Rudy's Realm: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Starring Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel with the voices of Peter Cullen and Frank Welker

The sequel to the 2007 box office hit is filled with more action, robots, and story then its predecessor.




The movie opens with a small history lesson that robots from the planet Cybertron have been coming to Earth since the dawn of man followed quickly with an Autobot/Decepticon battle in China, two years after the events of the original movie, headed by Major Lennox (Josh Duhmael) and Optimus Prime. When one of the Decepticons mentions the Fallen to Optimus, he and Major Lennox try to bring this to the attention of the Major's superiors until a Presidential Liaison interferes.

At the same time, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) is preparing to leave home for college while his girlfriend Mikaela (Megan Fox) works in an auto garage with her father. While packing, Sam stumbles on a splinter of the AllSpark which fills his mind with Cybertronian writing and creates a mini-Decepticon kitchen appliance army that Bumblebee makes quick work of. After moving into his dorm room Sam meets his roommate Leo, who runs a conspiracy theory website, and his friends as they're posting Optimus' battle in China but they get hacked seconds later by "RoboWarrior".

When the Decepticon Soundwave melds with a US government satellite, he discovers the location of Megatron and the government protected piece of the AllSpark. He sends Ravage to the location and retrieves the AllSpark allowing the Constructicons to enter the Abyss Megatron had been buried in and revive him. Megatron returns to his base where Starscream had taken command in his death. After usurping control, Megatron speaks with his master, The Fallen, who tells him the only way to create more Energon, the life blood of the Transformers, is to use a machine left on Earth millenia ago which will destroy the sun and all life on Earth in the process. But the only way to find the machine is through the information stuck in Sam's mind.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a great sequel with all the elements of a Michael Bay film one comes to expect: Big explosions, fast cars and the ever present 360 degree camera turn. Bay knows his formula and follows it to excellent results. He gives fans the return of favorites like Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Starscream along with new additions like Arcee, Soundwave and Devastator. And old school fans get a bonus by hearing Soundwave voiced by the same man who was not only the original voice in the cartoon but he was also the original voice of Megatron as well. The movie was two and a half hours long but didn't drag for a minute. My only complaint would be the twin cars, Skids and Mudflap, did the movie really need two jive talking cars, one of which sports a gold tooth? Other then that this was a great popcorn flick.

9/10
Rudy T.