Movie review score
5
Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
150 min - Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi - 24 June 2009 (USA)
Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.
Director: Michael Bay
Writers: Ehren Kruger, Roberto Orci
150 min - Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi - 24 June 2009 (USA)
Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.
Director: Michael Bay
Writers: Ehren Kruger, Roberto Orci
Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox and Josh Duhamel
Plot: Thousands of years ago, the Dynasty of Primes traveled the galaxy to create Energon with sun-absorbing machines called Sun Harvesters. The Dynasty follow a law that no sun can be destroyed if it has life on one of its planets. However, one of the Primes broke this law by setting up a Harvester on Earth in 17,000 B.C. The rest of the Dynasty named him The Fallen, and sacrificed themselves to hide the key to start the Harvester, the "Matrix of Leadership".
Two years after the events of the first film, Sam Witwicky is going to college, and the Autobots have joined the U.S military to create a classifed team, NEST (Network Elements: Supporters and Transformers), a elite joint military organization from the United States and the United Kingdom, selected from the world's top elite soldiers led by Optimus Prime, Major William Lennox and General Morshower, to eradicate Decepticons from all over the globe.. While packing for college, Sam finds a shard of the All Spark, which "uploads" its Cybertronian knowledge into Sam's mind. Sam gives the shard to his girlfriend Mikaela Banes for safekeeping, and leaves his guardian Bumblebee behind.
In Shanghai, The NEST Team encounters Demolishor and Sideways. Sideswipe and Optimus take down Demolishor and Sideways, but bring damage and destruction to the public. Demolishor warns him of The Fallen's return before his execution. Reporting to NEST's base in Diego Garcia, the Autobots are patronized by U.S. National Security Advisor Galloway for their actions in Shanghai. Soundwave, the Decepticon's communications officer, hacks into a U.S military satellite, and overhears both the location of Megatron's corpse and the Allspark shard that Optimus removed from Megatron in the first film. After Ravage retrieves the Allspark's shard, it is used to resurrect Megatron's corpse at the Laurentian Abyss. Megatron then flies to the Decepticon flagship Nemesis, where The Fallen instructs him to kill Optimus and capture Sam, as he has knowledge that can lead to the Matrix of Leadership.
In college, Sam meets his roommmate Leo Spitz, who owns a conspiracy website related to the Transformers' existence, and eventually starts seeing and scribbling visions of Cybertronian symbols and having a mental breakdown. At Mikaela's shop, Wheelie tries to steal the shard, but she captures him and leaves to see Sam in Princeton. She arrives just as Sam is attacked by the Pretender Alice. Mikaela, Sam and Leo flee and eventually kill Alice, but are then captured by the Decepticon Grindor, who drops them off in an abandoned warehouse. The Decepticons brutally torture Sam to obtain the whereabouts of the Matrix, but the only way to find it is to cut his head off to get to his brain. Optimus and Bumblebee arrive and battle the Decepticons, with Optimus taking Sam into a forest where the Decepticons battle him out. Optimus, badly wounded, still manages to fight on, killing Grindor and wounding Starscream by ripping his arm off before being killed by Megatron. The humans flee with Bumblebee and the twins, Skids and Mudflap. The NEST team brings Optimus' body to their New Jersey base, shocked by their loss. Galloway arrives with the news that NEST is being decommissioned after the arrival of the Decepticons.
Meanwhile, the Decepticons kidnap Sam's parents in Paris, and The Fallen taps into media signals and broadcasts a demand that the people of Earth deliver Sam to the Decepticons or be annihilated. Leo suggests to Sam that his online rival "RoboWarrior" may be able to help. When the trio find him, they discover that RoboWarrior is actually Agent Simmons from the now defunct Sector Seven. Simmons reveals that the Transformers have been on Earth for millennia and convinces Wheelie to reveal a group of Transformers known as the Seekers. They find and revive the elderly Jetfire. Originally a Decepticon, Jetfire reveals to have changed sides to the Autobots, and teleports them to Egypt.
Following several clues, the trio find the Tomb of the Primes in Petra. When Sam touches The Matrix it crumbles to dust, but Sam puts the sand in a pouch. The Decepticons arrive and battle the Autobots and NEST, who are aided by the United States Marine Corps, Egyptian and Jordanian military forces. The Constructicon Devastator uncovers the Sun Harvester from a pyramid but is killed by a railgun strike ordered by Simmons. Epps orders an air strike from F-16s, A-10s, and a B-1 Lancer, taking out all of the Decepticons, Sam makes a dash for Prime's body, but is shot and killed by Megatron before the Decepticon is overwhelmed and flees. Before dying, in limbo, the Dynasty of the Primes tell Sam that the Matrix of Leadership is not a physical item to be found, but a right that he has earned.
Sam is resurrected from the dead, and when the Matrix reforms itself from the sand in his pouch he resurrects Optimus. The Fallen then teleports, grabs the Matrix and flies to activate the Sun Harvester. After an attack by their artillery and air support fails due to The Fallen's telekinesis, Jetfire offers his parts to Optimus before dying of wounds inflicted by Scorponok. Using a battle armor made with Jetfire's remains, Optimus destroys the Harvester, defeats Megatron and kills The Fallen. Megatron, who has been severely damaged in the battle, follows Starscream's suggestion and retreats. The Autobots, NEST, Sam, and his friends return to the US, where Sam continues to attend college, while Optimus Prime narrates an ending monologue detailing recent events, so the shared past of humanity and the Autobots will not be forgotten as it was before.
