Transformers The Last Knight Review
Transformers
5 had an odd whole to fill. Age of Extinction was arguably the worst movie by
far. (But still good) Last Knight is just as long I think and features tons of
locations and of course special effects. Mark Walberg returns for a main human
role, as Craig Yaeger, but he’s far more important to the story this time.
I’m not
going to go through all the details of this movie. That would be honestly be
very difficult. The movie has so many different story locations and a lot
happens. Basically, its further into the future and the TRF rules much of the
world. Transformers are still outlaws which I don’t understand. Optimus Prime
left to find his creator(s) at the end of Age of Extinction, so he’s not
around.
Basically
what I don’t like about this movie is the fact that it ignores so much of all of its predecessors plot points.
For example; Megatron is back…I’m pretty sure he was rebuilt as Galvatron in
the 4th movie. Also the whole thing about Transformers i.e. Bumble
Bee being here in World War II is just silly.
The
plot is simple. Cybertron has been kinda of rebuilt by Quintessa the prime of
life. She is really really powerful. And upon meeting Optimus Prime she
reprograms him and turns him into the evil Nemesis Prime. The movie started
with this really kinda of unnecessary midevil times battle scene. Merlin gets a
staff from a guardian knight transformer. He uses it to command the other
guardian knights...which turn into a giant dragon. The movie’s pacing is good
but the characters it establishes like Izabella (with a Z) are just useless.
We also
have Anthony Hopkins playing this old guy who is a WItwickens….( a relative of
Sam Witwicky). There’s also Miriam who is the descendant of Merlin and the only
one who can wield the staff. Cybertron is basically coming to earth to suck the
energy right out of it....but only the staff of Merlin (which is Quintessa’s
staff) can trigger the process.
Spoiler
alert….Craig Yaeger is the LAST KNIGHT. I know that sounds stupid af. But it
works here. The action is heavy albeit kinda presented in a weird
disorientating way. The fights are quick too and not as good as past movies.
Megatron for example, gets wupped by Optimus again after almost killing him.
Quintessa is double teamed by Optimus and Bumble Bee. I felt she was defeated
too easily. But she’ll be in the next one….
I
really liked Cogsworth, which is the small transformer butler to the Witwikens.
The transformers themselves the autoboots are cool, but I felt they didn’t get
enough screen time. The decepticons seem far more interesting. There are some
new ones like a ghetto talking one, and one that turns into a giant
transformer. The giant one gets killed by a newly heroic Optimus in an epic
scene.
The
movie’s dialogue is really good. I felt the lines were interesting and
poignant. The black guy in the movie is pretty much just comic relief. He takes
a fake bullet for Craig’s character and thinks he is dying. I love the fact
that he says that his “job” doesn’t have health insurance. He also says, “I
cant go to jail, I can’t even lift weights!” Agent Simmons returns here as
well, but his character has almost no value. The female human character Miriam
is decent but she falls woefully short of Megan Fox from TF1 & 2. Despite
being far more central to the movies plot. Officer Lenox from Transformers 1-3
returns too working as kind of a double agent. He’s for USA and the transformers
but he works with the TRF.
All in
all I like this movie. But after the hype has died down its certainly not the
best one. However, The Last Knight is a great send off for Michael Bay as the
movie’s director. It’s a terrific film that could have been a little more
thought out but hey its Transformers and this one belongs in the saga. Okay
we’ve heard some good and some bad time to put a score on it….
Verdict: 9/10