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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) Rank 1 Reviews
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Reeling Reviews
Last year the documentary "Bigger Stronger Faster" told us about steroid use. Director Michael Bay produces movies on steroids, along with the attendant problems, so one could dub his "Transformers" sequel "Bigger Longer Louder. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Reeling Reviews
filmcritic.com
Eventually Michael Bay will tire of shooting orgasmically erupting explosions foregrounded by actors running in very, very slow motion, the sheen of heroic sweat on their faces and toned arms highlighted by an always-setting sun. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at filmcritic.com
Philadelphia Daily News
Please don't call to complain about my negative review of "Transformers 2," because I can no longer hear. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Philadelphia Daily News
Boston Globe
"Revenge of the Fallen" is the kind of movie that puts the Rockies in New Jersey, that appears to send the heroes into the Smithsonian from Washington, D.C., and back out into the Southwestern desert, and if you want to complain, text someone who cares. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Boston Globe
Star Tribune
I've just spent 2 1/2 hours watching a movie and another hour thinking about what I saw and I have no earthly idea what ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Star Tribune
USA TODAY
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen is proof positive that not every summer action blockbuster has the mettle to be a franchise. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at USA TODAY
Shared Darkness (Brent Simon)
A posed, pop-art cinematic ejaculation of instinctive, unthinking extremes. And no, that's not a good thing, sorry. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Shared Darkness (Brent Simon)
Orlando Sentinel
The only real dread I think I took into Monday night's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen screening was that I knew the length. The first one was too long, and this was 2.5 hours. Ugh. At least Megan Fox would be in there. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Orlando Sentinel
Laramie Movie Scope
The first time I looked at my watch I saw to my dismay that this overlong movie had another hour and a half to go. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Laramie Movie Scope
ericdsnider.com
Wouldn't you know it, the Decepticons are looking for something ELSE this time. I anticipate a third, heretofore unmentioned artifact will be their target in the next sequel. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at ericdsnider.com
Cinefantastiqueonline.com
No other critic is going to admit it, so it falls to me to declare that director Michael Bay is an abstract artist whose work is continuously misinterpreted. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Cinefantastiqueonline.com
Movie Juice!
If you're going to send me a hero, I always say make it one with a built-in cup-holder, Michelins as hip-bling, and car doors for wings! ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Movie Juice!
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A bad film that seems like a nightmare because it is one. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Denton Record-Chronicle
Action fans won't feel cheated by director Bay, but beyond the rousing scenes and special effects, this sequel offers little. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Denton Record-Chronicle
Atlantic City Weekly (Lori Hoffman)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is heavy-metal junk food for CGI gearheads. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Atlantic City Weekly (Lori Hoffman)
LarsenOnFilm (Josh Larsen)
Aisle Seat
The bottom line for me is that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen simply wasn't as much fun as the original. In their zeal to give us more of what they think we want, Bay and crew have sucked all the joy out of their own franchise. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Aisle Seat
Smilepolitely.com
More robotic nonsense! ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Smilepolitely.com
San Francisco Examiner (Rossiter Drake)
The New Republic
If it sounds as though the script (credited to Ehren Kruger, Robert Orci, and Alex Kurtzman) was written in serial-novel form during an all-night mescaline bender, well, I have no evidence that it was not. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at The New Republic
MCN Review
If you do insist upon having things like plot and character in your movies, well, you're not going to find much of either in this film. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at MCN Review
L.A. Weekly
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" is a horrible experience of unbearable length, briefly punctuated by three or four amusing moments. One of these involves a dog-like robot humping the leg of the heroine. Such are the meager joys. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at L.A. Weekly
Film Freak Central
The worst summer in recent memory continues as Michael Bay brings his slow push-ins and Lazy Susan dolly shots back to the cineplex with Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (hereafter Transformers 2), the ugliest, most hateful, most simple-minded and inco ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Film Freak Central
ColeSmithey.com
You might make it out of the movie with your soul barely intact, but the actors in the film don't fare so well. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at ColeSmithey.com
BrandonFibs.com
It seems a ridiculous and futile exercise to dispense with plot details when Transformers is nothing more than a special effects and pyrotechnics extravaganza, with a storyline that is nearly a remake of the first film. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at BrandonFibs.com
eFilmCritic
I have absolutely no problem calling Michael Bay a liar. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at eFilmCritic
Hollywood & Fine
After seeing "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," I felt a little like the boy who cried wolf. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Hollywood & Fine
