Transformers: Age of Extinction Review

Transformers: Age of Extinction 

Release Date: 26th June 2014 - Australia


Production Companies 

Paramount Pictures (presents)
Hasbro (in association with)
Di Bonaventura Pictures 
Ian Bryce Productions
Amblin Entertainment (Uncredited)
Platinum Dunes (Uncredited)
China Movie Channel (in association with)
Jiaflix Enterprises (in association with)

Distribution
Paramount Pictures Australia


Genre: Sci-Fi/Action

Rating: M

Runtime: 165 minutes

Budget: $350,000,000

Box Office Gross: $1,104,039,076

(Worldwide)


Plot Summary

Autobots and Decepticons 
are no longer wanted on 
Earth by humans and have 
gone into hiding. As 
humanity picks up the 
pieces, automobile 

mechanic Cade Yeager and 

his daughter Tessa come 

across Optimus Prime. 

However, once a bounty 
hunter learns that the leader 
of the Autobots is still on 
earth, he begins tracking 
him down. (Source - Metro Cinemas)

Cast

Humans
Mark Wahlberg - Cade Yaeger
Nicola Peltz - Tessa Yaeger
Jack Reynor - Shane Dyson
Kelsey Grammer - Harold Attinger

Stanley Tucci - Joshua Joyce

Sophia Myles - Darcy Tyril

T. J. Miller - Lucas Hannery

Transformers
Peter Cullen - Optimus Prime (Voice)

Mark Ryan - Lockdown (Voice)

John DiMaggio - Crosshairs/

Leadfoot (Voices)
John Goodman - Hound (Voice)
Ken Watanabe - Drift (Voice)
Reno Wilson - Brains (Voice)
Robert Foxworth - Ratchet (Voice)

Frank Welker - Galvatron (Voice)


Crew

Executive Producer/
Director - Michael Bay

Writer - Ehren Kruger

Executive Producers - Steven Spielberg, Brian Goldner and Mark Vahradian
Producers - Ian Bryce, Tom DeSanto, Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Don Murphy

Co-Producer/Unit Production Manager - Allegra Clegg
Co-Producer/First Assistant Director - K.C. Hodenfield
Co-Producers - Matthew Cohan and Michael Kase
Casting Directors - Denise Chamian,
Mickie Paskal and Jennifer Rudnicke

Production Designer - Jeffrey Beecroft
Supervising Art Director - Mark W. Mansbridge
Senior Art Director - Sebastian Schroeder

Cinematography - Amir Mokri
Second Unit Director/Supervising Stunt Coordinator - 
Mike Gunther

Fight Coordinator - Garrett Warren

Special Effects Supervisor - John Frazier
Special Effects Coordinators - Matt Hawker, 

Jim Schwalm and Rashmi Salvi

Visual Effects Supervisors - Adhee Chiu and Jeff White

Co-Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM - Pat Tubach
Visual Effects Art Director: ILM - Alex Jaeger

Animation Director - Scott Benza
Animation Supervisor: ILM - Rick O'Connor 
Effects Supervisor - John Hansen
Film Editors - Paul Rubell, Roger Barton and

William Goldenberg
Supervising Sound Editor/Designer - Ethan Van der Ryn

Music - Steve Jablonosky 
Composer: Additional Music - Hans Zimmer

Songs - Imagine Dragons

Review

Years after the Transformers films were produced, I have enjoyed watching and reviewing all of them. First, there was the 1986 animated movie (click here), then came 2007's 'Transformers' where I once gave it a star-rating of 5 out of 5. Again, I reviewed the average but mildly sequel of 'Revenge of the Fallen' and the improved third instalment 'Dark of the Moon' (DOTM). I thought of the latter once as being the series grand finale, I must admit. The director Michael Bay has a hard time of keeping up with the series' issues as he was deeply focused on the movies' visual impact. He had 'TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION' re-modified in a whole new impression for the newly-matured fans. No longer will it be requiring the old human characters from the first three, replacing these human characters with new ones of more subtlety and appeal. The younger hipster fans can only recognise the new transformers from the vintage cartoon of G1 include such fan-favourites like the Dinobots.

In 'AGE OF EXTINCTION', the brand new characters and dark tone helped the movie in gearing to a new generation of hipsters. What I like about the movie is Mark Wahlberg whom is a good actor that performed the part of the mechanic very well. Call me crazy, but I had no idea he was playing the main human in a Transformers film. Having seen a few movies featuring this well-known actor, he proves that he could do a better job of a heroic, interesting type than Shia LaBeouf. The old actor Shia could have just gotten a cameo appearance. Other actors Stanley Tucci and John Goodman (in robot form) also even displayed this equally excessive natural talent in the supporting character leads.

This is the beginning of a new trilogy with brand new characters and such, the new movie 'AGE OF EXTINCTION' is dazzling in accustoming the action and visual spectacles. 'More mature and edgier than 'DOTM', this movie satisfied most of the die-hard fans who were kept in anticipation.

Star rating: (10/10) Best Movie Ever

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