
After the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons that leveled Chicago, humanity thinks that all alien robots are a threat. So Harold Attinger, a CIA agent, establishes a unit whose sole purpose is to hunt down all of them. But it turns out that they are aided by another alien robot who is searching for Optimus Prime. Cade Yeager, a "robotics expert", buys an old truck and upon examining it, he thinks it's a Transformer. When he powers it up, he discovers it's Optimus Pri... (Full plot summary below)
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After the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons that leveled Chicago, humanity thinks that all alien robots are a threat. So Harold Attinger, a CIA agent, establishes a unit whose sole purpose is to hunt down all of them. But it turns out that they are aided by another alien robot who is searching for Optimus Prime. Cade Yeager, a "robotics expert", buys an old truck and upon examining it, he thinks it's a Transformer. When he powers it up, he discovers it's Optimus Prime. Later, men from the unit show up looking for Optimus. He helps Yeager and his daughter Tessa escape but are pursued by the hunter. They escape and Yeager learns from technology he took from the men that a technology magnate and defense contractor named Joshua Joyce is part of what's going on, so they go to find out what's going on.
Leave your thoughts about Transformers: Age of Extinction.
| The PlaylistKevin JagernauthIf you've seen the previous "Transformers" you know what you're getting into, only this time, the director feels uninspired, more like he's punching a clock at the blockbuster factory, with even his flair for inventive setpieces mostly muted. |
| Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallThe fourth episode in a saga that didn't need a second, Age of Extinction, is 2 hours and 45 minutes of numbing dumb and dull end credits listing the artists cashing in. It is exactly what moviegoers who made this franchise thrive deserve. |
| Seven DaysRick KisonakTransfourmers, as I like to call it, is everything you could want in a big-budget tentpole, so long as what you want is sound and fury signifying nothing beyond a guarantee that more of the same is already on the way. |
| The VineAnthony MorrisPresumably there's some kind of story going on here but director Michael Bay doesn't seem all that interested in it so why should you be? But more often things just happen because EXPLOSIONS! |
| Austin ChronicleWilliam Goss"You can't keep spending money on junk to make new junk!" Tanned teen Tessa pleads with her pops. Clearly, she doesn't realize she's in a Michael Bay movie... |
| BeliefnetNell MinowThe special effects are better than the non-special effects moments, which come down to 1. Exposition 2. Banter 3. In-jokes about sequels and product placement. |
| Screen-SpaceSimon Foster(The) bewildering first act is Shakespearean compared to an extended mid-section which may represent the worst second act in scriptwriting history. |
| Assignment XAbbie BernsteinTransformers: Age of Extinction has a lot of good stuff. It's just that, in order to get to it, you have to sit through the rest of a movie that could have been made much tighter without sacrificing quality or coherence. |
| The Film StageNathan BartlebaughThat ship sailed four movies ago, but somewhere inside Age of Extinction, there exists the schlocky promise of that kind of entertainment. So frustrating then, to have to sit through all the rest of it. |
| 4:3James HennessyA lumbering film of grotesque size in which nothing of major interest happens. |