Seanax
Think of exposition as the lubricant between the mechanical action pieces of "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," the bigger, longer, more expensive and completely unnecessary sequel to the amusing 2007 blockbuster about giant alien robots that transfor ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Seanax
Brian Orndorf
In 1995, director Michael Bay, untested and hungry, helmed his first feature, the action comedy "Bad Boys." It was a lean, stylish production desperate to please. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Brian Orndorf
Combustible Celluloid
Michael Bay has once again transformed garbage into something resembling a film, at least in the loosest sense: it can be run through a projector and used to sell millions of tickets. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Combustible Celluloid
Seattle Times
It's a good thing there's no pop quiz following "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen." Michael Bay's unhinged and hollow sequel to his admirable, 2007 hit family film, "Transformers," is maddeningly confusing. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Seattle Times
The Baltimore Sun
The little-boy fantasy of cars coming to life and turning into giant talking robots from outer space plummets straight into the high-tech junkyard in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at The Baltimore Sun
Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
Is it the worst movie of the summer? Possibly. Will everybody see it? Probably. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
Can Magazine
At first the bigger destruction seems to flow. It's like Parkour robots, so even though there's stuff all over the place, you can see the robots moving gracefully within it. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Can Magazine
eFilmCritic
The Decepticons want the shard to free their leader, Megatron, and proceed to hunt down Sam to find it. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at eFilmCritic
The Qnetwork
The sheer awfulness of Revenge of the Fallen suggests that he may have finally passed a point of no return. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at The Qnetwork
Independent
Fourteen-year-old boys will get their money's worth. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Independent
Austin Chronicle
Even though there are more Bots and more prolonged battle sequences than in the first movie, it is often difficult to discern precisely what is happening as mechanical body parts unfurl and thrust as they fight. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Austin Chronicle
One Guy's Opinion
The enormous success of the first "Transformers" movie two years ago guaranteed there would be a sequel, and Michael Bay provides one that's even longer and noisier than its predecessor-as well as dumber and more incoherent, if you can believe tha ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at One Guy's Opinion
The Guardian
The cherry on this cake of direness is the performance of Megan Fox, playing LaBeouf's sultry girlfriend - a performer so poutingly wooden she makes Jordan look like Liv Ullmann. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at The Guardian
The Age - review
Once again, two alien races of giant robot, the noble Autobots and evil Decepticons, wage war over the fate of the planet. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at The Age - review
indiomoviesonline.com
Good metal. Great metal. The shredding, the distortion, the extreme volume. Black Sabbath, Metallica, Iron Maiden. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at indiomoviesonline.com
Projection Booth (Rob Humanick)
Mountain Xpress
In a fair world, I'd be able to rate this monstrosity a negative five stars, but I have to settle for the half-star, since that's as low as we go. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Mountain Xpress
Big Picture Big Sound
Since there's so little that's positive to say about the film, it's worth pointing out that the special effects are flawless. Man and machine share the screen completely convincingly for every frame. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Big Picture Big Sound
Slant Magazine
No giant robots urinate on humans in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, but that's only because they now prefer to douse hot-to-trot individuals with gooey ejaculate, one of the many ways that Michael Bay's concussive sequel proves fouler than its 2007 ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Slant Magazine
MovieCrypt.com
... there's no time to digest anything going on or in anyway connect with it because (Michael) Bay just HAS to show you something else... right now. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at MovieCrypt.com
Grouch Reviews
Never in the field of blockbuster movies has so much been spent on so little. That pretty much sums up my feelings about the sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Grouch Reviews
Sunday Times
It's not so much "more than meets the eye" as "more than the eye can meet". ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at Sunday Times
eFilmCritic Review
It's a wad of chaos puked onto the big screen, an arbitrary collection of explosions and machismo posturing. ...read the complete Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie review at eFilmCritic Review
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by gd2525 on July 17, 2009 Blackwood, New Jersey
Wow, not only is there no real story here but after a while the robot smashing action begins to get boring and overdone. If it wasn't for the loud explosions I may have fallen asleep in the theater. Nothing here at all. ...
by Tetramobile on July 17, 2009 New York, New York
I don't know why this movie is getting such a hard time, it's so fun to watch. Everything about this movie just makes me smile. It's so enjoyable. Also, I cried... I'll admit it. I just can't help it. It was so emotional and if ...
by rekidd on July 14, 2009 Minneapolis, Minnesota
I thought the movie was written pretty well although the ending is abrupt and expected. There was loads of actions sequences involved and I would recommend seeing in the movie theatre rather than waiting for it to come out on DVD or Blu-Ray. For it being ...
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