Transformers: Age of Extinction

Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

This is not war, it's extinction.

Release:2014
Runtime:2h 45m
Country:United States
Director:Michael Bay
Language:English

Genre

ActionAdventureScience Fiction
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Keywords

Bounty HunterTexasSequelAlienOn The RunBased On ToyGiant RobotRobot

Transformers: Age of Extinction rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb5.6/10· 348K votes
Rotten Tomatoes18%
Metacritic32%
TMDb5.963/10· 9K votes

With 18% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 5.6/10 on IMDb and 32/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About 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.

Cast of Transformers: Age of Extinction

  • Mark Wahlberg

    Mark Wahlberg

    as Cade Yeager

  • Peter Cullen

    Peter Cullen

    as Optimus Prime (voice)

  • Stanley Tucci

    Stanley Tucci

    as Joshua Joyce

  • Kelsey Grammer

    Kelsey Grammer

    as Harold Attinger

  • Nicola Peltz

    Nicola Peltz

    as Tessa Yeager

  • Jack Reynor

    Jack Reynor

    as Shane Dyson

  • Frank Welker

    Frank Welker

    as Galvatron (voice)

  • Sophia Myles

    Sophia Myles

    as Darcy Tirrel

  • Li Bingbing

    Li Bingbing

    as Su Yueming

  • Titus Welliver

    Titus Welliver

    as James Savoy

  • John Goodman

    John Goodman

    as Hound (voice)

  • Ken Watanabe

    Ken Watanabe

    as Drift (voice)

Transformers: Age of Extinction facts

Budget
$210M
Box office
$1.1B
Collection
Transformers Collection

Our take on Transformers: Age of Extinction

Michael Bay's fourth Transformers, from 2014, reboots the human side of the franchise: with Chicago rebuilding, a shadowy faction schemes to steer events while a fresh ancient threat targets Earth, and inventor Cade Yeager helps Optimus Prime rally the Autobots. This is action-adventure science fiction at maximum scale, built around metal-on-metal spectacle, sprawling set pieces and a long runtime rather than restraint. If you want polished, oversized blockbuster chaos and don't mind broad characters or a plot that mostly frames the mayhem, it delivers exactly that. Viewers seeking tight storytelling or subtlety should look elsewhere; this is engineered for big screens and big volume.

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • Giant robot spectacle dominates the action sequences
  • Energetic pacing keeps momentum throughout battles
  • Compelling high-stakes cat-and-mouse game setup

What the audience disliked

  • Plot logic becomes convoluted and hard to follow
  • Character development suffers from chaotic storytelling
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