Transformers: Age of Extinction
As humanity picks up the pieces after the battle of Chicago, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history…while an ancient, powerful new menace sets Earth in its crosshairs. With help from Cade Yeager, Optimus Prime and the Autobots rise to meet their most fearsome challenge yet.
What critics thought
Critics were nearly unanimous in their rejection of the fourth Transformers entry, targeting its punishing runtime, incoherent plotting, and action sequences that blur into visual noise rather than excitement. The rare softer criticism came from those who found isolated elements — a villainous design, a darker undertone — worth noting, but even those reviews flagged serious structural problems. Audiences turned out in massive numbers anyway, grading it far more generously than critics did, making the gap between press reception and popular appetite one of the film's defining footnotes.
“the longer the movie goes on, the less interesting it becomes; it just wears you down. As we were finally reaching the 165-minute mark, all that noise and fury was about as exciting as the special effects in an Ed Wood movie.”
Richard Roeper·Richard Roeper & the Movies
“the worst and most worthless Transformers movie yet.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“What is extinguished is the audience's consciousness after being bombarded for nearly three hours with overwrought emotions ('There's a missile in the living room!' Tessa hollers — twice), bad one-liners, and battles that rarely rise above the banal. A trio of editors make a technical marvel out of the fight scenes, but can do little to link the story's multiple threads into something coherent.”
Clarence Tsui·The Hollywood Reporter
“If the 'human scenes' all reek of adolescent dialogue and dopey snark masquerading as character development, it's a toss-up if that's better or worse than seeing clattering collections of caliginous junk.”
Joe Neumaier·New York Daily News
“slightly darker/surprising tone and Lockdown”
IGN
Genres
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
Cast & Crew
Michael BayDirector
Mark WahlbergCade Yeager
Peter CullenOptimus Prime (voice)
Stanley TucciJoshua Joyce
Kelsey GrammerHarold Attinger
Nicola PeltzTessa Yeager
Jack ReynorShane Dyson
Frank WelkerGalvatron (voice)
Sophia MylesDarcy Tirrel
Li BingbingSu Yueming
Titus WelliverJames Savoy
John GoodmanHound (voice)
Ken WatanabeDrift (voice)
Steve JablonskyComposer
Ehren KrugerWriter
Amir MokriCinematographyTransformers: Age of Extinction
As humanity picks up the pieces after the battle of Chicago, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history…while an ancient, powerful new menace sets Earth in its crosshairs. With help from Cade Yeager, Optimus Prime and the Autobots rise to meet their most fearsome challenge yet.
What critics thought
Critics were nearly unanimous in their rejection of the fourth Transformers entry, targeting its punishing runtime, incoherent plotting, and action sequences that blur into visual noise rather than excitement. The rare softer criticism came from those who found isolated elements — a villainous design, a darker undertone — worth noting, but even those reviews flagged serious structural problems. Audiences turned out in massive numbers anyway, grading it far more generously than critics did, making the gap between press reception and popular appetite one of the film's defining footnotes.
“the longer the movie goes on, the less interesting it becomes; it just wears you down. As we were finally reaching the 165-minute mark, all that noise and fury was about as exciting as the special effects in an Ed Wood movie.”
Richard Roeper·Richard Roeper & the Movies
“the worst and most worthless Transformers movie yet.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“What is extinguished is the audience's consciousness after being bombarded for nearly three hours with overwrought emotions ('There's a missile in the living room!' Tessa hollers — twice), bad one-liners, and battles that rarely rise above the banal. A trio of editors make a technical marvel out of the fight scenes, but can do little to link the story's multiple threads into something coherent.”
Clarence Tsui·The Hollywood Reporter
“If the 'human scenes' all reek of adolescent dialogue and dopey snark masquerading as character development, it's a toss-up if that's better or worse than seeing clattering collections of caliginous junk.”
Joe Neumaier·New York Daily News
“slightly darker/surprising tone and Lockdown”
IGN
Genres
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
Cast & Crew
Michael BayDirectorMark WahlbergCade YeagerPeter CullenOptimus Prime (voice)Stanley TucciJoshua JoyceKelsey GrammerHarold AttingerNicola PeltzTessa YeagerJack ReynorShane DysonFrank WelkerGalvatron (voice)Sophia MylesDarcy TirrelLi BingbingSu YuemingTitus WelliverJames SavoyJohn GoodmanHound (voice)Ken WatanabeDrift (voice)Steve JablonskyComposerEhren KrugerWriterAmir MokriCinematography