Michael Bay is one of the most sought after and highest paid directors in America. His creative potential helped an ordinary viewer to get acquainted with such famous films as “Bad Guys”, “Armageddon” and “Rock”. But the director received great fame after the premiere of the first part of Transformers in 2007. The sensational story, based on the eponymous series and children's toys "Hasbro" (Hasbro), helped Bay to remove four more parts for ten years. And so, in 2017, the final series of the popular saga was released, which is considered no less box office and fascinating than all the previous works of the director. Let's find out what viewers around the world are saying and what they are doing about the movie Transformers 5: The Last Knight.
A brief plot of the film
In the last part of the famous saga, the viewer will be able to watch the final war between the Autobots and Decepticons, but this time the battle will be more serious, requiring revenge and blood. Transformers for humans become enemies and forbidden creatures. Optimus Prime has disappeared, and now there is no one to direct and guide the Autobots to the true path. The hope of saving the world remains only on Bumblebee (Autobot) and Cade Yeager.
A new secret is revealed to the inhabitants of the Earth: long before the appearance of the human race, Autobots crashed and landed on our planet, where a great knight with his sword went into deep sleep, capable of either destroying the Earth or saving it. While the Autobots are hiding, it is planned to capture the Earth in outer space in order to withdraw all life forces from the bowels of the planet and restore Cybertron. Cade Yeager has a new task: to help the Autobots defeat Megatron and the Decepticons. To do this, everyone will have to find out the hidden secret, find allies and join the battle.
What captures the film
Firstly, Transformers 5 is filled with action. From science fiction, which was tracked in the first parts, the film gradually takes on the shades of an action movie, where skirmishes and chases regularly occur. This is not surprising: the plot itself shows the viewer that the Autobots are on the run and the US authorities decide to eliminate all robots from the planet so as not to cause disaster. After all, where there are superheroes, villains always appear there.
Secondly, if you read reviews about the movie "Transformers", you will surely notice that every viewer was delighted with the excellent graphics of the film. That's because Michael Bay used IMAX cameras during the filming of the famous franchise. This factor played an important role in developing the most exciting moments in the movie.
Thirdly, the storyline reveals to the viewer the secret that was hidden in the bowels of the planet.
The main characters and their character
- The viewer is already familiar with the character Cade Yeager, played by Mark Wahlberg (best known for the movie "Ted: The Third Extra"). Represents an experienced engineer who is engaged in the resale of equipment that no one needs. He has a daughter, but no wife. The main goal is to protect the only person he values. He connected his life with the Autobots, made friends with them and is now ready to fight for them in the latest film "Transformers 5". Reviews say that Mark Wahlberg is great for the role of Cade Yeager, thanks to charisma and acting talent.
- An equally important character in the film is Optimus Prime. Reviews of the movie "Transformers" say that viewers have hard suffered the loss of Optimus Prime, but in the fifth part the character unexpectedly appears. Autobot is the main among all robots and is a transformer. On Cybertron he is called Orion Prax or Convoy. It can be either a peaceful robot or a combat vehicle.
- Bumblebee is a young Autobot who faithfully serves his leader Optimus Prime. The main feature of the robot is that it does not have the ability to communicate with its associates and people, because all voice functions have not been fully configured. Because of this, Bumblebee conveys all emotions and thoughts through songs.
- Megatron is a robot that belongs to the race of Decepticons. A powerful transformer who hates Optimus Prime and is called to conquer and destroy. He is the leader of the rest of the Decepticons, while Optimus Prime moves the Autobots.
New characters and heroes
- Anthony Hopkins as Emund Burton. He played the English lord, the representative of the great dynasty, protecting the secret of the ancient sword. In the film, it will play an important role, as it will help Cade Yeager find the Autobot knight and fight with Megatron.
- Laura Haddock as Vivian Wembley. According to reviews of the movie Transformers: The Last Knight, Laura Haddock agreed to a not-so-successful role. In the picture, Vivian Wembley is a professor, works at the University of Oxford. According to the scenario, this particular girl will turn out to be a weapon to save the planet, although initially she did not want this fate at all. Of course, according to the script, Cade and Vivian will fall in love. Such a banal ending makes people write negative reviews about the movie "Transformers 5".
Movie Reviews
Fans of the popular franchise ask themselves: “Should I watch the last part?” To figure this out, we analyzed dozens of reviews of the movie Transformers: The Last Knight. First of all, I want to note that more than 50% of all reviews are positive, so we recommend this part for viewing.
If you throw away all the kinolapy and possible shortcomings, then in general the average viewer is captured only by high-quality graphics, excellent special effects and a twisted plot. And, of course, Mark Wahlberg’s acting has done its job. Yes, a lot of money was invested in order to release a worthy film “Transformers 5”. Reviews from the audience indicate this. It is impossible to keep silent about the appearance in the picture of Anthony Hopkins - an actor of all time, who is known to every second spectator in the film “Silence of the Lambs”.
Interesting Facts
According to reviews of the movie "Transformer 5: The Last Knight", we can say that the audience was delighted with the quality of the film adaptation. That's because Michael Bay used IMAX cameras. For lovers of clear and vibrant pictures, this is undoubtedly a plus, but the screen version itself turned out to be unfinished. Firstly, with careful viewing, you can notice how the frames are glued in a chaotic order, which makes the video sequence fatigue and stress. Secondly, the quality and graphics of the film, although at the highest level, but the script itself contains dozens of characters who are actively involved in the film adaptation. Their dialogues mix, eclipsing each other, making it difficult for the viewer to grasp the exact meaning of the words spoken.
To summarize
In the film adaptation there are a lot of incomprehensible moments. For example, where does a teenage girl come from who wants to help Cade Yeager, and why she was needed in the film. In the frame, the viewer sees new robots: one of them manifests excessive aggression, and some, on the contrary, is a cute and harmless bot that, like a shadow, moves through the ruins. In any case, the reviews prove that the last part was worse than everyone else, but the audience did not regret watching it. In addition, at the end of the film, Bay showed that perhaps in the near future a new saga about the inhabitants of Cybertron will begin. And we can only wait and hope that the next films will have an exciting storyline and captivating special effects.