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June 26, 2009
At the Movies: 'Transformers' shape-shifts into noise, nonsense
By CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP Movie Critic
AP Movie Critic
A joyless cacophony, an insistent and seemingly endless onslaught, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” director Michael Bay's follow-up to the 2007 smash “Transformers” plays more like a parody of a Bay movie.
| TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN |
 Director: Michael Bay Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel and Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, language, some crude and sexual material, and brief drug material Running time: 150 minutes |
You name it, it gets shot up, blown up or otherwise obliterated in a massive fiery ball, from suburban homes and cars to aircraft carriers and even an Egyptian pyramid. Along the way, our sense of sanity and humanity also get destroyed, as we feel as if we are being held captive by these walking, talking, shape-shifting robots — both the good guys and the bad.
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