Full of sound and fury signifying not very much at all.
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06/24/09
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
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Reviews Counted:227
Fresh:44
Rotten:183
Average Rating:3.9/10
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
Reviews for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
101 - 120 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
It’s as if Bay decided that, after the first film, no more plot was needed. And maybe the target audience won’t mind that, but for anyone else the lack of an intelligible plot and interesting characters quickly becomes boring.
06/24/09
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a Big Dumb Object: an action blockbuster so loud, ugly and exhausting that criticism seems beside the point.
06/24/09
You like 'splosions and special effects? Hey, you got 'em. But for anyone over the age of 12, this hardly makes up for lead-footed plotting or the fact these metal machines can't even stay consistent within their own mythology.
06/24/09
It would be great to say there is "more than meets the eye", but that is not the case. It's just a near-perfect replica of the first film.
06/24/09
Michael Bay has no idea that less is more in this loud and long action flick designed to give the fan boys what they want and then some.
06/24/09
A repeat of the MTV Award for Best Movie of 2007 won by the first film based on the Hasbro action figure line of toys seems highly unlikely.
06/24/09
Boasts spectacular visuals, sound effects and editing, but it suffers from tedious, mind-numbing action sequences, diminishing thrills and a plot filled with too much silliness, leaps of logic and blandness that leaves you feeling underwhelmed.
06/24/09
Filled with explosions, amazing special effects and a good dose of humor. It's everything a summer blockbuster should be.
06/24/09
The FX are still awesome, but they've lost their novelty factor. As for everything else, it still pretty much sucks.
06/24/09
This one was made for the geeks and the fan boys. Let 'em have it.
06/24/09
When the film finally ends, the audience doesn't feel so much elated as beaten into submission.
06/24/09
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is everything that made the first film awesome and terrible at the same time... to a factor of ten.
06/24/09
No longer better than sex.
06/24/09
While the loudness is periodically entertaining, it just becomes white noise after a while.
06/24/09
Prepare for bigger metal crunchers, louder explosion and more of Megan Fox's glossy lips.
06/24/09
The quintessential Michael Bay movie, though in this instance I mean that as high compliment.
06/24/09
The right notes are struck over and over for the target demo but there's not much for the rest of us. The special effects are no longer quite so special. A fact that doesn't stop Bay from committing more-is-less excesses.
06/24/09
Good when it is good, but extremely, shockingly, horrifyingly bad when it is bad.
06/24/09
By the climactic desert conflict, in which the entire Valley of the Kings is razed, the film has become so breathtakingly, boneheadedly brazen that it’s easier just to give in.
06/24/09
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