Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen lives up to the hype.
All two hours and forty minutes keep the audience glued to their seats during scene after scene of action-packed sequences that leave little to the imagination- even finding a way to show Megan Fox running in slow motion through the desert while wearing a tank top. Nice.
It needs to be stated, however, that if you haven't seen the movie yet, DO NOT sit through the credits waiting for the final 'teaser scene' that has become so popular these days- it never comes. I wanted to slap the custodial staff that stood around and said nothing while watching VFC and a bunch of other fools wait in vein for the scene that never comes. They could have told us to go!
That did nothing to detract from the fact, however, that the action never stops in this full-tilt adventure that had daughter VFC proclaiming that Transformers 2 was the "best movie that we've ever seen;" a surprising statement because I took her to see the Hannah Montana movie not too long ago(sarcasm intended).
Picking up a couple of years after where the first movie left off, 'Fallen' opens with Optimus Prime and his autobots working alongside the US military in an elite team that hunts down decepticons who are hiding in plain sight at various locations around the globe.
LaBeuf's character, Sam Witwicky, is off to college where he intends to maintain a long term relationship with girlfriend Mikaela (Fox), only to be stalked by another hottie, Alice, played by Isabel Lucas. Alice has a striking resemblance to Kristanna Loken in Terminator 3.
Sam's college career is quickly derailed when he starts having images of mysterious symbols. The story picks up, of course, when Megatron, freshly back from the dead, hunts down Witwicky and his associates in order to gain control of those symbols, which turn out to be a map to a key that can unlock an 'energon' source on earth.
Not that plots matter much in these kind of movies, but it is curious how Sam figures out in five a minutes the mystery of the map to the 'Tomb of the Primes' that has plagued both man and machine for over 2,000 years.
The race to unlock the energon source, and revive a fallen Optimus Prime, takes the cast of characters all around the planet- from the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC to New York and Philadelphia, to the deserts of Egypt and Jordan. With Megatron and the decepticons hot on the trail of Witwicky and the autobots, no second is spared of intense anticipation of what the next scene will bring.
The obvious cooperation of all branches of the US Military, and the addition of their respective weaponry, add to the excitement of the film. With Transformers 2 you're getting action/adventure, sci-fi, drama, war, comedy and even a bit of romance- you get it all, including some well-placed wrecking balls that offer up good laughs for the adults in the crowd.
The only unfortunate item of note is that there is too much child-unfriendly language that adds nothing to the story line. The movie would have suffered little if that language was left out and it doesn't fit into a movie with a large child audience at all.
There will no doubt be those that find that the movie has too much action and too many transformer battle scenes, but who cares? This is pure five star entertainment.
I've never been to a movie where my kids didn't once take a bathroom break and this is one that will be a multiple-watch, and definitely one to own on DVD or Blu Ray.
Don't miss this summer blockbuster. Transformers 2 is worth every second of your time and every dollar in ticket price.
And Oh, that Megan Fox....Bada Bing!
Five Stars.
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