A fun, mindless summer popcorn, CGI-heavy, action-packed studio flick that sufficiently entertained without requiring too much, or any, thinking. Director Steven Caple Jr. may not have the directorial flare and action choreography finesse of Michael Bay, but the action sequences were exciting enough, not too messy and had minimal unnecessary slow-mo moments. But in particular, there was a bit more heart here than the last few entries in the franchise.
The humans, Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback, had good character moments and their chemistry was genuine. It was a good choice not to push a romantic relationship between them which kept the film slightly more grounded. Both these actors are definitely going places (after their star making turns in “In the Heights” and “Judas and the Black Messiah” respectively) and hopefully this step into franchise territory will only introduce them to a bigger audience, better roles, and potentially awards contention.
There was nothing much to talk with regard to the plot. Same thing as usual, find the McGuffin and save Earth from Evil. No big twists, no new revelations, except maybe now the good guys (robots) are actually animals? But apparently, we needed four guys to write the same old thing (and one for the story). Although, the ending did suggest a potential Hasbro shared-universe franchise could be coming our way. And undoubtedly a sequel is on its way.
At just slightly over 2 hours, thisleast the CGI-assisted transformations still delivered a kick. That was the least we could ask for, and not another MCU debacle.
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