Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023) User Reviews

It's time to move on from the humans needing to be the heroes in these storylines

[kevin_robbins · 6/10 · 11 June 2023]

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023) is a movie my wife and I saw in theaters last night. The storyline follows a planet eater out for a stone that will allow him to travel throughout space and time to find planets to consume. The ancient animal transformers protect the stone and have traveled to Earth to hide themselves and the stone. When autobots that support the planet eater arrive on Earth to find the stone the transformers and animal transformers will need to work together to protect the stone.

This movie is directed by Steven Caple Jr. (Creed II) and stars Anthony Ramos (In the Heights), Dominique Fishback (Judas and the Black Messiah), Dean Scott Vazquez (In the Heights), Tobe Nwigwe (Mo) and Michael Kelly (Dawn of the Dead).

This storyline was really compelling and interesting. It was tremendous watching the animal and car transformer worlds combine. The CGI and special effects were outstanding and every action scene is a 10/10. I really adored every fight. However, we didn't need the humans in this at all, and the action, dialogue and plot points involving Ramos and Fishback were painful. They are good actors whose performances weren't good here and felt out of place. It's time to move on from the humans needing to be the heroes in these storylines...because the Transformers, both good guys and bad guys, were awesome.

Overall, this is a worthwhile addition to the Transformers series that I would strongly recommend. I would score this a 6/10.

Saved by the final act

[huwbutts · 7/10 · 9 April 2024]

Most of this movie is boring, even when there is action on the screen. The first 1h30 should have been cut to an hour, and it would have been more entertaining. Up until this point, it was a middling 5/10 for me, just like the rest of these movies (bar 1 perhaps).

HOWEVER, the final act/fight is honestly stellar - I actually sat up and properly enjoyed the battle, the fact that the people were actually involved (due to what I thought was a pretty neat, if cliché device).

It actually felt like there were some stakes too, both on large and small scale. The music, both soundtrack and needle drops were on point. Just a pity that the rest of the movie didn't have this level of quality.

Forgettable film!

[jp_91 · 5/10 · 14 June 2023]

"Transformers: Rise of the Beasts" is the new movie based on the Takara toys that Hasbro exploited and have been brought to television, movies and comics. In this new film, the result is kind of almost bad, a soulless and simple script that could have been told in 90 minutes and not in an excessive length of 127 minutes that become slow. The performances are ordinary and the director's work does not stand out. The production is not used, the soundtrack has no essence and the cinematography is quite conventional. The biggest negative point is the costume design and the setting, since the film takes place during 1994 and fails to take us to that year, with the exception of some retro objects and extras that wear 90s costumes, the protagonists really look very 2020's. Another flaw is the digital special effects that fail to be entirely realistic, the green screen and After Effects giving themselves away for much of the length of the film. A totally forgettable production.

If not for showing diversity, the movie did well

[metacotix · 7/10 · 29 July 2023]

I usually don't write movie reviews. Since, I liked all previous 'Transformer' movies, I just couldn't stop myself from writing this one. The autobots and maximals did not fail in their visual effects and performance. What made the entire storyline weaker was the two lead roles They delivered quite a lacklustre performance. Was the director/producer trying to bring diversity to the plot? Every minute of watching them was making the movie taste bland. The onus is somewhat on the screenplay.and direction of the movie. Overall, the movie deserves 7/10 (if you like Transformers). For someone watching Transformers for the first time, it may be a disappointment.

Not horrible but also not memorable

[afatedcircle · 6/10 · 9 June 2023]

The Transformers movies have always been more popcorn flick than anything. Huge Michael Bay explosions, some one liners and eye candy for the human actors/actresses. That being said, the last few movies haven't really had many memorable moments. Rise of the Beasts is no exception to that.

The soundtrack is straight 90s rap which makes complete sense seeing as the movie is set in 1994. The tracks work well with the segments of the movie they're featured in, especially one particular moment of LL Cool J's "knock you out"

The cgi was pretty decent. I didn't really notice any flaws like I have with more recent movies like Fast 10 but that's to be expected with a highly CGI dependent movie.

