Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers : The Last Knight

Dir: Michael Bay

   Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Laura Haddock, Isabela Moner, 

Josh Duhamel

    $260 million dollars is a lot of money to spend on a movie and it's a total disaster. The

  term movie doesn't apply here. Movies have plots and character development, this one

  has neither. 

     It begins in medieval England during the Crusades where a drunken Merlin (mostly

  plays for laughs by Stanley Tucci) asks an ancient Transformer for an alien spear to

  help him defeat the Saxons.

     Fast forward to the present where Autobots are living among humans in peace. 

   The macguffin of the movie is a medallion in which the Autobots & Decepticons

  want to save their home planet of Cybertron from extinction. An evil alien queen

  brainwashes Optimus Prime in destroying Unicron (which lies on Earth) to save it.

     Meanwhile, mechanic and aspiring inventor Cade (Wahlberg) comes across the

  medallion and does what he can to protect it from the wrong hands. Izabela (Moner)

  an orphaned street smart girl, joins Cade in helping the Autobots to defeat the

  Decepticons. The TRF led by Capt. Lennox (Duhamel) and his men hunt down

  Cade.

     While this is happening, historian Sir Edmund (Hopkins) helps a young woman 

  Vivian (Haddock) to find a magical sword that controls the fate of the Transformers.

   The Good: The non stop action scenes along with some funny one liners.

   The Bad: The non stop explosions just for the sake of having them. The many 

  subplots made it difficult to follow. The talents of the famous Anthony Hopkins

  are completely wasted here for nothing. Optimus Prime turning evil only lasted

  for a few minutes unlike what the trailers had you believe otherwise. Even 
  though filmed on IMAX cameras, the aspect ratio kept changing every other 
  minute from full screen to letterbox format.

  Overall: The plots of these movies are getting dumber each time and should be 

  rebooted with better writers. Thankfully the franchise that started with Bay 

  directing is ending with him. If you're a fan of the Transformers franchise like 

  me, skip this one. Don't waste your money or time with this one. In fact, for a 
  much better plot, watch the original 1987 version instead.

Grade: D (5/10)