Mark Kermode reviews Transformers: Age of Extinction

Mark Kermode reviews Transformers: Age of Extinction. As humanity picks up the pieces, following the conclusion of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," Autobots and Decepticons have all but vanished from the face of the planet. However, a group of powerful, ingenious businessman and scientists attempt to learn from past Transformer incursions and push the boundaries of technology beyond what they can control - all while an ancient, powerful Transformer menace sets Earth in his cross-hairs.
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[@ezrasky3761]

" I kinda like the idea of robot dinosaurs..but by the time they arrive .. I'm weary of life." LOL

[@dmd7472]

Brilliant

[@WhereAllTheRumGone]

Haha I'd love to see that quote on a poster "Its like sticking your head in a tumble dryer with cutlery banging around inside it"

[@dredg0r]

It's here!...it's finally here, Marks review that is.

[@soundslave]

"Louder, longer, noisier, bigger." Well Mark just found the tag line.

[@MichaelOglesby]

I can see it now, on the Blu-Ray/DVD cover.

[@Melvinwacko]

Beautiful review, simply beautiful. I am in tears of joy.

[@unknown-bx4xn]

Me too.

[@Raymint]

'Transformers: Ache of My Sphincter'

[@ReviveFromMyMind]

"I'm weary of life"

[@SonOfXenophon]

"By the time the dinosaurs arrive, i'm weary of life" hahahhah

[@sadsalidhalskdjhsald]

Kinda sounds like Kermode is at the 5 stage of grief with these Transformer films... acceptance.

[@jakobsichler8775]

+Warren Cash Resignation

[@obirch23]

the most anticipated review of the year

[@spacedew]

Am I the only one who much prefers it when there is a video?

[@KR-nj9dn]

No, I prefer the video reviews too. Make more video reviews Mark!!

[@GoldenGyroBalls]

My week is now complete.

[@SpiderKing389]

Loved every minute of this review.

[@mauherkan]

That's the good thing about Transformers, Kermode is forced to watch it, so you get an entertaining review.

[@larssonk22]

It's a tragedy that this will go on to make 100's of millions but a great movie like Edge of Tomorrow that is well written, perfectly paced, great acting and action and is laugh out loud funny at times has tanked. Movies like it will become less and less, and more mind numbingly bad action movies will continue to be the summer blockbusters.

[@9LivesGamer]

Hopefully it will do well over time rather than just the box office.

[@knownpleasures]

Edge of tomorrow was rubbish lol!!

[@Poseiden2]

"...That's... transformium".

[@Dninny1]

I would have been happy with a half hour review from Kermode. Great stuff!

[@sadsalidhalskdjhsald]

Pause. Before I watch this vid I just want to say I'm really looking forward to this review.

[@hanshotfirst1138]

Why is a movie about fighting robots longer than *Bride on the River Kwai*? *WHY*?!

[@lsjshez6940]

I've been looking forward to this more than the movie. Mark delivered.

[@DaBIONICLEFan]

Weary of life lol this review had me in tears

[@johnrichter9992]

Michael Bay movies: Like being trapped in a metal trash can with someone banging on the lid.

[@SIGNIFYING_NOTHING]

...."Shark Sandwich" Classic.

[@hanshotfirst1138]

Seriously? No video of the flappy hands?!

[@CrazyChunkles]

My thoughts exactly!

[@knownpleasures]

they have no video while the world cup is on.

[@hanshotfirst1138]

knownpleasures Why not? Kermode is more important than the cup ;)!

[@knownpleasures]

LOL the studio they normally use with video fees will be back tomorrow week fret not hanshotfirst!!!!

[@hoplite669]

Haha, I turned from watching movies to watching Kermode's reviews of movies. A shorter - which IS an Advantage for the working man -, much more entertaining and - in most cases - more intelligent pasttime. Thank you Mr. Kermode!

[@absorbcreate]

Tumble dryer with cutlery banging around inside it!! I was in stitches!

[@tanveeryahya3183]

I love that Kermode put this on his 10 worst films of the year. HAHA what a legend!

[@wranglers575]

Why so many dislikes? Must be a few Transformer fan boys lurking...

