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Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

is a 2009 American science fiction action

film,

directed

by Michael

Bay

and

produced

by Steven

Spielberg.

It

is

the sequel to

Transformers

(2007)

and

the

second

film

in

the live- action

Transformers Trilogy.

Revenge

of

the

Fallen

was

nominated

for Best

Sound at

the Academy

Awards and

for Best

Science

Fiction

Film at

the Saturn

Award.

It

also

won 5 Scream Awards for Best Actress, Breakout Performance-Female, Best Sequel,

Best F/X, and Scream Song of the Year.

The

film

was

a box

office success,

achieving

the

second

highest

Wednesday

opening gross in history, bringing in $$62 million in North America and close to $$100

million worldwide. It is currently the fourth highest-grossing film of 2009 worldwide

(behind

Avatar

,

Harry

Potter

and

the

Half-Blood

Prince

,

and

Ice

Age:

Dawn

of

the

Dinosaurs

) and the second- highest

grossing film of 2009 in

the United States,

only

behind

Avatar

making it the 22nd highest

grossing movie of

all time.

In less

than a

month, the film surpassed the all-time earnings of its predecessor.

Clocking in at nearly two and a half hours,

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

rumbles into theaters as a slam-bang exercise. Director Michael Bay ups the ante on

his 2007 hit

Transformers

by hurling even more massive amounts of swirling, twirling,

machine-crunching

robot

action

onto

the

screen.

Industrial

Light

and

Magic

?s

photorealistic

CGI

bots

interact

seamlessly

with

star

Shia

La

Beouf

and

other

cast

members against a backdrop of huge explosions and military firepower.

The plot revolves around Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf), the human caught in

the war between Autobots and Decepticons, having visions of Cybertronian symbols,

and

being

hunted

by

the

Decepticons

under

the

orders

of

their

long-trapped

leader, The

Fallen,

who

seeks

to

get

revenge

on

Earth

by

finding

and

activating

a

machine

that

would

provide

the

Decepticons

with

an energon source,

destroying

all

life on the planet in the process.

It?s an impressive display of digital effects, but bigger, faster, louder and longer

do not necessarily equal better.

Bay?s famous fondness for blowing up stuff threatens

to overwhelm the senses in Round 2 of the ongoing grudge match that pits evil, alien

Decepticon

robots

against

a

fractious

coalition

of

civilians,

soldiers

and

humanity-loving Autobots.

Still, there?s plenty to admire in this fast, furious and frequently goofy sequ

el,

which

opens

Wednesday.

Within

the

first

12

seconds,

Bay

showcases

his

gift

for

masterful wide-screen compositions as he sets up

Revenge of the Fallen

?s 17,000

-year

back

story.

Following

a

manic

blur

of

bot- chasing

mayhem

that

takes

place

for

no

discernible

reason

on

the

streets

of

Shanghai,

the

story

catches

up

with

the

comparatively docile doings of reluctant hero Sam Witwicky.

Played

by

La

Beouf

with

his

usual

hyper

charm,

Sam

heads

off

for

college,

leaving behind his girlfriend Mikaela (reprised by Megan Fox) his best Autobot friend,

Bumblebee and his robot-slaying past.

But when shape- shifting Decepticons figure out that Sam holds the key to their

survival, he hits the road in search of a mysterious matrix with evil bots in hot pursuit.

At one point, as a machine prepares to slice into his brain with a circular saw, Sam