In two post-credit scenes, Sam is shown saying goodbye to Mikaela before returning to college.
Two years after the events of the first film, Sam Witwicky is going to college, and the Autobots have joined the U.S military to create a classifed team, NEST (Network Elements: Supporters and Transformers), a elite joint military organization from the United States and the United Kingdom, selected from the world's top elite soldiers led by Optimus Prime, Major William Lennox and General Morshower, to eradicate Decepticons from all over the globe.. While packing for college, Sam finds a shard of the All Spark, which "uploads" its Cybertronian knowledge into Sam's mind. Sam gives the shard to his girlfriend Mikaela Banes for safekeeping, and leaves his guardian Bumblebee behind.
In Shanghai, The NEST Team encounters Demolishor and Sideways. Sideswipe and Optimus take down Demolishor and Sideways, but bring damage and destruction to the public. Demolishor warns him of The Fallen's return before his execution. Reporting to NEST's base in Diego Garcia, the Autobots are patronized by U.S. National Security Advisor Galloway for their actions in Shanghai. Soundwave, the Decepticon's communications officer, hacks into a U.S military satellite, and overhears both the location of Megatron's corpse and the Allspark shard that Optimus removed from Megatron in the first film. After Ravage retrieves the Allspark's shard, it is used to resurrect Megatron's corpse at the Laurentian Abyss. Megatron then flies to the Decepticon flagship Nemesis, where The Fallen instructs him to kill Optimus and capture Sam, as he has knowledge that can lead to the Matrix of Leadership.
In college, Sam meets his roommmate Leo Spitz, who owns a conspiracy website related to the Transformers' existence, and eventually starts seeing and scribbling visions of Cybertronian symbols and having a mental breakdown. At Mikaela's shop, Wheelie tries to steal the shard, but she captures him and leaves to see Sam in Princeton. She arrives just as Sam is attacked by the Pretender Alice. Mikaela, Sam and Leo flee and eventually kill Alice, but are then captured by the Decepticon Grindor, who drops them off in an abandoned warehouse. The Decepticons brutally torture Sam to obtain the whereabouts of the Matrix, but the only way to find it is to cut his head off to get to his brain. Optimus and Bumblebee arrive and battle the Decepticons, with Optimus taking Sam into a forest where the Decepticons battle him out. Optimus, badly wounded, still manages to fight on, killing Grindor and wounding Starscream by ripping his arm off before being killed by Megatron. The humans flee with Bumblebee and the twins, Skids and Mudflap. The NEST team brings Optimus' body to their New Jersey base, shocked by their loss. Galloway arrives with the news that NEST is being decommissioned after the arrival of the Decepticons.
Meanwhile, the Decepticons kidnap Sam's parents in Paris, and The Fallen taps into media signals and broadcasts a demand that the people of Earth deliver Sam to the Decepticons or be annihilated. Leo suggests to Sam that his online rival "RoboWarrior" may be able to help. When the trio find him, they discover that RoboWarrior is actually Agent Simmons from the now defunct Sector Seven. Simmons reveals that the Transformers have been on Earth for millennia and convinces Wheelie to reveal a group of Transformers known as the Seekers. They find and revive the elderly Jetfire. Originally a Decepticon, Jetfire reveals to have changed sides to the Autobots, and teleports them to Egypt.
Following several clues, the trio find the Tomb of the Primes in Petra. When Sam touches The Matrix it crumbles to dust, but Sam puts the sand in a pouch. The Decepticons arrive and battle the Autobots and NEST, who are aided by the United States Marine Corps, Egyptian and Jordanian military forces. The Constructicon Devastator uncovers the Sun Harvester from a pyramid but is killed by a railgun strike ordered by Simmons. Epps orders an air strike from F-16s, A-10s, and a B-1 Lancer, taking out all of the Decepticons, Sam makes a dash for Prime's body, but is shot and killed by Megatron before the Decepticon is overwhelmed and flees. Before dying, in limbo, the Dynasty of the Primes tell Sam that the Matrix of Leadership is not a physical item to be found, but a right that he has earned.
Sam is resurrected from the dead, and when the Matrix reforms itself from the sand in his pouch he resurrects Optimus. The Fallen then teleports, grabs the Matrix and flies to activate the Sun Harvester. After an attack by their artillery and air support fails due to The Fallen's telekinesis, Jetfire offers his parts to Optimus before dying of wounds inflicted by Scorponok. Using a battle armor made with Jetfire's remains, Optimus destroys the Harvester, defeats Megatron and kills The Fallen. Megatron, who has been severely damaged in the battle, follows Starscream's suggestion and retreats. The Autobots, NEST, Sam, and his friends return to the US, where Sam continues to attend college, while Optimus Prime narrates an ending monologue detailing recent events, so the shared past of humanity and the Autobots will not be forgotten as it was before.
In two post-credit scenes, Sam is shown saying goodbye to Mikaela before returning to college.