[@MrTitmeister]

Well going by how Micheal bays films have nothing really to do with transformers i wouldn't call them fans. There just fans of empty sounds and empty visuals.

[@DA87i]

Simon Mayo's "errm..." gets me every time.

[@vimster]

I really tried to like the Transformers films, but ultimately it ends up some useless metallic jumble with big booms and explosions. I was brought up believing epic mech battles were amazing but the Transformers films killed it for me. Thanks, Mike.

[@ZuluRomeo]

I once saw Maturity Melonfarmer at the Assembly Halls, Edinburgh. They were supporting Shark Sandwich.

[@CS-mo7xp]

I never watch these movies but I'm glad Kermode does. the last sentence had me rolling...

[@BURP39R]

Poor Bay, bringing a chainsaw when he needed to use a screwdriver again. *Note: I would have said he'd brought a hammer, but we're past that point that now. *Goes off to watch "The Rock". A film which seems like it was directed by a man clinging on to the last ounce if self awareness. Oh God, why did I say that? He'll remake it now won't he? The fine line of "popcorn fun", obliterated by vulgar excess.

[@vimster]

It's okay, The Rock really is great. Unfortunately with every other film Bay directs it just shows how much of a fluke it was.

[@BURP39R]

vimster I don't even think it was a fluke. I just think he made the film he wanted, then some fat cat told him to do everything twice as big next time. *No wait, you're right, it really was a fluke. He's a moron.

[@NPThirteen]

Just a small note; the film DOES open tomorrow. That's the date being advertised (no previews) and that's when it starts showing. It's not like Bad Neighbours that had "previews" on the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th of May, then "opened" on the 9th.

[@unknown-bx4xn]

I was expecting "audio headbanging". I am disappointed.

[@Kicks-iw2xe]

Im so looking forward to the last knight review

[@bobbydazzlaa]

Looking forward to more sequels and more reviews..roll on transformers 6!

[@georgefoord7268]

wish i could see marks hands in this review

[@Onmysheet]

Just one question, did Kermode ever do a review of The Last Airbender?

[@Shokarneda]

lool at the Spinal Tap reference

[@CalvLyfeson]

"Shark Sandwich".

[@samburns4566]

It finished and then there was another hour. How can so many explosions and guns and bullets be so boring?

[@garywintle8023]

Please can we have a reboot directed by Brad Bird or Neil Blomkamp. One could easily make a good Transformers movie; all you have to do is just use the comics as the main source, and focus on the Transformers, giving them decent characterization (again, easy, given the abundance of tech specs bios and other material). Also, you don't even have to make a TF movie an action movie. In fact you could for example make a small TF movie focused on, say, Nightbeat (the Autobot detective), and make it into a drama/mystery.

[@coxyefc]

I didn't think I would like the original 86 movie than these films

[@matthewakian2]

They may use the same voice actors and some characters from the original show, but the films bear little resemblance of that brilliant show.

[@LtKharn]

Well.... it seems Mark quite enjoyed that film.

[@TarHeelResin]

I loved the movie, I think most people were not liking it because the original actors were no longer part of the movie. But the movie was great and had great action, this movie looks like its a set up for the next movie.

[@Tenebrousable]

original meaning of the word 'epic' is 'very, very long' tough, i do seem to recall

[@sulti1274]

I'm sorry but this film was BAD across the board. But Regardless of how bad it is, people will still see it

[@matthewakisan8025]

"carry on forever" Please Mark don't say that. I blame Spielberg more for these films than Bay, because Spielberg insisted he should direct and went after him. Being a fan of the very old TV show, Bay's Transformer films are like Schumacher's 'Batman and Robin'. Hopefully one day someone will come along and do a 'Batman Begins' because the transformers mythology pre-Bay/ Spielberg deserves it more than most I think.

[@FermentedFish7]

Crapmium seems fit for Bay's transformers.

[@lornaginetteharrison414]

Michael Bay used to work for 'Victoria's Secret'...as a lingerie model?

[@alisaurus4224]

Directing their commercials

[@thecheatinghearts]

oooohh 7:34 mins your really spoiling us Good Doctor

[@spekticat]

Transformers: Age of Exhaustion.

