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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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One can't tell if it's inspired in its attempts to find something that will draw us in or just colossally sloppy.

Full Review Source: MovieMartyr.com | comment 26 Comments
06/30/09
Jeremy Heilman
Jeremy Heilman
MovieMartyr.com

More robotic nonsense.

Full Review Source: Illinois Times | comment 8 Comments
06/30/09
Charles Koplinski
Charles Koplinski
Illinois Times

You might make it out of the movie with your soul barely intact, but the actors in the film don't fare so well.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment 4 Comments
06/30/09
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

takes everything that was bad about the first Transformers movie two years ago, and amplifies it to deafening proportions

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment 11 Comments
06/30/09
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

It didn't take itself seriously...a huge blockbuster on the kind of scale I expected, and it didn't offend me like Wolverine or Terminator Salvation.

Full Review Source: Scene-Stealers.com | comment 7 Comments
06/29/09
Eric Melin
Eric Melin
Scene-Stealers.com

I said the first film is a teenage boy's wet dream. This sequel is just masturbation.

Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review | comment 61 Comments
06/29/09
Jeff Bayer
Jeff Bayer
The Scorecard Review

The movie rages on for a hundred and fifty minutes and then just stops, pausing for the next sequel.

Full Review Source: New Yorker | comment 31 Comments
06/29/09
David Denby
David Denby
New Yorker
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It's not so much that the story is inherently bad; it's more that it seems no one bothered to put one in at all, and worse, that no one seems to have cared.

Full Review Source: Movie City News | comment 18 Comments
06/29/09
Kim Voynar
Kim Voynar
Movie City News

They've managed to make a movie that is so incredibly bad that it manages to mark career lows for pretty much everybody involved.

Full Review Source: Movie City News | comment 17 Comments
06/29/09
David Poland
David Poland
Movie City News

It is as if Michael Bay was saying "You think I've blown stuff up before? Ha-ha. Wait till you see this."

Full Review Source: At the Movies | comment 5 Comments
06/29/09
Ben Mankiewicz
Ben Mankiewicz
At the Movies

It’s confusing and excessive and it just missed the mark completely.

Full Review Source: At the Movies | comment 5 Comments
06/29/09
Ben Lyons
Ben Lyons
At the Movies

It’s not so much “more than meets the eye” as “more than the eye can meet”.

Full Review Source: Sunday Times (Australia) | comment 3 Comments
06/28/09
Shannon J. Harvey
Shannon J. Harvey
Sunday Times (Australia)
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If you're going to send me a hero, I always say make it one with a built-in cup-holder, Michelins as hip-bling, and car doors for wings!

Full Review Source: MovieJuice! | comment 4 Comments
06/28/09
Mark Ramsey
Mark Ramsey
MovieJuice!

A bad film that seems like a nightmare because it is one.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment 20 Comments
06/28/09
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

No white elephants in the room. I'll be brutal. Bay's film sucks with a capital "S" and with the word enveloped in bold italics.

Full Review Source: Tri-City Herald | comment 26 Comments
06/28/09
Gary Wolcott
Gary Wolcott
Tri-City Herald

... there's no time to digest anything going on or in anyway connect with it because (Michael) Bay just HAS to show you something else... right now.

Full Review Source: MovieCrypt.com | comment 3 Comments
06/27/09
Kevin A. Ranson
Kevin A. Ranson
MovieCrypt.com

Action fans won't feel cheated by director Bay, but beyond the rousing scenes and special effects, this sequel offers little.

Full Review Source: Denton Record Chronicle (TX) | comment 12 Comments
06/27/09
Boo Allen
Boo Allen
Denton Record Chronicle (TX)

The first movie of 2009 to fail my clock test.

Full Review Source: Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) | comment 5 Comments
06/26/09
Gina Carbone
Gina Carbone
Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine)

Sure it could have been a little more critic-friendly, a little more intellectual, maybe even a little less silly, but Michael Bay is first and foremost an entertainer and in my opinion he once again gets the job done.

Full Review Source: Fort Bend Sun | comment 36 Comments
06/26/09
Danny Minton
Danny Minton
Fort Bend Sun

The bottom line for me is that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen simply wasn't as much fun as the original. In their zeal to give us more of what they think we want, Bay and crew have sucked all the joy out of their own franchise.

Full Review Source: Aisle Seat | comment 22 Comments
06/26/09
Mike McGranaghan
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat
 
 
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