The acting left a lot to be desired from the human characters. The eye candy didn't exist this time around but I imagine that was done for a reason. The problem is I didn't care for either of the human protagonists. I felt more connection to the younger brother of the male lead than I did the lead.

The Transformers are as entertaining as always and that should be the main draw of the movie. Bumblebee being sidelined for 90% of the film left room for Mirage to take the stage. There were a few good one liners from him but then they take him away at the climax to put on their own Ironman suit which quite honestly took away from the movie a bit.

Unicorn was supposed to be the big threat here but never felt threatening at all. Instead you get the 3 henchmen who were dominating the autobots early on yet in the main fight are easily disposed of.

Overall it was a good watch yet nothing memorable. A few good laughs in a mostly empty theater.

"TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS" REVIEW

[Mr-Topshotta · 7/10 · 9 June 2023]

Directed by Steven Caple Jr. A runtime of two hours and seven minutes. With a PG-13 rating.

The sequel to the standalone "Bumblebee" film. But years before the Shia LeBoeuf "Transformers" film. Now In 1994 "Noah" played by Anthony Ramos is trying to find a way to provide for his family. Even though he's been a part of the armed services and is extremely tech-savvy. "Noah" still hasn't found consistent work.

His mother "Breanna" played by Luna Lauren Velez is trying to do her best. Her other son "Kris" played by Dean Scott Vazquez has sickle cell which puts more financial strain on the family.

Feeling trapped he takes a job with his friend "Reek" played by Tobe Nwigwe boosting cars. Unfortunately for him, he tries boosting the wrong car. An Autobot named "Mirage" who's voiced by Pete Davidson.

This puts him on a direct course to a young talented Archeologist "Elena" played by Dominique Fishback. She has found a key that will help get "Optimus Prime" voiced by Peter Cullen and the rest of the "Autobots" back home to "Cybertron".

But the "Autobots" aren't the only ones that want that key. "Scourge" voiced by Peter Dinklage a flunky to "Unicorn" voiced by Colman Domingo wants it. With the help of "Optimus Primal" voiced by Ron Perlman a relative of sorts to "Optimus Prime". The "Maximals", "Autobots", "Noah" and "Elena" will all have to work together to stop "Unicron" from coming to Earth and destroying the whole planet.

"Transformers: Rise of the Beasts" brought back old feelings. I loved it focused a chunk of the characters and location in New York. Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback are both leading actors. They have enough tools in their acting arsenal to carry a massive franchise like "Transformers".

This film was funny and witty like the original film. It also provided tons of action. I'm from the East Coast so I could relate to this film even further. As a kid I loved "Beast Wars" so finally implementing them was well worth the wait.

They hit perfectly on all the casting. Like Tobe Nwigwe. He has a future in film. Tobe was natural and hilarious. They infused the right amount of new blood into this franchise to give it the spark it needed.

This film got straight to the point. The plot was very direct. Which I appreciated. This wasn't on the same level as the Shia LeBouf "Transformers" but it was a close second. A great new first film to kick off the new trilogy. With some new stuff, I'm very excited to see play out.

Before I end I have to say. Anthony Ramos's little brother in the film "Kris" having Sickle Cell was amazing. I looked at my daughter Bk and both of our mouths were wide open in shock. Not only did it showcase a blood disease that I battle every day. It also showed a little bit of that world. I thought that was so creative and cool. Whoever thought to put that in the film needs to be applauded a thousand times over.

"Transformers" is a near and dear franchise to me. I love it. It started to get a little stale but they came back right. I can't wait to see what the future holds with this franchise. But they have it in great hands. Please support this film. I want something that has Sickle Cell in it in front of as many eyes as possible. I give this film four mor fires 🔥🔥🔥🔥 but to me personally it's a five mor fire just from having that in it alone.

