant in the first part of the movie until around the middle-end of the story. The return of most of the original casts such as John Turturro as the former Sector Seven Agent Simmons were also delightful.
Linkin Park teamed up with composer Steve Jablonsky to supply the movie with a new soundtrack, New Divide. Personally, I think the first movie's soundtrack, What I've Done (also by Linkin Park), was much better. But the music in general was plausible.
Overall, the ratings for the movie is:
Graphics: 9/10
Storyline: 7.5/10
Laugh Meter: 8/10
Music: 7/10
Roles and Acts: 6.5/10
Overall: 7.6/10
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