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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:3
Rotten:8
Average Rating:4.2/10
Consensus: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a noisy, underplotted, and overlong special effects extravaganza that lacks a human touch.
Theatrical Release:19-06-2009
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... [More]
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson
Director: Michael Bay
While it would be hard to make a case for ‘Revenge of the Fallen’ as ‘good’ in any normal sense of the word, it possesses such brute force that the viewer is left with two options: surrender, or suffer in silence.
Top CriticRevenge Of The Fallen isn't only louder than Transformers, however. It's longer, it's more explosive, it's more directionless, it's all the proof you'll ever need that more really isn't always more.
Top CriticIt’s like being hit over the head repeatedly with a very expensive, very loud train set.After two and a half hours in this bludgeoning company, you’re begging Bay to put away the boys’ toys and make a rom-com.
Top CriticAt once loud and boring, like watching paint dry while getting hit over the head with a frying pan. And at two and a half hours, it really is very long.
Top CriticBay’s is a cinema on steroids, pursuing a body-builder’s dream of eternal growth -- it must bulge constantly outward, veins popping like twigs from its ever-flexed biceps.
Top CriticA super-sized second helping, but the novelty factor and some of the charm’s gone. Hey, at least there’s more Megatron / Starscream squabbling this time round.
Top CriticThough battles are Transformers' raison d'être, before it's over, Revenge will collapse under the weight of far too many of them.
Top CriticIn Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, the director’s subject is as blatant and consistent as his cluttered mise-en-scène.
Top CriticIf you want to save yourself the ticket price, go into the kitchen, cue up a male choir singing the music of hell, and get a kid to start banging pots and pans together. Then close your eyes and use your imagination.
Top CriticFan boys will no doubt love it, but for the uninitiated it's loud, tedious and, at 147 minutes, way too long.
Top CriticWith machines that are impressively more lifelike, and characters that are more and more like machines, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen takes the franchise to a vastly superior level of artificial intelligence.
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January 15, 2010:
Fewer Robots for Transformers 3 
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November 03, 2009:
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October 29, 2009:
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October 29, 2009:
Transformers Has Giant DVD/Blu-ray Debut
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