"I bought a car. Turned out to be an alien robot. Who knew?" deadpans Sam Witwicky, hero and human heart of Michael Bay's rollicking robot-smackdown fest, Transformers. Witwicky (the sweetly nerdy Shia LaBeouf, channeling ... more »a young John Cusack) is the perfect counterpoint to the nearly nonstop exhilarating action. The plot is simple: an alien civil war (the Autobots vs. the evil Decepticons) has spilled onto Earth, and young Sam is caught in the fray by his newly purchased souped-up Camaro. Which has a mind--and identity, as a noble-warrior robot named Bumblebee--of its own. The effects, especially the mind-blowing transformations of the robots into their earthly forms and back again, are stellar. Fans of the earlier film and TV series will be thrilled at this cutting-edge incarnation, but this version should please all fans of high-adrenaline action. Director Bay gleefully salts the movie with homages to pop-culture touchstones like Raiders of the Lost Ark, King Kong, and the early technothriller WarGames. The actors, though clearly all supporting those kickass robots, are uniformly on-target, including the dashing Josh Duhamel as a U.S. Army sergeant fighting an enemy he never anticipated; Jon Voight, as a tough yet sympathetic Secretary of Defense in over his head; and John Turturro, whose special agent manages to be confidently unctuous, even stripped to his undies. But the film belongs to Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, and the dastardly Megatron--and the wicked stunts they collide in all over the globe. Long live Transformers! --A.T. Hurley« less
Movie Details
Genres:Kids & Family Sub-Genres:10-12 Years Studio:Dreamworks Video Format:DVD - Widescreen - Dubbed,Subtitled DVD Release Date: 10/16/2007 Release Year: 2007 Screens: Widescreen Number of Discs: 1 SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Total Copies: 5 Members Wishing: 0 MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Languages:English, French, Spanish Subtitles:English, French, Spanish
Had some pretty neat action scenes and CGI with a solid plotline. A real shame that Shia LaBeouf nad Megan Fox steered in other directions. This movie series could have been great!
Timothy E. (risingtide) from HAMILTON, AL Reviewed on 6/1/2012...
Exciting and witty! If your into the Superhero or Sci-Fi films, this is worth your time. One of the better movies of this type!
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Heather F. (8izenuff) from PHOENIX, AZ Reviewed on 9/12/2009...
My kids saw it at the theaters. We got the dvd and I never watched it. But when the second one came out I thought I better see the first so I could understand what was going on. It was good. It kept me interested. Shia Labeouf was very good.
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WADE T. (bookbear) from TEMPLE, TX Reviewed on 4/27/2009...
The original animated series had a better story line.
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Kimberly B. (TheBookHunter) from SALEM, OH Reviewed on 10/8/2008...
If you love action and comedy this is the one to watch! great family movie. great from beginning to end.