Cast: Shia LaBeouf (Sam Witwicky), Megan Fox (Mikaela Banes), Josh Duhamel (Major Lennox), Tyerese Gibson (USAF Master Sergeant Epps) Two years on from the first instalment of this epic franchise, the US military and the Aubots have formed an alliance to help wipe out the Decepticons. They are known as NEST. When they catch a robot in Shanghai, they are warned of an imminent attack from an entity know as The Fallen. Meanwhile, Sam Witwicky (the boy at the centre of all the commotion in the first film), decides he wants to forget about the alien race he discovered, and is instead is getting ready for college life, and still with his mega hot girlfriend, Mikaela. But yet again, things are too good to be true for Sam, and is caught up in this galactic war between the Autobots and the Decepticons.

The film starts off in true Michael Bay style. With big bangs and impressive CG magic, Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen, starts off as it means to go on. It was always going to be a challenge to beat its prequel's wow factor, but Bay manages to succeed, only just, with his first and only sequel since Bad Boys 2. The film boasts 42 robots, including one likening to a Dyson Vacuum cleaner, one that can turn into ball bearings to access high security areas, and two annoying Gremlin-like robots that talk in street slang. By the end of it you fail to remember which robot is which, and also question why they were in the film in the first place. The plot is questionable also. The Decepticons, who were defeated in the first movie, are again intending to crush Earth. For most of the film, we believe that the Fallen refers to this resurgent army. But then we find out it kind of means something else, and the plot transforms itself into something even more boring than it was originally. The only thing that saves the film is the metal-on-metal punch ups with absolute CG perfection. Bay shows his true love of grown up toys and flashy effects. Verdict: With 150 minutes running time, the plot itself is actually quite boring. But the cherry on the cake would certainly be the extended fight scenes and impressive effects. Fans of the original Transformers series may not be best pleased, but it will certainly quench the thirst of action film fans

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