Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Review

Just watched this.
Sequel to the 2008 Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen follows the story of Sam Witwicky, a kid trapped in the middle(ish) of a Cybertronian civil war. As he goes to college as a freshman, Decepticons wreck havoc through Shanghai, barely stopped by NEST, a force of the combined forces of humans and Autobots (good Transformers). The President of America is convinced that the Decepticons only remain on Earth to do battle with the Autobots. The real reason the Decepticons remain is to extract valuable information that has been embedded into Sam's mind by a piece of the All Spark to discover the location of the key to an energy amassing, sun destroying machine. The treasure hunt leads to Egypt, where the final battle takes place.

A heavily anticipate film (by me and crazy fans), Transformers 2 failed to achieve it's expectation. Though it has epic EPIC battle scenes, SUPER high CGI detail on robots and REALLY COOL special effects, it still disappointed many. This, however, didn't stop guys (and gals) from making the movie a money making success (they probably came back for the action scenes). Being directed by Micheal Bay, you could almost already expect the movie to be all action. The film had very little time for character development. Transformers 2 featured no introduction for new characters. Even then, you didn't see some of them for half the movie. You'd forget about them and be totally surprised when they reappeared. There was a lacking of complex story, so much that I reckon it would be possible to publish it into a picture book, leaving the actors with nothing important to say. Nothing was really explained and it all just "happened". There was also some unneeded crude humour, like when Wheelie humps Mikaela's leg, I was like, "sigh...please no." But aside from the lack of story, character development and the fact that it wasn't better then first Transformers, the great amount of action and special effects makes up for it.
Storyline: 5
Acting: 7
Cinematography: 8.5
Action: 9
Music: 7
Overall Rating: 7.5
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