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Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts Is Not Terrible But It's Not Amazing Or Incredible Either

[HabibieHakim123 · 6/10 · 9 June 2023]

6.5/10 Well at least it's better than the Bumblebee movie and way better than Revenge Of The Fallen, but Rise Of The Beasts still hasn't have that epicness of both story telling and action combined like the Michael Bay version and yes i still much prefer those one say whatever you want, it just my opinion, i did have a problem with Rise Of The Beasts from Dominique Fishback bad acting, Pete Davidson's Mirage characters that are just annoying and loud at times, the decision of making Bumblebee sort of die again for like a thousand time (Spoiler! I guess), the long distance build up for the re-introduction of Optimus Primal that are too long making it his appearance can be said not too much in the movie, and the exact problem from previous movies happening again, which is when they make Optimus Prime takes too much L, the way they make Optimus so weak neither in the beginning or in the middle while they always hailed him as the most powerful one and the legend and the leader of all Autobots kinda of pissed me off, that's basically most of my problem with the movie, while the goods of Rise Of The Beasts is of course the action, the battle scene are pretty exciting and the last battle was great, Anthony Ramos ok performance and characters itself overall is a W, all of the Autobots and the Maximals team were fine, Optimus got a lot of screen time, Noah's little brother and friend performance was fine, some cool and even funny scene, liked some of the soundtrack, and Scourge was a good villain, overall Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts is problematic and have a lot of flaws but it also still fills with entertaining action, villain, ok performance male lead, and not ridiculous main plot, it's not terrible but it's not amazing or incredible either, (the half plus score i gave for the movie is because Rise Of The Beasts have more stuff in it than the Bumblebee movie and that's why i am not giving it the same score which is only a 6 for Bumblebee).

Quite disappointing

[ethanbresnett · 4/10 · 9 June 2023]

After the success of 'Bumblebee' I was hoping that this instalment might offer a more rewarding viewing experience than the previous cash grab Transformers outings, but I was sorely mistaken. It is unfortunately a rather drab affair.

Within about 5 minutes every cliche possible is ticked off the list. The dialogue is grating and so corny it hurts. The action is messy and disorienting. The newly introduced 'Maximals' are severely wasted with limited screen time. The plot centres around a silly doohickey that is hard to care about. The human characters are kind of annoying and poorly written. None of the humour really lands and neither do any of the emotional story beats. The story sags a little in the middle. I could go on.

Saying all that, this film is mildly entertaining and does have its moments, although they are too few and far between. I guess it's worth watching if you are into your Transformers films, but the casual movie goer should probably save their money and skip this one.

Better than expected !

[trevor_alex · 7/10 · 9 June 2023]

As a neutral, I went in there with no real expectations. Regardless of the critics out there, I have personally enjoyed it. There is a new direction along with some exciting new characters and overall it was fun viewing.

I felt the storyline was simple and comprehensive and the chemistry among the characters were solid. To be honest though, it may not be everyone's couple of tea. Especially for people who may have enjoyed the earlier versions of it.

Nevertheless, the action sequences were ok, they are plenty room of improvements and at times it lacked innovation. Despite this, the introduction of Anthony Ramos was interesting and he didn't disappoint in his performance.

Overall, it was an enjoyable experience but don't expect too much fireworks from this movie, looking forward to see how this franchise unfolds !

A new low

[alexalex-44708 · 1/10 · 6 July 2023]

After the last Transformers movie, I really didn't think these movies could get any dumber, or that they would release even more of these, but I guess I underestimated the allure of another cash grab.

This movie has all the hallmarks of the nowaday Transformer movie: worn out clichés, a horrendous script that might as well have been written by teenagers with zero character development, lazy attempts at humour, tired clichés, the fake patriotism, and explosions explosions explosions.

To top it off the creators have decided to broaden the market appeal by suddenly cast non-white actors and play what they seem to think is cool music. Sadly, I guess it could work but man, how lazy.

I guess it might work for teenage boys filled with testosterone, can't really se who else this is marketed to.

They fixed it!!!!!!!!!!

[FeastMode · 8/10 · 8 June 2023]

After being disappointed with Age of Extinction, loathing The Last Knight, and being one of the few that disliked Bumblebee, I went into this movie expecting it to be terrible. But I am ecstatic after watching the best Transformers movie since Dark of the Moon.

I found myself smiling for most of the runtime. For the first time in years, I kept thinking "Transformers are so damn cool." There are so many beautiful shots with these CGI creations, so many moments to screenshot and frame. The action is miles better than the last three entries.

