text stringlengths 0 238k |
|---|
praised the film for the action sequences, visual effects, and sound design, |
but criticized the screen time for certain characters and use of product |
placement. The film won four awards from the Visual Effects Society and was |
nominated for Best Sound Editing , Best Sound Mixing , and Best Visual Effects |
at the 80th Academy Awards . It was followed by six further films: Revenge of |
the Fallen (2009), Dark of the Moon (2011), Age of Extinction (2014), The Last |
Knight (2017), Bumblebee (2018) and Rise of the Beasts (2023). Plot [ edit ] |
The planet Cybertron was ravaged by a civil war between the two Transformer |
factions, the Autobots led by Optimus Prime and the Decepticons led by |
Megatron , for the AllSpark, a cube-like object that is the source of all |
Cybertronian life. The Autobots want to find the AllSpark so they can use it |
to rebuild Cybertron and end the war, while the Decepticons want to use it to |
defeat the Autobots and conquer the universe. Megatron found the AllSpark on |
Earth, but crash-landed in the Arctic Circle and was frozen in the ice. |
Captain Archibald Witwicky and his crew of explorers stumbled upon Megatron in |
1897. Captain Witwicky accidentally activates Megatron's navigational system, |
causing his eyeglasses to be imprinted with the coordinates of the AllSpark's |
location. Sector 7, a secret United States government organization, discovers |
the AllSpark in the Colorado River and builds the Hoover Dam around it to mask |
its energy emissions. The still-frozen Megatron is moved into this facility |
and is reverse engineered to advance human technology. In the present day, the |
Decepticons— Blackout , Scorponok, Frenzy , Barricade , Starscream , |
Bonecrusher and Brawl—have landed on Earth and assumed the disguise of Earth |
vehicles. Blackout and Scorponok attack the U.S. SOCCENT military base in |
Qatar and try to hack into the U.S. military network to find the location of |
Megatron and the AllSpark. Their mission is thwarted when the base staff |
severs the network cable connections. While Blackout destroys the rest of the |
base, Scorponok chases a small group of survivors who have photographic |
evidence of the robots, but he is eventually repelled. During this battle, the |
military discovers its only effective weapons against the Transformers' armor |
are high-heat sabot rounds. After Blackout's failure, Frenzy infiltrates Air |
Force One to try again to hack into the military network, and in doing so |
plants a virus . He finds the map imprinted on Captain Witwicky's glasses |
which is owned by his descendant, Sam Witwicky. Frenzy and Barricade begin |
tracking Sam's location in Los Angeles . One of the Autobots, Bumblebee , is |
also on Earth, disguised as a 1976 Chevrolet Camaro , [6] and is bought by Sam |
while shopping for his first car. Bumblebee helps him woo his crush, Mikaela |
Banes . Bumblebee leaves at night to transmit a homing beacon to the Autobots |
and Sam sees him in robot mode. Barricade confronts Sam and demands |
Archibald's spectacles, but Bumblebee rescues him and Mikaela. After Bumblebee |
upgrades his vehicle form by scanning a 2007 Chevrolet Camaro , they leave to |
rendezvous with the Autobots: Optimus Prime, Jazz , Ironhide , and Ratchet |
—who have landed on Earth and taken the forms of Earth vehicles as well. Sam, |
Mikaela, and the Autobots return to Sam's home and obtain the glasses. Soon, |
agents from Sector 7 arrive to arrest Sam and Mikaela, and they capture |
Bumblebee. Frenzy, disguised as a mobile phone , secretly accompanies the |
group to the Hoover Dam and releases Megatron. Locating the AllSpark, Frenzy |
alerts the other Decepticons. Sam convinces the Sector 7 agents to release |
Bumblebee so that he can get the AllSpark to Optimus Prime. Frenzy's virus has |
shut down government communications, but a pair of hackers manage to establish |
