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Summary

Young teenager Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of transforming robots – the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Sam holds the clue to unimaginable power and the Decepticons will stop at nothing to retrieve it.

Cast

Shia LaBeouf

Sam Witwicky

Megan Fox

Mikaela Banes

Mark Ryan

Bumblebee (voice)

Peter Cullen

Optimus Prime (voice)

Hugo Weaving

Megatron (voice)

Josh Duhamel

Captain Lennox

Tyrese Gibson

USAF Tech Sergeant Epps

Charlie Adler

Starscream (voice)

Rachael Taylor

Maggie Madsen

Anthony Anderson

Glen Whitmann

Jon Voight

Defense Secretary John Keller

John Turturro

Agent Simmons

Michael O'Neill

Tom Banacheck

Kevin Dunn

Ron Witwicky

Julie White

Judy Witwicky

Amaury Nolasco

ACWO Jorge 'Fig' Figueroa

Zack Ward

First Sergeant Donnelly

Luis Echagarruga

Ranger Team

Patrick Mulderrig

Ranger Team

Brian Shehan

Ranger Team

Michael Trisler

Ranger Team

Ashkan Kashanchi

Mahfouz

Rizwan Manji

Akram

William Morgan Sheppard

Captain Witwicky

C.J. Thomason

Sailor

Bernie Mac

Bobby Bolivia

Carlos Moreno Jr.

Manny

Johnny Sanchez

Clown

John Robinson

Miles

Travis Van Winkle

Trent

Peter Jacobson

Mr. Hosney

Glenn Morshower

SOCCENT Sergeant

Frederic Doss

SOCCENT Op-Centre Tech

Charlie Bodin

SOCCENT Op-Centre Tech

Joshua Feinman

USAF Staff Sergeant

Chris Ellis

Admiral Brigham

Steven Ford

Four Star General

Michael Shamus Wiles

Two Star General

Craig Barnett

Air Force Major General

Brian Prescott

Keller Aide

Scott Peat

Pentagon Watch Commander

Colleen Porch

Enlisted Aide

Brian Stepanek

Sector Seven Agent

Jamie McBride

FBI Agent

Wiley M. Pickett

FBI Agent

Andy Milder

R&D Team Leader

Brian Reece

Moustache Man

Samantha Smith

Sarah Lennox

Ravi Patel

Telephone Operator

Rick Gomez

Sheriff

Andy Dominguez

Deputy

Mike Fisher

Football Coach

Colin Fickes

Analyst

Tom Lenk

Analyst

Jamison Yang

Analyst

Esther Scott

Glen's Grandmother

Madison Mason

CNN Reporter

Jeremy Jojola

News Reporter

Jessica Kartalija

News Reporter

Andrew Altonji

Café Kid

Andrew Lewis Caldwell

Café Kid

J.P. Manoux

Witness

Pete Gardner

Dad

Sophie Bobal

Little Girl

Laurel Garner

Mom in Car

Chip Hormess

Boy in Car

Ray Toth

Pilot

Michael Adams

AWACS Controller

Ron Henry

AWACS Controller

Benjamin Hoffman

AWACS Controller

Michael McNabb

AWACS Controller

Jason White

AWACS Controller

Adam Ratajczak

Control Tower Tech

Maja Kljun

Socialite

Michelle Pierce

Socialite

Odette Annable

Socialite

Bob Stephenson

Xbox Guy

Mason Rock Bay

Mason the Mastiff Dog

Darius McCrary

Jazz (voice)

Robert Foxworth

Ratchet (voice)

Jess Harnell

Ironhide / Barricade (voice)

Jimmie Wood

Bonecrusher (voice)

Reno Wilson

Frenzy (voice)

Michael Bay

Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited)

Colton Haynes

Cafe Kid (uncredited)

Omar Benson Miller

Glen's Cousin (uncredited)

Robert Gerrits

Secret Service Agent (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Michael Bay

Screenplay, Story

Alex Kurtzman

Screenplay, Story

Roberto Orci

Story

John Rogers

Reviews

Geronimo1967

May 18, 2023

With all the gazillion planets in the galaxy to choose from, the warring Cybertron races of "Autobots" (the sort of goodies) and "Decepticons" (the sort of baddies) descend on Earth in search of a missing cube. This "allspark" - landed on our planet aeons ago and for many years has been unwittingly in the custody of the always competent US military and their "Section 7" operatives - currently led by "Simmons" (John Turturro). Now it transpires that there is a clue to the location of this gizmo - and that is to be found on the spectacles of the grandfather of "Sam" (Shia LaBeouf), only he doesn't know it. The goodies decide to protect him by providing him with one of their number, the ultimate convertible car "Bumblebee" but that doesn't actually end up being much use as his bodyguard and soon poor old "Sam" and his gal "Mikaela" (the startlingly wooden Megan Fox) are embroiled in the action-packed Meccano movie. The star is easy on the eye and has a soupçon of charisma to bring, but otherwise this is just a shockingly derivative series of repetitive fight scenes featuring robots between whom it is almost impossible to distinguish. Their vocals all seem to involve them speaking into the microphone through an old pair of socks, and as it lurches on I gradually found I really couldn't care less whether the red robot beat the black one - you just know this is but the start of a never ending franchise with only two purposes. 1 - to restart the flagging career of Josh Duhamel and 2 - to sell toys, thousands and thousands of toys. Marketing has often been behind some of the most successful movie spin-offs, but somehow this is just a touch more cynical than the rest. The story is weak and the characterisations, such as they are, are about as deep as a hoof print. Plenty of pyrotechnics, though, but at all but 2½ hours long, this is a long old haul. Maybe if I were only twelve years old, but...