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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen reviews
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5.9 User Score:

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Based on 32 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Action  |  Adventure  |  Sci-fi

Written by: Ehren Kruger
Roberto Orci
Alex Kurtzman

Directed by: Michael Bay

Release Date:
Theatrical: June 24, 2009
DVD: October 20, 2009

Running Time: 147 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, language, some crude and sexual material, and brief drug material

Starring Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, John Benjamin Hickey, and John Turturro

In the highly-anticipated Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, debuting June 24, 2009, Sam Witwicky again joins with the Autobots® against their sworn enemies, the Decepticons®. (Paramount Pictures)

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

75

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

The sequence serves no real purpose beyond dazzle for dazzle's sake, but when you're watching it, that's purpose enough.

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75

San Francisco Chronicle Amy Biancolli

A well-oiled, loudly revving summer action vehicle that does all that's required, and then some, within the confines of PG-13: It cracks genitalia jokes, messes around with toys and blows stuff up.

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75

Premiere Robert Calvert

It is unapologetic about delivering what it promises. Bigger battles. Massive explosions. Megan Fox looking hot.

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75

TV Guide Cammila Albertson

If you enjoyed the robo-spastic ride the first time, then you should be happy with this movie, too. And if you complained that the first movie was trite and lacking in character development, then you probably shouldn’t even be reading this.

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63

Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez

At least the special effects in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen are remarkable: You never tire of the endless variations of robots Bay and his computer-generated effects crew come up with.

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60

Empire Nick De Semlyen

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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60

Variety Jordan Mintzer

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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60

New York Daily News Joe Neumaier

Hey, Michael: It's the robots, stupid. Despite all the mechanical mayhem, none of the Transformers stand out.

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50

The Hollywood Reporter Ray Bennett

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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50

Los Angeles Times Betsy Sharkey

Exhilarating or excruciating, depending on your point of view.

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50

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey

Taken on its own, this is a masterful little slice of computer-generated animation, but it gets lost here in the visual racket.

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50

The New York Times Manohla Dargis

The man (Bay) just wears you out and wears you down, so much so that it’s easy to pretend that you’re not ingesting 2 hours and 30 minutes of warmongering along with all that dumb fun.

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50

Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey

Roughly an hour in, Transformers 2 morphs from teen adventure into lumbering war movie. Bay and his screenwriters squander their human capital in order to show us scenes of 20-ton toys crushing 10-ton toys.

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42

The Onion (A.V. Club) Tasha Robinson

At least in the last half-hour, Bay's incredibly sloppy continuity and overeager rush to action pays off.

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40

Village Voice Robert Wilonsky

This is blockbuster porn absent even the suggestion of care or concern for anything that might resemble "a point," save the obvious one to move more Hasbro action figures and animated-series DVD boxed sets. In a word: distasteful.

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40

Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek

Revenge of the Fallen just comes off as a bratty kid showing how many swear words he knows.

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38

Boston Globe Ty Burr

2 1/2 hours of tumescence disguised as a motion picture.

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38

USA Today Claudia Puig

This sequel to the clever and funny first "Transformers" not only is disappointing, it will give most people a throbbing case of metal overload.

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38

ReelViews James Berardinelli

The storyline is so infantile that it will appeal to young kids.

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38

Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips

Fox's cleavage is the only camera object that catches Bay's attention for more than a millisecond.

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38

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Dazzles the eye, numbs the mind and may cause deafness in some cases. Did I mention to bring along some Excedrin?

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33

Portland Oregonian M. E. Russell

Revenge of the Fallen almost feels like it's signaling an end-game for blockbuster movies: all sensation, no content, catastrophic expense.

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30

Slate Dana Stevens

The reductio ad absurdum of a summer blockbuster. It is loud (boom!), long (two and a half hours!), incoherent (poorly explained intergalactic warfare!), leering (Megan Fox in short shorts!), racist (jive-talkin' robot twins!), and rife with product tie-ins (Chevy! Hasbro!).

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30

Washington Post John Anderson

Much of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is simply despicable.

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30

The New Yorker David Denby

The movie rages on for a hundred and fifty minutes and then just stops, pausing for the next sequel.

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30

Chicago Reader Andrea Gronvall

The special effects are better and the dialogue slightly more humorous than in the first movie, but the anti-Arab subtext is repugnant.

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30

Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

This Transformers is a pile of glittering junk.

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25

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

A horrible experience of unbearable length, briefly punctuated by three or four amusing moments.

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25

Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow

The whirl, bang and general bother of crashing gears and gnashing metal ends up suffocating the senses.

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20

Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten

Overstays its welcome by at least a half hour. But, assuming that cute Camaro stays in the picture, I expect we’ll all be back for the planned round three.

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16

Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer

An impossibly, incomprehensibly overlong and cacophonous bore.

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0

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

Transformers 2 has a shot at the title Worst Movie of the Decade.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 5.9 (out of 10) based on 885 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Adio A. gave it a10:
Transformers revenge of the fallen was great. i thought that Michael bay out did himself on the first but the graphics, storyline, and and music(linkin park_new divide) was excellent i cant wait to see the next yes for those of u who have not yet seen it there will be a 3rd but slow your horses its not coming out for years to come.

Casey K. gave it a0:
The worst film I've ever seen!! i don't know why any would like this. it's stupid, under-plotted, the characters are retarded, way too much sexual references and way too long for a film like this!

Dan S. gave it a1:
Anyone who gives this film a score of 8, 9 or 10 doesn't have a brain. This is quite likely the worst film of the whole decade. I just can't belive some critics have even rated it above 50%. Dumb movie for Dumb people!

casey k. gave it a0:
Worst film I've ever seen, under-plotted, weird, the characters act completely stupid, especially skids and mudflap and wat too long.

Dave B gave it a0:
This movie is as dumb as paint.

Bingo Bango gave it a0:
Horrendous nonsense. I feel like tearing my eyes from my face just thinking about this abomination.

Nicolas L gave it a9:
Excellent action scenes and good music!!! -1 because of the love story (it's always the same thing when they can only say the L word at the end).

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