Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

"Revenge is coming."

2009 2h 30m EN

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Synopsis

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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.

“Revenge is coming.”

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Cast

Shia LaBeouf
Sam Witwicky
Megan Fox
Mikaela Banes
Peter Cullen
Optimus Prime (voice)
Hugo Weaving
Megatron (voice)
Tony Todd
Fallen (voice)
Josh Duhamel
Major Lennox
Tyrese Gibson
USAF Chief Master Sergeant Epps
John Turturro
Simmons

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Michael Bay
Writers: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Ehren Kruger
Languages: Spanish, English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Budget of $200M — blockbuster tier. Only ~1% of films ever made reach this.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.2× over at the box office.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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5 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Spanish, English.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Transformers Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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221+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Michael Bay, shot by Ben Seresin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Michael Bay directs. Ben Seresin behind the camera. Steve Jablonsky scores. Joel Negron cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Spanish, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Budget of $200M — blockbuster tier. Only ~1% of films ever made reach this.
3Made its money back 4.2× over at the box office.
4Released 17 years ago.
5Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Spanish, English.
6Part of the "Transformers Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
7221+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
8Directed by Michael Bay, shot by Ben Seresin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
9Original score by Steve Jablonsky. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
10Editor Joel Negron shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
11Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox and Peter Cullen carry the top of the cast.
12Marketing tagline: "Revenge is coming.".
13IMDB entry: tt1055369 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
14Classified under 13 themes, including "egypt", "chaos", "sun", "tank".
15Released under 27 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Ben Seresin
Original score: Steve Jablonsky
Editing: Joel Negron
Production design: Nigel Phelps
Costume design: Deborah L. Scott
Makeup / hair: Edouard F. Henriques III
VFX supervisor: Matthew E. Butler
Sound: Gary Summers
Stunt coordinator: Kenny Bates
Runtime: 150 min · 2h 30m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $200,000,000
Box office: $836,304,167
Return: 418% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

Awards

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture

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Part of

Transformers Collection

The Transformers series follows the continuing battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons and ultimately, the triumph of good over evil. This collection includes theatrically released films of the Transformers saga only.

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CinemaSerf2023-05-21
★ 5/10
So "Sam" (Shia LaBeouf) reckons after his first death-defying dose of mechanised shenanigans, that he is done with all things "Autobot" and so looks forward to settling down at college with "Mikaela" (Megan Fox). Nope, not to be. He keeps having dreams, and vivid, mysterious, dreams that feature mysterious writings? Just like with the first outing of this franchise, the story drags the young couple into a battle between the "Autobots" and their foes, the "Decepticons" only this time the rehash of the hidden power-cube story tries to immerse itself in ancient Egyptian mythology as a means of making the never ending assemble/disassemble/reassemble fight scenes emerge as something less repetitive and, frankly, dull. There isn't really a script to speak of, and at 2½ hours this really does feel like you could have actually built one of the pyramids in the time it takes to come to what is the inevitable tee for another sequel. John Turturro steals his scenes as the ultra-hammy agent "Simmons" and we have Josh Duhamel as the eye-candy in an uniform but as with the first film, Fox is as wooden as a skateboard. Although there is pretty much non-stop action throughout, I still couldn't tell who is fighting with whom nor is "Bumblebee" getting any better at the close protection game. One for die hard fans, I think - it certainly left me yawning.
r96sk2025-01-21
★ 6/10
<em>'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'</em> is much like the original for me, in that I never got hooked into what was being portrayed in front of my eyes; I was more just processing the events, rather than actually absorbing anything. Don't get me wrong, neither flicks are bad, just not good in my opinion. I personally have a hard time differentiating all of the robots, even main dude Optimus Prime. Their designs aren't eye-catching to me, I don't feel like I'm looking at anything other than metal and tiny little light up eyes. The wall-to-wall action doen't help either, what with them just clattering into each other constantly. With that said, the aforementioned carnage does help in regards to the pacing and run time. 150 minutes is way too long, though to be honest it flows well for a movie of that length and I was never desperate for the end credits to arrive. I just wasn't properly enjoying myself at any point. Shia LaBeouf works, a competent and well chosen lead no doubt. Megan Fox really is only there to look beautiful though, eh? No dislike directed at Fox at all, more so at those responsible for the lack of tangible character development offscreen. The rest of the cast are alright, Tyrese Gibson is quite underused though. The voice cast are slightly better than those behind LaBeouf/Fox. I watched that first film just over five years ago, I hadn't realised until recently that they had made seven (!) of them; plus that bonus one last year. As if I'm going to watch them al... of course I am. I'm bound to like at least one, right?