The Transformers movies have always been more popcorn flick than anything. Huge Michael Bay explosions, some one liners and eye candy for the human actors/actresses. That being said, the last few movies haven't really had many memorable moments. Rise of the Beasts is no exception to that.
The soundtrack is straight 90s rap which makes complete sense seeing as the movie is set in 1994. The tracks work well with the segments of the movie they're featured in, especially one particular moment of LL Cool J's "knock you out"
The cgi was pretty decent. I didn't really notice any flaws like I have with more recent movies like Fast 10 but that's to be expected with a highly CGI dependent movie.
The acting left a lot to be desired from the human characters. The eye candy didn't exist this time around but I imagine that was done for a reason. The problem is I didn't care for either of the human protagonists. I felt more connection to the younger brother of the male lead than I did the lead.
The Transformers are as entertaining as always and that should be the main draw of the movie. Bumblebee being sidelined for 90% of the film left room for Mirage to take the stage. There were a few good one liners from him but then they take him away at the climax to put on their own Ironman suit which quite honestly took away from the movie a bit.
Unicorn was supposed to be the big threat here but never felt threatening at all. Instead you get the 3 henchmen who were dominating the autobots early on yet in the main fight are easily disposed of.
Overall it was a good watch yet nothing memorable. A few good laughs in a mostly empty theater.
The soundtrack is straight 90s rap which makes complete sense seeing as the movie is set in 1994. The tracks work well with the segments of the movie they're featured in, especially one particular moment of LL Cool J's "knock you out"
The cgi was pretty decent. I didn't really notice any flaws like I have with more recent movies like Fast 10 but that's to be expected with a highly CGI dependent movie.
The acting left a lot to be desired from the human characters. The eye candy didn't exist this time around but I imagine that was done for a reason. The problem is I didn't care for either of the human protagonists. I felt more connection to the younger brother of the male lead than I did the lead.
The Transformers are as entertaining as always and that should be the main draw of the movie. Bumblebee being sidelined for 90% of the film left room for Mirage to take the stage. There were a few good one liners from him but then they take him away at the climax to put on their own Ironman suit which quite honestly took away from the movie a bit.
Unicorn was supposed to be the big threat here but never felt threatening at all. Instead you get the 3 henchmen who were dominating the autobots early on yet in the main fight are easily disposed of.
Overall it was a good watch yet nothing memorable. A few good laughs in a mostly empty theater.