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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

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Reviews Counted:227

Fresh:45

Rotten:182

Average Rating:3.9/10

Consensus: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a noisy, underplotted, and overlong special effects extravaganza that lacks a human touch.

Australian Rating: TBC

Runtime: 2 hrs 29 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Australian Theatrical Release:
Jun 25, 2009 Wide

US Box Office: $402,076,689

Synopsis: In the highly-anticipated Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, debuting June 24, 2009, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) again joins with the Autobots® against their sworn enemies, the... In the highly-anticipated Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, debuting June 24, 2009, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) again joins with the Autobots® against their sworn enemies, the Decepticons®. Michael Bay directs from a screenplay written by Ehren Kruger & Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman. --© Paramount [More]

Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson

Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, John Benjamin Hickey, Ramon Rodriguez, Isabel Lucas, John Turturro

Director: Michael Bay

Director: Michael Bay
Screenwriter: Ehren Kruger, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman
Producer: Don Murphy, Tom DeSanto, Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Ian Bryce
Composer: Steve Jablonsky
Studio: DreamWorks Distribution LLC

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Oh how the mighty have fallen%u2026

Full Review Source: 3BlackChicks Review | comment Comment
08/03/09
Kamal  'The Diva' Larsuel
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
3BlackChicks Review

I have never felt more like a third nipple than I did, as a screenwriter, while watching Michael Bay's new movie, 'Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen.'

Full Review Source: HitFix | comment 2 Comments
08/01/09
Drew McWeeny
Drew McWeeny
HitFix

This bombastic follow-up delivers everything you'd expect from a Michael Bay sequel: big action, bad jokes and lots of circling-camera shots.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment 1 Comment
07/30/09
Thomas Leupp
Thomas Leupp
Hollywood.com

A bloated action sequel so packed with special effects that it's virtually a cartoon

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment 8 Comments
07/27/09
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

You asked for this, America.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Weekly | comment 17 Comments
07/25/09
Sean Burns
Sean Burns
Philadelphia Weekly

Is it too strong to compare Revenge of the Fallen to Rodney King?

Full Review Source: Projection Booth | comment 9 Comments
07/24/09
Rob Humanick
Rob Humanick
Projection Booth

You know, it's kind of block-headed. But it's exactly what you'd expect from action director Michael Bay. And hey, it is about robot-like creatures, after all.

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment 18 Comments
07/15/09
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

This mindless, soulless sequel is sensory overload with barely a story, but it will still manage to please the teenage male demographic with constant, if confusing action.

Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | comment 2 Comments
07/15/09
Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

Loud, long and utterly incomprehensible, 'Revenge of the Fallen' is an exquisitely painful experience that pummels the senses as it confounds the intellect.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment 91 Comments
07/09/09
Rossiter Drake
Rossiter Drake
San Francisco Examiner

The worst thing about the movie, out of many, is that it takes a $200 million budget and a two-and-a-half hour running time, and not a single memorable, impressive or fun thing happens.

Full Review Source: The Trend | comment 56 Comments
07/06/09
Stephen Silver
Stephen Silver
The Trend

Much of the movie is computer-generated hash, weightless even with nonstop BOOMS and METAL GROANS and THUDS.

Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment 12 Comments
07/06/09
David Edelstein
David Edelstein
New York Magazine

A crowning achievement--the first English-language film that needs subtitles in order to understand it. It's a shoo-in for the Razzies--Worst Foreign Language Movie in a Non Foreign Language.

Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine) | comment 9 Comments
07/04/09
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

A posed, pop-art cinematic ejaculation of instinctive, unthinking extremes. And no, that's not a good thing, sorry.

Full Review Source: Shared Darkness | comment 2 Comments
07/03/09
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Shared Darkness

The hip-hop talking robots were borderline offensive. Is this the movie's way of appealing to the African-American audience? I never knew that robots could shuck n' jive.

Full Review Source: BET.com | comment 34 Comments
07/03/09
Clay Cane
Clay Cane
BET.com

I'd call it a typical summer blockbuster but then that'd be aninsult to summer blockbusters...

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment 3 Comments
07/02/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is heavy-metal junk food for CGI gearheads.

Full Review Source: Atlantic City Weekly | comment 17 Comments
07/02/09
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

Director Michael Bay sure knows something the rest of us above the age of 19 don't.

Full Review Source: Cinema Signals | comment 9 Comments
07/01/09
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

If when you were a child--either with Mr. Wizard or alone--you had passed a magnet over a pile of iron filings, you would have unknowingly created the action scenes of Michael Bay's latest blockbuster, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

Full Review Source: CultureCatch | comment 3 Comments
07/01/09
Brandon Judell
Brandon Judell
CultureCatch

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is an impressive potboiler. But its overheated pot has a lot of holes.

Full Review Source: tonymacklin.net | comment 20 Comments
07/01/09
Tony Macklin
Tony Macklin
tonymacklin.net

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen may not be the worst movie ever made, but with its 150-minute running time, it very likely is the most obnoxious.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment 34 Comments
06/30/09
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
 
 
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