When a ‘bot dies here, you feel it unlike when Jazz bought it in the first film. That said, the ‘bots have far more distinct personalities than in the past movies. The 3D action highlights transpire mostly during the film’s final hour in Chicago, such as the wingsuit jump sequence and the set-piece where Sam, his new girlfriend Carly ( Rosie Huntington-Whiteley) and the now-retired Epps ( Tyrese Gibson) are inside a collapsing skyscraper.īay’s action scenes here are bigger, better and more brutal than any in the first two films, even though it’s still tough at times to tell the robots apart in battle.
Unlike say Green Lantern or Pirates 4, Transformers 3 really is a movie you need to see in 3D. The ‘bots battles have never been more vibrant or entertaining than they are in this installment. Transformers 3 could very well be 3D’s savior in light of its waning box office appeal in recent months.
(That said, the timing of the villains’ scheme makes no sense given all that’s happened in the series thus far.) Mostly the film works because of its great 3D action scenes. There are genuine stakes this time, and it’s the first Transformers film where you actually get some sense of physical or emotional consequence to the events that transpire. Transformers: Dark of the Moon definitely has more of a plot than either of its predecessors. There’s more going on, but for the sake of spoilers we’ll keep it at that. However, the evil ‘bots eventually get the upper hand and begin an invasion to conquer the Earth with Chicago as Ground Zero in this final war between the Autobots/humans and Decepticons. Lennox ( Josh Duhamel) work in tandem to take out the remaining Decepticons around the world. Cut to the present where Sam Witwicky (LaBeouf) struggles to find his first post-college job, while the Autobots led by Optimus Prime and the U.S. Here’s the plot to the threequel in a nutshell: A sweet prologue (marred only by a phony-looking digital JFK) recounts the war for Cybertron and the real reason behind the U.S.-Soviet space race of the 1960s. It’s devoid of Decepticon testicles, Autobot heaven, offensive robots - and Megan Fox. Time will tell whether Transformers: Dark of the Moon really is the final Transformers film for both director Michael Bay and star Shia LaBeouf, but it’s certainly the best one in this hugely successful, but widely loathed franchise.