Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Flew back to Singapore on 30 June and had been busy sorting photos over the past few days.

Went to watch Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen with my jc friends on Sat. The review and synopsis are as follows.

Decepticon forces return to Earth on a mission to take Sam Witwicky prisoner, after the young hero learns the truth about the ancient origins of the Transformers. Joining the mission to protect humankind is Optimus Prime, who forms an alliance with international armies for a second epic battle.

To put it plainly, Transformers 1 was much better. Transformers 1 had the novelty factor, some story, more character development and more intense action. Revenge of the Fallen is utterly predictable, and contains a contrived and full of clichés story.

Granted that Revenge of the Fallen has more action in general comparatively, the increased action sequences was not able to compensate for the lack of intelligent storytelling. Without substance in the story, the filmmakers deliberately lengthened the headache inducing action for dramatic effect by making the characters in the movie run a long distance instead of taking the readily available transformers vehicles.

The dearth of character development also meant a lack of connection to the characters, resulting in mind blowing action which is already desensitized and lacking the oomph factor. If there were no entertaining snippets of comedy and the special effects were not in top form, this show is nothing but a heap of rubbish.

**1/2