Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - A Review

I forgave the minor plot and character redundancies in the first Transformers. Its pace and unparalleled eye-watering CG entertainment won me over. As did Shia LaBeouf's performance. His story arc was actually engaging . . . .
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, I deplore to report, is the typical sucky sequel. Having already been introduced in movie number one, the transformers have lost their shiny allure. As for the humans, the lead and supporting characters have nothing to offer but off-to-college, romance, and military movie cliches. LaBeouf isn't good enough to zest this banal screenplay. The comic relief is always overtly immature (racist even). Did they seriously render a mini-robot humping Megan Fox's leg?
Looks like Revenge of the Fallen's only hope rests with the big robot fights. Do the special-effects make up for the aforementioned? No way. Unlike the first Transformers, the build-up to the action is non-existent. The movie throws you into the mechanical mayhem with no sense of structure. Transforming aliens duking it out becomes repetitive and just as uninteresting as the film's human relationships.
Revenge of the Fallen slips into the same trap Spider-man 3 and At Word's End fell into summers before. It adds unnecessary characters and loses itself in wasted narrative. All for the purpose of more RPM (robots per minute).
In an ironic moment, Agent Simmons scoldingly explains coherent plot structure to an old robot who begins to ramble.
Like Michael Bay (director) cares much. This movie is a guaranteed money machine. TRotF is exactly what you expect from a summer flick marketed to teen boys and made by lazy greedy Hollywood.
The first was a fun time at the multiplex. The sequel is mush barely disguised as entertainment. The overall experience is as genuine as Megan Fox's collagen lips.
Now in wide release
also in IMAX
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