[@invisiblekid99]

So is Transformium, thats, transformium (PMSL) better than unobtanium? Jesus Grimlock letting Optimus ride him? You know nothing Michael Bay......come on points for GoT reference?! :P

[@NeroAngelo616]

TBH, I'm only interested in seeing just the dinosaurs in it, besides all the XXXL Swiss knives...

[@RudiL94]

Up for the oscar then?

[@Anatolij86]

Whenever folks bash on others for enjoying the cgi destruction porn that is Transformers (and I mean that the positive way; yes, there is a positive way), just remember Kermode liked (not "condoned", LIKED) all High School Musicals and all Twilights. I rest my case. No, don't bother arguing. This is a top BBC critic who loved HSM and Twilight; anything goes, people, get over yourselves.

[@CaminoAir]

'Armegeddon' and 'The Rock' on DVD persuaded me never to watch a Michael Bay film again (and I appreciate that 'The Rock' had some good elements). How anyone could watch this kind of stuff and not feel empty to the point of resolving to lead a better life.....I do not know. There's no point to escapism if it just grinds your spirit down.

[@user-uq4gr5nl5o]

"Soul-sucking horror that was Pain and Gain" I need to watch Pain and Gain

[@fpspwny995]

7:12 And then Bay, thankfully, left the franchise.

[@drmuller77]

I agree with Brian. It was not bad at all. I like Bay's style. It's not for everyone - the quick cuts, frenzy explosions, ad film look, model like actresses and his camera angles looking up to the sky but I love all of that. If you like the previous transformers you will like this one. If you do not like the previous ones you will not like it. For all the ppl complaining abt these movies, why do u go to them? If someone did not like the first one, they should not have gone for any of the subsequent ones. Everyone knows exactly what they are going to get when one buys a ticket to see transformers movies. We have had three of these prior to age of extinction. It's making a ton of money so ppl are watching them and then some ppl complain. This movie has a A minus on cinemas score. Critics and general ppl always do not agree. To each his own.

[@michaeljohn1978]

And yet somehow Michael Bay managed to give us Black Sails. The exception, not the rule

[@alisaurus4224]

He didn’t direct that, though...thank the gods

[@ttdt]

2014 seems to be a bad year for summer blockbusters. Roll on December and Nolans Interstellar.

[@darkchaser25]

Average rant. Nowhere near the best of kermode's rants. Don't know what kermode is going to do with a second review of this. Go more in depth on how awful it is? Probably

[@JohnSpawn1]

Shark sandwich

[@666deadman1988]

If he likes the idea of robot dinosaurs, then he may be pleased that the Power Rangers movie reboot is on the way.

[@BettyBoolean]

"You're going to see a new Transformers movie coming from Hasbro and Paramount and Michael Bay and our other partners," Stephen J. Davis, President of Hasbro Studios and Entertainment and Licensing for Hasbro, told the audience at MIPJunior 2015. "In fact, we just finished -- as some of you may have read -- an incredible experience. We decided we wanted to plot out the next 10 years of the Transformers franchise, so we got together in a 3 month period of time...nine of some of the most creative writers I have ever worked with -- shepherded by Akiva Goldsman, who many of you may know won an Academy Award for A Beautiful Mind, and written a bunch of great movies. And they plotted out the next ten years of Transformers. Similarly we are doing the same in television and digital. So stay tuned Transformers 5 is on its way. ...And 6 and 7 and 8."

[@TJ_mx]

Seriously? The soundtrack for this film was absolutely amazing. It didn't deserve to be in a Transformers movie because it was so well done. Steve Jablonsky should receive just as much credit as the CGI artists, let alone Micheal Bay. His work on this film is WAY too good, he's almost working too hard to make a beautiful soundtrack in a movie where beauty doesn't exist. Best part of the movie for sure.

[@reptongeek]

I want to make my Transformers film. Paramount won't want to make it but I can dream. What is the plot of this dream film of mine; Two words - The Stunticons

[@malikfernandez1990]

Worst film i have ever seen in the cinema. The only reason we didnt leave is there was a hotdog snuffling obese man at the end of the row that may not have been able to move out our way.

