TRANSFORMERS 2: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN

This sequel to the now-famous adaptation of the well-known cartoon series as well as comic books, is pretty well done. Not only does it deliver an exploding amount of action but combined with comic elements, it makes the story moving and fun to watch.

Here again, we meet the familiar cast of  characters with a few addition to the crew, both in the human and transformer variety. Sam (Shia LeBeouf) is about to leave for college. The days of the fight against the Decepticons forgotten, the only thing on Sam’s mind is that new chapter in his life and return to normalcy. His unlikely match with girlfriend (Megan Fox) is blooming despite the approaching separation. Meanwhile, the new alliance formed between the soldiers and the Autobots, called NEST, is cleaning the Earth from the left-over bad guys. Until Sam accidentally touches a shard of the Spark and all hell breaks loose…

“Transformers 2” is your typical summer movie filled with action scenes and visual effects. However, as an intelligent member of the movie-going audience, I found it lacking in the plot-telling area. Yes, it is entertaining and I laughed quite often and was even touched at one point however, there were moments were the story line was simply too far-fetched… even for a superhero movie…

The one thing I really liked was the way the shots were taken, bringing in an element of art, which otherwise would have been lacking.

So if you’re expecting light entertainment, light entertainment you will get. And unfortunately, like in the case of many sequels, the first film was far more superior in nearly every aspect to part two.