Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Released: 2009

MPAA rating: PG-13

Run time: 2:30

The first "Transformers" was a thrill-ride of action and humor and was very entertaining. "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" brings a lot more of the same...well, except for the entertaining part. You may find it hard to believe that a movie with non-stop action and amazing effects would actually be a borefest, but it is. For one thing, it is just too long. It starts out with heavy action and never lets up. That may sound like a good thing, but for action scenes to deliver any real excitement, there has to be some context. Sure, they try to paste together some sort of a story about the origins of the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons (Do I even have those right?? I was too bored to be sure), but there is so much going on, it ceases to be interesting. You may think I am a movie snob thumbing my nose at a big action franchise, but I actually loved the first one and sort of enjoy mindless popcorn flicks, but this one just missed the mark on so many levels. The big final battle goes on forever and ever (although I think the first one had a similar problem) with explosions and sounds of banging and crunching metal which all amounted to a feeling of "Is this over yet??". I could not have been more disappointed. (To my male readers: No, Megan Fox running around in tight clothing did not make this any better!!)

Grade: D

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