[@gavinBsussex]

Genuinely one of the worst films ever. So bad, it's the only film I left before the end and that includes Kevin Costners 3hr bore feast The Postman. Awful dross

[@nigelcarren]

In all fairness, Transformium is not half as bad as Adamantium, or Unobtanium! What next.. Flockofseagullium or perhaps Kajagoogoo..goo.

[@HeyTray1]

Shark sandwich! LMFAO!!

[@SpacedFiction]

Shark Sandwich. LMAO.

[@kriskelchtermans8594]

Well, that's just nitpicking, isn't it?

[@orchalk]

Couldn't agree more. Marketing dross.

[@Headbehindthebubble]

Actually saw this at one of those previews. Utterly stupid with plot holes you can park a car in, but worth it for Stanley Tucci, who steals every scene he's in. Very dumb, but actually a little bit of fun

[@andrewwildman]

Heard this when it was on the radio. Makes you despair really. I haven't seen the movie yet but sounds like Bay is continuing to rape our popular culture. BTW. If you want the 'real' Transformers story pick up the collected volumes of 'Transformers - Regeneration One' Its definitive.

[@jaeo9555]

T4 is truly a Michael Bay film which means ONLY his fans will like it. However, I was expecting this kind of rant for the review of "Transcendence" oh wait! that was directed by Wally (P)fister...Kermode's "buddy".

[@eminosose]

Exactly!

[@Sighphi]

So Michael Bay went to 12?

[@stepheneadon6453]

Um .... but this goes up to eleven

[@movieman82us]

Generally, I liked Mark Kermode. I think he's a decent critic. But I think he missed the boat in Pain and Gain. He's wrong about it.

[@dennisdahmer]

Mark sounds like he has been turned up to 11, never heard him so exasperated!

[@ewaf88]

Mark - please please save us from another of the films which are absorbing all the special effects talent who could be being used to make a decent flick. Use all your influence within media circles to stop Michael Bay. See this as your main purpose in life - if you read this please please save us....save us......

[@MrTheedarkhorse]

Its a good movie And stop calling him marky mark

[@MrTheedarkhorse]

Traffic

[@apcreed]

Transformium.

[@TeamBombersportsUK]

I feel like the whole 'oh we're making a sequel but it's fine we're making self-referential jokes about it being a sequel' thing is going to get old and over-used quickly.

[@RavenShinyThings]

this film was is so bad the review is better than the film

[@LeWelker83]

Trashiest film I've ever seen

[@emilyhammonds9464]

My god the transformers series has to be one of the worst franchises of all time.

[@mubhceeb]

Michael Bay should be venerated for his God awful dialogue and nonsensical plotting, with its sole purpose of linking to the next progressively tedious action sequence!

[@adamhunt607]

You age

[@ewaf88]

This film was pathetic - God help us of there's another one

[@spikehook7727]

This movie is really bad. From the beginning to 1/4 was understand able. After that story want all over the place. I will not recommend any one to watch it. Wasted my money for nothing.

[@joeherbert4360]

Money making scheme,just like the music of today. These movies are just a mess and noise,but ja,it looks like people want to see this.

[@danielqmul]

Steven Spielberg is involved in this rubbish too.

[@BradderzSG]

Hate all you want. But I saw this yesterday and absolutely loved it. Yes sure it has sexy women in it, and shitty product placement and plot that goes back and forth, but I went to see the film to watch robots kick the living daylights out of each other, and with a helping of ZOMG! Awesomeness thats exactly what I got

[@tatumtate]

brilliant film....Kermode actually does not like movies..he is bored out of his skull...

[@MrTitmeister]

It's not a brilliant film by any stretch of the imagination, you clearly have no respect for the medium so do yourself a favor and shut up.

[@tatumtate]

MrTitmeister brilliant film.. tells a complex story easily and entertainingly..bright editing ..rich colour and its a science fantasy what more can one ask..i know about film ..Kermode has a position to uphold ..and is a clickbait magnet.. The greater part of critics are parasites....an empty resonance of others work..

[@ollie2665]

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