Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #51 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-11-30
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 144 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Pure. Popcorn. Entertainment. That's an exact classification of director Michael Bay's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The action is nonstop, with battles and explosions from start to finish. The camera (without any subtlety) exploits Megan Fox's hotness to the max. As if she weren't enough, a new sex kitten (Isabel Lucas) is thrown into the equation. Shia LaBeouf is as charismatic as ever, and fills the starring role with ease. And then there's the humour. Sam's parents (Kevin Dunn and Julie White) provided some semi-raunchy laugh-out-loud moments in the first movie, but now they take it to the next level. Sometimes it seems like they are trying a little too hard, but it is still hilarious.

As far as the “plot” goes, the writers didn't waste much time--it's really just a context for the giant-robot death matches and dramatic slow-mo sequences. The movie kicks off two years later where the Autobots have formed an alliance with the U.S. government, creating an elite team led by Major Lennox (Josh Duhamel), in an effort to snuff out any remaining Decepticons that show up. The bad guys keep coming, and it turns out that a much more menacing force than Megatron is out there--and it is looking for something on Earth that is tied to the very origin of the Transformers race. Fans of the franchise will be delighted by the addition of many new robot characters (there are well over 40 in the sequel, versus only 13 in the first). The second Transformers has shaped up to be one of the worst reviewed and most successful movies of all time. This strange pairing is really just an indication that this movie has one purpose: to entertain. The creators didn't want to waste time bogging down the action and drama with substance--which was arguably a good decision. --Jordan Thompson

Synopsis
Michael Bay follows up his 2007 big-screen adaptation of the Transformers cartoon/toy franchise with the 2009 sequel TRANSFORMERS – REVENGE OF THE FALLEN. The epic battle for supremacy between the Autobots and the Decepticons rages on, and as usual, it's the humans who are caught in the crossfire.
The Decepticons continue to spearhead a destructive campaign against the earthlings and their Autobot protectors. But the main villain of the piece is The Fallen (voiced by Tony Todd), a centuries-old Giger-esque baddie who emerges from the scrap heap hungry for power. Having lain dormant for so long, his batteries are in serious need of recharging, and the only energy source in the galaxy powerful enough to restore him to his former titanic glory is the Earth's sun. The Fallen realises that draining the sun of its energy has the added benefit of wiping out the entire human race; something he has been plotting ever since his last attempt at harvesting the sun's energy was foiled.
Several characters from the first film return, including Sam (Shia LaBeouf), an all-American college freshman who enjoys a vague 'chosen one' status among the Autobots, and Mikaela (Megan Fox), his girlfriend, who's not only beautiful but handy with a wrench. However, the real star of the show is Optimus Prime (voiced by original voice actor Peter Cullen). The legendary head Autobot is given a lot more screen time in this outing, and features prominently in many of the manic action sequences. You don't even have to be an old-school Transformers fan to pick up on the mythos--he speaks in nothing but searing quips and infinite wisdoms, and can turn into a turbo-charged Mack truck at will. So even if Optimus Prime isn't your mental template for the warrior-king archetype, he still steals the show, and makes TRANSFORMERS 2 more than just passable. With its eye-popping visual effects and dramatic set pieces, this instalment manages to be an even bigger spectacle than the first, which is saying a lot for a film about giant robots that turn into cars.

Customer Reviews

How Low Can You Go?
Transformers: revenge of the Fallen, is a mess of a film. Simple as that, though really there is no need for it to be, as the first installment in the series showed it had some okay things about it, even if it was deeply flawed. But here all those flaws have been exposed and magnified. And before anyone says that I'm expecting too much from a big budget action movie, I'll say to them I usually really enjoy films like this. I even enjoy the odd Michael Bay movie against my better judgement, so I'm not raging against something from the outside and looking down my nose at it.

This is easily the worst big budget CGI fest I've ever seen, for some key reasons. One, the comedic elements of this film are beyond stupid and only brought up groans from me. Two, the actions scenes (and let's be honest the only reasons many people would watch this) are not as impressive as they were in the first film. Three, I couldn't care less about any of the characters, good or bad, as the heroes are just plain boring/annoying and the villains are pathetically un-menacing. Four, this film contains the worst piece of CGI minsterling since Jar Jar Binks, which comes from two of the Transformers, one could consider this racist but to be honest it's so pathetically bad you couldn't take it seriously.

I only hope they do the decent thing for the inevitable sequel and bump Spielberg up from producer to director, and have Shia LaBeouf and his friends and family removed from the picture all together. Then this could be half way decent, but in all honesty why bother? Star Trek is now revitalised and Avatar is set to become a franchise, and both are infinitely better made and more fun.

Revenge of the Fallen Asleep
I bought this as a Christmas present for my brother as we'd enjoyed the first film. We didn't much enjoy this one however.

The first, most noticeable and irritating thing was that all the characters spoke so quickly, you couldn't hear a word of what they were saying. I don't understand why the director would think this was acceptable - perhaps it was supposed to be funny?? Who knows. it was just annoying.

Shia LaBeouf is OK, but his acting seems to consist of either speaking very fast or shouting. He's neither super talented or attractive enough to get away with a lack of talent. Megan Fox is stunning, but in interviews she admits one doesn't act in a Michael Bay film, and boy, did she follow her own reasoning. She looks great, is a bit of a bitch but is ultimately just eye-candy and adds nothing to the story, or the film. I can't even visualise the other actors which says it all really.

The effects are amazing and it is staggering to try and imagine the amount of work this has involved, but after a while, the transformations seem confused as the camera is just too close; like the garbled speaking, it becomes difficult to see what's actually happening. The two 'comedic' robots were as annoying as Ja Ja Binks and could have been deleted, although I did like some of the massive robots they'd created.

The plot was convoluted and far fetched and I got bored trying to follow it too closely. The supposed humour was also dire - the parents were totally unnecessary and I wasn't sure why they got so much air time and the scenes where the mother was high were just embarrassing.

So, to sum up. The effects were great and the action was full on. It's just a pity it didn't have a good plot, decent characters and talented actors to back it up. OK but not fantastic.

Terrible
Long, boring, it takes an age for the action to start, and even then it makes no sense, is incredibly stupid and silly.The people who rated this the worst film of 2009 were probably right. Watch Terminator 2 instead, now that's how you make a sci-fi action film.