They fixed so many of the issues that plagued the last three movies. There are actual characters with motivations we understand, conflicts where we can see both sides of the argument. Even the Transformer characters are significantly more fleshed out. I felt for them.

There is an actual story instead of nonsense to move the plot forward. You don't even have to turn your brain off to enjoy it. And the comedy actually works! I laughed more times than the previous three movies combined.

This experience made me so happy, and I look forward to any future projects if this is the direction they're taking. It's a perfect example of how, if you do it right and create with care and passion, the result will be endlessly better.

EDIT: I loved it even more the second time. Multiple action sequences give me goosebumps, similar to how I feel when watching the Dark of the Moon highway scene and the Optimus rage scene at the end. And I can't believe I didn't mention it originally, but the musical score is AMAZING. It elevates every scene and gives me the feels.

(3 viewings, early fan screening UltraScreen 6/7/2023, UltraScreen 6/14/2023, SuperScreen 7/3/2023)

Entertaining but trashy stylistic elements and too much personal struggles

[felix_lehmann-89546 · 6/10 · 8 June 2023]

(Rating: 6/10) The movie has some entertainment value and even some moments where I thought this is what I came for. The Film took enough time to develop the character of Noah, the ex-military, but it got lost in personal struggles of the 90s at some point. Unfortunately, the story telling was forgotten whilst finding a job and paying bills.

What I came for: I came for the battles. They are cool, powerful and exciting - yes, this is a transformers film. The sound effects, as always, are overwhelming. I also came for the (re) transformations. These scenes could go forever, I watch them! On top, there is always a new and mind blowing bot or villain or something else. Just think of the Dinobots in "Age of extinction". "Rise of beasts" brings in a kind of a mecha King Kong and, my favorite, a rhinoceros. Unfortunately, we didn't see much of the rhino bot..

What's refreshing: The well-known extraterrestrial futurism merged with the nostalgic elements of the 90s. Soldering of broken pieces from an old device, cable headset, presenting old school music in a way they did etc. The makers mixed the old new with the new old. It simulates a postmodern futuristic feeling. Of course, this concept is not original and seems to be a trend nowadays (guardians of the galaxy, flash etc) but it still let's in fresh wind, especially in the way they realized it. The next cool and rather unusial thing was the password. Very good integrated from the beginning.

What's Disappointing:

1) While Noah's character development was overshadowed by personal issues, Elena stays a complete mystery. Who is she? What's her story? Too much and too less don't add up to "enough"..

2) the use of unnecessary stylistic elements. Either they are too blunt or they are "kind-of-copied" - better said: unoriginal. They tell the story bigger than it is. A) the hunting scene in the first part: I was impatiently waiting for the shock moment. And it took longer and longer - didn't know I am watching a horror movie. I know exactly what the makers tried here and it's a little annoying B) when the autobots met in the garage with Noah the first time. It reminded me of the first transformers movie, right at the moment he called for the others bot to meet up. Did the makers think it works again?? C) optimus sacrifices himself in the epic final. So far so good. But then, in the very last second, Noah comes and rescues. Then, he can't keep optimus and everything seems lost again. Then again, someone came to rescue. This up and down is too much and left me completely disappointed. It's ridiculous.. D)...

3) Optimus Prime is rather Optimus second (or beta?). I know that this film plays in the 90s, so, before Optimus met Sam (first movie), but still he has lived for thousands of years and I expected the typical "I am optimus prime, now I am stating a wisdom about humans and the different evolution of our two species". Instead, he was egoistic, blind, macho and, most confusing, following a human that he didn't even trust. And everyone seemed to defend his behavior! That's not the optimus prime I had in mind. I expected him to be strong-minded, a true leader, somewhat wise and sublime. But here - Meh.

4) Very sudden convenient (for the plot) appearances out of nothing. It was easy to tell when the makers needed elements to continue their plot. The warp key created a gigantic warp machine on a big mountain where - straight out the walls - a huge army of bot soldiers appeared all that out of the blue.

