|
 TRANSFORMERS
With
Shia
LaBeouf,
Megan
Fox,
Josh
Duhamel,
Tyrese
Gibson,
Jon
Voight,
John
Turturro,
Rachael
Taylor,
Anthony
Anderson
Directed
by
Michael
Bay
It
is
nothing
strange
to
have
a
movie
based
on
a
novel,
a
play,
or
even
another
movie,
but
it
is
not
every
day
a
huge
block
buster
is
based
on
a
toy
-
as
is
the
case
with
Michael
Bay’s
FX-laden
Transformers,
based
on
Hasbro’s
Transformer
Action
Figures(!).
The
convertible
robot
toys
changing
into
vehicles
and
aircraft
also
spawned
a
TV
cartoon
series,
but
this
one
takes
the
concept
to
its
ultimate
form.
Earth
becomes
a
battlefield
when
a
race
of
robots
(Decepticons)
from
another
planet
is
set
to
eradicate
the
human
race
–
but
an
opposing
robot
faction
(Autobots)
have
been
laying
dormant
in
the
guise
of
ordinary
vehicles
and
appliances
to
jump
into
action,
protecting
man
from
being
wiped
out.
One
such
vehicle
becomes
the
property
of
a
young
man
in
the
shape
of
his
first
second
hand
car,
and
he
ends
up
becoming
mankind’s
last
hope,
together
with
a
gang
of
enormous
robot
warriors.
Far-fetched?
Sure.
Entertaining?
Certainly.
Too
long
at
138
minutes?
By
far!
With
the
huge
digital
special
effects
team
working
overtime
to
create
the
hyper-realistic
metallic
barrage
of
imagery,
Transformers
is
set
to
blow
away
most
viewers
(especially
under-16s)
–
if
you
can
ignore
some
of
the
totally
cringe-worthy
and
lame
script
motifs
and
dialogue,
that
is.
You
get
a
commentary
track
from
director
Michael
Bay,
the
man
responsible
for
movies
like
Armageddon
and
Pearl
Harbour,
shaped
by
uber-producer
Jerry
Bruckheimer.
There's
obviously
good
money
in
re-making
Horror
classics,
as
he's
also
re-doing
The
Birds,
Friday
The
13th
and
A
Nightmare
On
Elm
Street
(!)
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