Variety
Little seems new compared to the first installment, except that this version is longer, louder, and perhaps "more than your eye can meet" in one sitting.
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Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Those mighty-morphin’ robots return with a US $200 million budget and scenes shot in IMAX. Michael Bay (Armageddon, Transformers) is of course back at the helm and all the main stars return, including Shia LaBeouf, John Turturro and long-limbed sexpot Megan Fox. This time the action takes a more international turn, with some parts of the movie having been filmed around and even on the pyramids at Giza.
2009Rating: M, Action violence150 minsUSA
ActionAdventureScience FictionBlockbuster
- Director:
- Michael Bay ('Transformers', 'Pearl Harbor', 'Armageddon', 'The Rock', 'Bad Boys')
- Writer:
- Ehren KrugerRoberto OrciAlex Kurtzman
- Cast:
- Shia LaBeoufMegan FoxJosh DuhamelTyrese GibsonJohn TurturroIsabel LucasRainn Wilson
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen / Reviews
Total Film
Old folks may find the relentless sensory assault a little draining, but the bangs, ’bots and bombast ensure Fallen has everything Transformers fans will want and expect.
Full reviewRoger Ebert
A horrible experience of unbearable length, briefly punctuated by three or four amusing moments.
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Otago Daily Times
This movie is not as much fun as the first but it manages to retain a human scale while giving us really high-end special effects. Instead of fudging things with night-time battles, we see robot combat in bright sunlight. Which is pretty impressive.
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Newshub
There’s plenty here for 14-year-old boys to salivate over, not enough for the rest of us.
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Hollywood Reporter
With its intelligence at the level of the simple-minded, however, the film is not likely to attract moviegoers who seek something more than a screen filled with kaleidoscopes of colored metal. Fan boys will no doubt love it, but for the uninitiated it's loud, tedious and, at 147 minutes, way too long.
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Empire Magazine
A 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.
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