After all, it's entertaining, had good effects but was overloaded with trashy stylistic elements blowing up the story. The personal struggle of Noah could've been shortened and who is Elena? Cool Rhino, cool Mecha King Kong, weird sudden appearances of bots, armies and the warp machine to be able to finish the plot.

"Rise of beasts" is not among my favorite transformers.

If you like TF1 and TF2, not sure if you're going to like this

[rnelis · 6/10 · 9 July 2023]

The formula that made Transformers 1, 2 and perhaps 3 memorable great, true classics; you won't find that here. No amazingly designed, super impressive robots like those sandstorm robots, no megan fox-style shots, not the coolest cars, and optimus ain't the super hero warrior knight.

But, if you can ignore the first hour of mandatory 2023-era propaganda, it gets better over time. The action is still good, kids still loved it, and overall the film ended with me thinking "ok, all in all it's not bad, I just got to see through the many weird and illogical things that just happened, sit back and enjoy the ride". And that works. Can't wait to see the next installment.

Decent movie that was elevated by the finale.

[rabidwookie80 · 6/10 · 16 July 2023]

It's an ok movie. If you have an interest in seeing Transformers' action then check it out. The lead up is solid, not great but not terrible either, but this movie really shines at the end. Watching the Transformers come together and fight is epic, and if you have a good sound system, it's even better. I gave it a 6 but I feel it's between a 6 and a 7. I can also understand why some would rate it higher. I don't know what political stuff other reviewers are complaining about. There wasn't any in the movie, that I saw. The scores of 1-5 are ridiculous imo. If you're a fan of Transformers, I think you'll enjoy it. Cheers.

That was fire! I had so much fun!!

[subxerogravity · 7/10 · 9 June 2023]

I have to start by saying that I was not expecting much from this movie so I'm thrilled with joy about how much I got from it. I think I'm bias because the movie takes place in 1994, a good year for me and a good time for music which was used very effectively to give you a vibe of New York (or rather Brooklyn) in general. I will be blunt on how the Black and Brown culture meshing with the Transformers also realty gave the franchise a breath of fresh air. It's strange how that works. Black and LantinX has existed forever yet somehow putting it in a movie franchise about giant robots from space gave it a uniqueness that gets attention.

As Martin Scorsese would say "it's a roller coaster ride", but I love roller coaster rides. The Action was fantastic beautiful visual scenes but I'll admit my one nick pick would be don't see it in 3D. The format flattens the visual effects making everything look faker than it already is.

Also love the interaction of the humans and Transformers. The Transformers have more personality now than they did as basic background for Michael Bay's film.

Plus, there are some bells and whistles that truly put the smile of the 8-year kid on my face.

Worth it!

Gets the Transformers franchise back on the track.....

[Lahiru_Gamage · 7/10 · 10 June 2023]

Transformers Age of Extinction and The Last Knight have drag the the franchise to the ground... but Bumblebee movie makes a new turn giving some hope to the franchise and this move...Rise of the Beasts followed by Bumblebee gets the job done and put the transformers franchise back into the right track...

The movie is not a masterpiece.....its not bad either...movie has a great flow starting to the end without making any brake points.... and there are no scenes where you can experience jumps from the main story like it was in Bayverse movies.... Movie has refreshed music with the all time classic Transformers Theme.... CGI was good...they have definitely done a great job....though they were not impressive like in the Bayverse...they could definitely improve transformations a little in some scenes but overall it is good.

I recommend watching this movie as this could be a game changing start for Transformers franchise.

"At last, there is hope after all..." - Drift.

Keeps getting worse.

[taurelm · 4/10 · 6 August 2023]

Where do I start? Let's start with the positive; the CGI was amazing. The bad; the acting, and the casting was terrible. I don't know who wrote the script, but it was awful also. Nothing against the actors, but some of them seem so miscast in their roles. The girls voice was absolutely annoying. Sometimes over acting, sometimes not acting at all. But all in all just terrible. Sometimes great dialogue can say bad acting, in this case, the dialogue was just as bad. Cringe worthy. I was hoping for more as I love the transformers movies. I wanted to stop watching within the first 15 minutes, but I also wanted to give it a chance to see if it would get better. It didn't. If this is the best they've got they should stop now.

