I and Maybelyne watched Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen last Sunday, 28 June. I waited for this movie ever since I found an article leading to this sequel last 2007, right after watching the first Transformers movie. And my, oh my, my wait was very well worth it. Even if Starscream had not flown into space in the first movie's ending, I still would have expected a sequel anyway.

If you've seen the first movie (and I bet you did), you won't be disappointed with this one. It packs a lot of action, awesome 3D rendering, and a lot more robots. The background story is pretty cool too. I did a quick wiki research and somehow got a clearer glimpse on where the movie picked up from the Transformers universe.

***BEWARE: SPOILERS***

The Fallen. Apparently, The Fallen is one bad robot. Neither Decepticon nor Autobot, he is one of the Primes who were tasked to scour the galaxy to look for planets to build Sun Harvesters on. Sun Harvesters are giant machines used to generate Energons, a vital energy source for Transformers, by destroying stars. The Primes had one rule: Sun Harvesters are not to be built on planets that contain life. The Fallen, with his evil self and a deep hatred for humans, betrays them by building one such machine on earth. When the other Primes learned of his betrayal, they hid the Matrix of Leadership by sealing it in a tomb made of their own flesh bodies. The Matrix of Leadership is the key to activating the Sun Harvester. Without this, the Fallen left Earth and then later, his ship crash landed on one of Saturn's moons.

In the movie, The Fallen, despite his evil aura, is quite impressive. I think the only reason Optimus Prime defeated him in the end is because of his old age, which is like millions-of-years old age. But think of it: he can teleport - right from his ship in deep space to Earth, then from Optimus Prime to the pyramid. He also had telekinesis, and the power to manipulate gravity. He also had a staff. He was quite careless though: he could have just decapitated Optimus Prime when he was still dead. But then again, the movie will not have a happy ending.

And by the way, Optimus Prime and The Fallen are in fact distant brothers.

The Good. The movie is awesome! There is a story underneath all the action, and that is a good thing. There is also a lot of humor, and ex-Agent Simmons' reference to swine flu is just one of them. Alice (played by Isabel Lucas), that co-ed girl who makes aggressive advances on Sam, is hot, hot, hot - except that a tail came out of her ass and she has a long mechanical tongue. But in light of current events, I now prefer her over Mikaela (more on that later).

The action in the movie is intense, especially the fight scenes between Megatron, Starscream and Optimus Prime. It just broke my heart when I saw Megatron's blade come out of Prime's chest. And for a girl who likes to watch chic flicks and cheesy love stories in theatres, Maybelyne's expression at Prime's death was even more shocking. My point: the movie was gripping. The climax battle in Egypt was just as breathtaking.

Bumblebee is still the coolest car to drive, and the coolest guardian to have. Even though he is still no match for a teleporting, telekinetic, gravity-manipulating Fallen, I'd still have him.

The Bad. Mikaela, Megan Fox, is a guy. She, or more appropriately, he, is a tranny. Read for yourselves. He is actually Mitchell Reed Fox. Not that I care that much, but it's good that I found out about it after I watched the movie, as it might have affected me somehow.


Shie Labeouf was so wimpy (although near the end of the movie he turned out quite heroic). I don't know why Mikaela and Alice would dig him if they were nothing more than ordinary humans. He screams like a little girl for goodness sake.

The beginning part was entertaining, albeit some minor, and rather personal issues I had. I was so happy when I saw the Audi R8 lit up in the bushes, but only before I found out he was a Decepticon. I guess the movie was pushing American cars here as the good guys (Camaro, Corvette, General Motors, Mack, and the other Chevy cars). And, the poor thing was sliced in half. Tony Stark wouldn't be happy.

There were a lot of cheesy cliches though. I didn't like it when Sam died and he met the Primes in heaven (?), and was ultimately brought back to life when Mikaela finally told him "I love you". And on top of cheesy, there were also a lot of uncalled-for vulgarities. Not that I am affected: I just don't find them necessary. Mom accidentally eating weed, bad mouth Twins and humping Wheelie? And the gold tooth? C'mon.

There were also new stuff in the movie. To name a few, there was the Terminatrix Decepticon Pretender disguised as Alice, and the Voltron Decepticon Devastator. They never got rightful intros about what or who they are, but their roles are quite straightforward.

The Verdict. WATCH IT! Highly recommended! Period.