a signal to the Air Force . The Autobot-human convoy goes to Mission City, |
Nevada to obtain a radio that will guide the Air Force and secure an |
extraction for the AllSpark as the Decepticon forces attack the convoy. During |
the ensuing battle, Brawl, Bonecrusher, Frenzy, Jazz, and Blackout are all |
killed. Sam manages to ram the AllSpark into Megatron's chest, killing him and |
destroying the AllSpark. Optimus takes a fragment of the AllSpark from |
Megatron's corpse but realizes that with its destruction, their homeworld |
Cybertron cannot be restored. The government decommissions Sector 7 and dumps |
the corpses of the defeated Decepticons into the Laurentian Abyss . Sam and |
Mikaela begin a relationship, and Optimus sends a signal to other surviving |
Autobots directing them to Earth. Cast [ edit ] Main article: List of |
Transformers film series cast and characters Live-action Human Cast [ edit ] |
Shia LaBeouf as Sam Witwicky : The young descendant of an Arctic explorer who |
stumbles upon a big secret that becomes the Earth 's final hope. Josh Duhamel |
as Captain William Lennox : A good and dedicated hardworking leader of the |
Army Rangers team in Qatar and allies himself with Sam and others. Megan Fox |
as Mikaela Banes : A classmate of Sam who assists him in his mission by using |
skills she learned as a juvenile car thief from her convict father. Tyrese |
Gibson as Sergeant Robert Epps : A U.S. Air Force Combat Controller and |
technical sergeant of a Special Operations team based at the U.S. SOCCENT base |
in Qatar and Lennox's best friend. before Tyrese was cast, Ashley Walters was |
approached for the role but he turned it down as he sign a deal with an |
Independent in the UK. [7] Rachael Taylor as Maggie Madsen: A former NSA data |
analyst recruited by the U.S. Defense Department . Anthony Anderson as Glen |
Whitmann: Maggie's hacker friend. John Turturro as Agent Major Seymour Simmons |
: A special agent of the government agency Sector 7 Advanced Research |
Division. Jon Voight as John Keller: The U.S. Secretary of Defense . Michael |
O'Neill as Tom Banachek: Head of Sector 7. Kevin Dunn as Ron Witwicky : Sam's |
father. Julie White as Judy Witwicky : Sam's mother. Amaury Nolasco as Jorge |
"Fig" Figueroa: A Special Operations soldier who survives the destruction of |
the SOCCENT base in Qatar and was also a member of Captain Lennox's team. Zack |
Ward as First Sergeant Donnelly: A member of Captain Lennox's team. W. Morgan |
Sheppard as Captain Archibald Witwicky: Sam's great-great-grandfather who |
accidentally activates Megatron's navigational system while exploring the |
Arctic Circle. Bernie Mac as Bobby Bolivia: A used car salesman. John Robinson |
as Miles Lancaster: Sam's best friend. Travis Van Winkle as Trent DeMarco : |
Mikaela's ex-boyfriend. Glenn Morshower as Colonel Sharp (credited as "SOCCENT |
sergeant") Voices [ edit ] Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime : The leader of the |
Autobots who transforms into a blue and red 1994 Peterbilt 379 semi-trailer |
truck. Cullen had previously voiced Optimus Prime in the original 1980s |
cartoon and was chosen to reprise his role. Mark Ryan as Bumblebee : The |
Autobot scout and Sam's new guardian who transforms into a yellow and black |
Chevrolet Camaro (first a 1976 model and later in the movie a 2007 model ). |
Darius McCrary as Jazz : Optimus's second-in-command who transforms into a |
silver 2006 Pontiac Solstice . Robert Foxworth as Ratchet: The Autobot medic |
who transforms into a yellow 2007 search and rescue Hummer H2 ambulance. Jess |
Harnell as Ironhide: The Autobot weapons expert who transforms into a black |
2006 GMC Topkick C4500. Barricade: The Decepticon scout and interrogator who |
transforms into a black 2007 Saleen S281 police car . Hugo Weaving as Megatron |
: The leader of the Decepticons who transforms into a silver Cybertronian jet. |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.