Good movie with room for improvement

[moviemanmo973 · 6/10 · 9 June 2023]

While this film isn't groundbreaking it gives fans of the franchise some hope of a resurgence. The film takes place in 1994 and it lends itself to that time period with the music choices and the aesthetics of New York. Anthony Ramos's character was that of a stereotypical Latino from New York. In the film he's down on his luck searching for a job to help his single mother take care of his ailing younger brother. While out trying to make money illegally he gets caught up with the transformers who are trying to retrieve an artifact.

Ramos is funny in his role and his chemistry with Pete Davidson (Mirage) works well. There was a point in the film where he took charge of the situation and it came off as a bit forced. Overall, I enjoyed his performance and what he added to this film. The direction of his character during the final battle added to the entertainment of this film.

Dominique Fishbacks's character started off interesting but by the time the film ended she was underwhelming. More could have been done with her character.

Dean Scott Vasquez was okay as he added a bit of humor but some of his scenes that were meant to be emotional weren't as touching as the film tried to make them.

The landscapes of Peru were very beautiful to see and it was nice seeing the action taken away from the city. The character designs were nice but some of the characters were underutilized (Cheetah, Rhino...). The beasts were shown here and there but it felt like a very surface level introduction. The villain had a clear-cut motive which helped carry the story.

In all this film was a decent introduction to these new characters with room for improvement. I look forward to the next film and hope they can capitalize on what they started in this film.

Dismal. By far the worst of the series. And im a huge tf fan.

[griplegend · 3/10 · 11 July 2023]

Im a crybaby and this film just did not hit the right spots at all.. Felt totally fake compared to the other TF films. Or is that just how much more derivative this film is now?

Movie starts out ok. Gets interesting till you meet the gorilla. Is an absolute slog for the next hour. Wraps up with an "uh ok?" And the random post-credits scene which was not actually post-credits. Seems director over here figured nobody gave enough a crap to stay past the credits for one.

So formulaic. From the girls plot armor to the now typecast optimus prime. Also too much filler. Of all the films. This one had like ZERO reason to be longer than 1hr 30mins. Seriously dumb.

Only exception was noah and the kid. Noth were decent. But the girl and the one dimensional transformers? Apart from mirage..

The jumpscare devilbotthingies were so annoying..too much filler. Is this a horror flick yet?

Why is the transformers villains teeth so rusty? Someone of his leadership and caliber is not going to rock some homeless teeth. Hes either going to have perfect optimus teeth or none. Totally took me out of his perfectly delivered lines.

Some of the cgi is just bad. A lot of it.

I will rewatch at my own pace just to slam it more.

Transformers the best movie of the franchise

[campanam · 10/10 · 6 June 2023]

This movie has a lot of heart , mirage and noah steal the show , they were my favorite ones , the terracons are very menacing and heartless . This is definitely the best transformers movie . The ending blew my mind and the music in the movie is fire .i would also like to add that It is fun. It's actually quite funny and the action is strong. My eyes misted over when they talked about the special item in this movie, but so much better than Bay's movies . The director did a great job directing this film . Paramount took a good decicion at the moment to put transformers rise of the beasts in steven caple's hands.

A disappointment

[chikojackyjunior · 6/10 · 11 June 2023]

"Rise of the beasts" but doesn't feel like a beasts was rising. 5 years of waiting a new Transformers film after Bumblebee (2018), I was expecting some Optimus Prime solo film or maybe some decent Transformers film but what we got is some mixed up faction betwen Autobots, Maximals and Terrorcons.

The problem with this film is that they introduce some of new characters but they force it into 1 hours film which is a mistake, this film should've been a 2 hours because there were new characters that we've never seen before in live action and they need some backstory about this new charactes. They only focus with the backstory about the humans which is boring because they got more screentime than the Maximals and i feel dissappointed with Rhinox and Cheetor, they have less screentime.

The transformation of robots in this film was kinda boring. In the bayverse the transformation of the Transformers feels like a slow but fast and smooth and we can see clearly how do they transform into robots. In this film the transformation was kinda fast and the CGI was kinda greyish so it's very hard to see what they transform into.

