Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen [Blu-ray]

Director: Michael Bay

Overview

Michael Bay returns to helm the sequel to the highly successful big-screen adaptation of the Transformers toy line for DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures. Much of the original cast returns for the second installment, including Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, and John Turturro, with Rainn Wilson joining in the fun as a college professor.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/13/2011
UPC:	0097361459844
Original Release:	2009
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Paramount
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:29:00
Sales rank:	31,729

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Shia LaBeouf	Sam Witwicky
Megan Fox	Mikaela Banes
Josh Duhamel	Major Lennox
Tyrese Gibson	USAF Chief Master Sergeant Epps
John Turturro	Simmons
Ramón Rodríguez	Leo Spitz(as Ramon Rodriguez)
Kevin Dunn	Ron Witwicky,Ron Witwicky
Julie White	Judy Witwicky
Isabel Lucas	Alice
John Benjamin Hickey	Galloway,Galloway
Matthew Marsden	Special Air Service Forces,Special Air Service Forces
Andrew Howard	Special Air Service Forces,Special Air Service Forces,Sharsky(as Howard Walker),Sharsky(as Howard Walker)
Michael Papajohn	Cal,Cal
Glenn Morshower	General Morshower
John Eric Bentley	Aide,Aide
Erin Naas	Arcee Rider
Rainn Wilson	Professor Colan,Mudflap
Katie Lowes	April the Resident Assistant,April the Resident Assistant
Christopher Curry	Pundit,Pundit
Jonathon Trent	Fassbinder,Fassbinder
America Olivo	Frisbee Girl
Andre Sogliuzzo	Sideswipe,Sideswipe
Aaron Hill	Frat Guy
Tony Todd	Fallen,Fallen
Jareb Dauplaise	Frat Guy
Jess Harnell	Ironhide,Ironhide
John Sanderford	Pundit
Robert Foxworth	Ratchet,Ratchet
Cas Anvar	Egyptian Interpol Officer #1
Michael Benyaer	Egyptian Interpol Officer #2
Peter Cullen	Optimus Prime
Mark Ryan	Jetfire
Hugo Weaving	Megatron
Charles Adler	Starscream
Frank Welker	Soundwave
Ramon Rodriguez	Actor

Technical Credits

Michael Bay	Director,Executive Producer,Director
Brian Goldner	Executive Producer
Steven Spielberg	Executive Producer
Mark Vahradian	Executive Producer
Ian Bryce	Producer,Producer
Tom DeSanto	Producer,Producer
Lorenzo Di Bonaventura	Producer,Producer
Don Murphy	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Hooray for explosions! Michael Bay follows up his 2007 big-screen adaptation of the Transformers cartoon/toy franchise with the 2009 sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. This installment is an even bigger spectacle than the first one, which is saying a lot for a movie about giant robots that turn into cars. It does fall prey to some of the same flaws as its predecessor -- namely that no film based on a toy needs to be two and a half hours long. But if you enjoyed the robo-spastic ride the first time, then you should be happy with this movie, too. And if you complained that the first movie was trite and lacking in character development, then you probably shouldn't even be reading this. The basic premise of the story is, of course, the same as in the first movie: a race of mechanical aliens called Transformers inhabit the earth, blending in with human society when they so choose by changing from their massive, humanoid-robot forms into cars, trucks, planes, etc. The good Transformers, who believe in truth, justice, and GM products, are called the Autobots, while the evil Transformers, who for various reasons would like to kill all humans, are called the Decepticons. This movie differs from the first one mostly because it focuses so hard on the fictional universe's apparently huge mythology. While Decepticon leader Megatron (Hugo Weaving) and his sniveling aide, Starscream (Charlie Adler), continue to spearhead a destructive campaign against the earthlings and their Autobot protectors, the main villain is a character called The Fallen (Tony Todd), who's taken from the comic. Once one of the original 13 Transformers, the former titan is now a zillion-year-old Giger-esque baddie who hangs out on what looks like a reused "machine world" storyboard from the Matrix movies. His glowing red eyes are set on moving to the earth's surface, however, where he can suck all the energy out of the sun. Other than him (and a sometimes indistinguishable collection of new robotic faces, who usually get only one line in before the scene's over), Transformers 2 centers on the same group of characters. There's Sam (Shia LaBeouf), a college freshman who enjoys a vague "chosen one" status among the Autobots, and Mikaela (Megan Fox), his insanely hot girlfriend, who wears false eyelashes while repairing cars in the family body shop. There are also Sam's parents (Kevin Dunn and Julie White), who inexplicably show up to add needless mushiness to battle scenes, and Major William Lennox (Josh Duhamel), who does a good job of running around looking cut -- as there was no room to otherwise expand his character. But, once again, the real star of the show is Optimus Prime, voiced by original voice actor Peter Cullen. The legendary head Autobot is given a lot more screen time in this movie, and features prominently in many of the manic action sequences, some of which make use of the Transformers' stature for a cool Godzilla-type effect (and some of which involve giant robots fist-fighting). Either way, Prime is likely to lead particularly excitable audiences toward momentous, hyper-adrenaline-fueled applause. Not to get down on the other bots (the ones you can keep track of are sweet), but Optimus Prime does a lot for Transformers 2. Particularly for kids who grew up in the flicker of weirdly earnest '80s cartoons, Optimus Prime is stamped in the collective unconscious, a monomyth of the epic hero that plays in the back of your mind like the guiding spark of a zillion-megawatt light bar, custom mounted to the grille of God's own monster truck. You don't even have to be an old-school Transformers fan to pick up on the mythos -- he speaks in nothing but searing quips and infinite wisdoms, and he turns into a kickass Mack truck. So, even if Optimus Prime isn't your mental template for the warrior-king archetype, he still steals the show, and makes Transformers 2 more than just passable.