And oh god what have they done with Wheeljack. Wheeljack is such a useless character in this film. This film can work without Wheeljack. They change his design, his voice, his personality and worstly he doesn't even do anything in this film beside chasing Battletrap with Arcee.

Unicron? They should just make a movie about Autobots fighting The Decepticons because they really have a balls of steel to use Unicron in the first film Transformers in the reboot universe. I mean come on man this was a second film in the reboot universe and they just straight introduce us to Unicron. They should just do with Unicron later because this universe need more fresh story. It feels like a DCEU film when we got to introduce with Superman and then he fight Batman in the next film and then in the next film they introduce Darkseid.

The only things i like about this film is the soundtrack. Steve Jablonsky is back and he use his original Transformers 2007 theme in this film and i was surprise at the end of the film and Optimus Prime did his final speech after 6 years the last time he did his final speech in Transformers The Last Knight.

(Sorry for the bad English because I live in Asia)

Mind numbing dross made worse by Racial Politics.

[interastral · 2/10 · 27 July 2023]

Good lord, after watching this film my IQ has been lowered by 10%... Starting out with the mish mash of 90's hip hop tunes that don't really work in the film, and then later the film forgets about the hip-hop and reverts to standard orchestral music.

The white male boss who doesn't want to give the Latino a job. And then Mirage the autobot mercilessly killing white cops in the car chase.

Then the Spanish transformer, and the Latino character is like "Wow your spanish" and the Spanish transformer replies "That's racist..." like omg... what is wrong with these writers?

And the two human hero's go into a tomb and they say: "This is some indiana jones stuff" and it just reads like the writers thought "Lets have an indiana jones style section" and then they comment on their own ideas in the script. So 4th wall breaking, but NOT in a good way.

At this point, I think a large section of Hollywood is just a rich club of nepo-babies without a single shred of talent, who are totally obsessed with shoving modern politics into everything. Like seriously, get some original ideas, and get a life. ( and I'm saying that as a Left Wing guy - but what do these issues have to do with Transformers??? )

No thank you. Skip the film for sure.

Decent Transformers movie.

[MattTB87 · 7/10 · 20 July 2023]

Solid 7/10 here, and far better than the last few offerings, although admittedly I lasted exactly 12 minutes in "The Last Knight" before turning it off.

Rise of the beasts is pretty thin on story but there's just enough to hold interest and having the Gen 1 designs make a comeback is a nice addition, despite my lack of nostalgia for them.

I honestly don't know what to say beyond that, perfectly serviceable action movie with giant robots. Would have been nice to see a bit more of Unicron and a bit more development / depth to Scourge but hey, I grew up watching Transformers: Beast Wars and this delivers on that, all your favourites from the series, in one big brawl for the planet. 7/10.

Never go full Pete Davidson

[rotten-potatoes · 6/10 · 11 June 2023]

Honestly the last couple acts saved this movie. It went from a -1 to at least a 6. The classic Optimus/Peter Cullen came to fruition later in the film. I started feeling like a young kid again hearing Peter cullens trash talk and all was forgiven. Dare I say the film finished better than most transformer films to date.

The beasts: primal and crew, was awesome. One scene when he and Optimus prime teamed up, classic.

Dominique/Elena was good. She added a lot to the film.

Anthony/Noah was ok but his whole family background wasn't needed. The poor boy blah blah blah was tiresome and I found myself bored in the beginning.

Lastly, Pete. He's funny and all I get it. But with bumblebee getting a serious back seat, I wasn't happy.

But as I started this rant, the last hour or so was awesome. And it was a nice treat at the end, that definitely left me with anticipation for the future.

Anything interesting

[asaracchio · 13 June 2023]

A film similar to the previous ones with some improvements, but fundamental is nothing really interesting. The story recalls other products, good visual effects and CGI, but this is not enough to save a film that follows the previous ones.

This is a brand that has now given everything, maybe it's time they put it to rest. A film you see once is enough, it's not a memorable film. To be watched without too many pretensions, it is not a bad film but it is not a good film. I liked Bubblebee the previous film before this one, this one much less. The premises are there to be a good product but they need to work more on the screenplay.