Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Size: 3.7 G

Directed by: Michael Bay
Produced by: Ian Bryce, Tom DeSanto, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Don Murphy
Executive: Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay, Brian Goldner, Mark Vahradian
Written by: Ehren Kruger, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, John Turturro, Ramon Rodriguez, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson
Length: 150 Min
Country: United States
Language: English

Plot

Thousands of years ago, there was a race of ancient Transformers who scoured the universe looking for energon sources. Known as the Dynasty of the Primes, they used machines called Sun Harvesters to drain stars of their energy in order to convert it to energon and power Cybertron's All Spark. The Primes agreed that life-bearing worlds would be spared, but in 17,000 BC, one Prime, thereafter dubbed "The Fallen", constructed a Sun Harvester on Earth. The remaining Primes sacrificed their bodies in order to hide the Matrix of Leadership — the key that activates the Sun Harvester — from The Fallen, who swore to seek revenge upon Earth.

In the present day, two years after the events of the previous film, Optimus Prime is seen leading a special forces unit known as NEST (Networked Elements: Supporters and Transformers), a military organization consisting of human troops and his own team of Autobots (including newcomers Arcee, Chromia, Elita One, Sideswipe, Jolt, and the twins (Skids and Mudflap) aimed at killing the remaining Decepticons on Earth. While on a mission in Shanghai, Optimus and his team destroy Decepticons Sideways and Demolishor, being given a warning by the latter that "The Fallen will rise again". Back in the United States, Sam Witwicky finds a splinter of the destroyed All Spark, and upon contact the splinter fills his mind with Cybertronian symbols. Deeming it dangerous, Sam gives the All Spark splinter to his girlfriend Mikaela Banes for safe keeping, and leaves her and Bumblebee behind to go off to college. Upon arrival, Sam meets his college roommate Leo Spitz, who runs an alien conspiracy website, and Alice, a co-ed who makes unusually strong sexual advances on him. Back home, Decepticon Wheelie tries to steal the shard, only to be captured by Mikaela. After having a mental breakdown and uncontrollably writing Cybertronian language in class, Sam calls Mikaela, who immediately leaves to get to him.

Decepticon Soundwave hacks into a US satellite and learns the location of the dead Decepticon leader Megatron and another piece of the All Spark. Two Decepticons attack the base, retrieve the shard, and use it to resurrect Megatron, who flies into space and is reunited with Starscream and his master, The Fallen, in the Nemesis. The Fallen instructs Megatron and Starscream to capture Sam in order to learn the location of the Matrix of Leadership. With Sam's outbreaks worsening, Mikaela arrives at campus just as Alice — revealed to be a Decepticon Pretender — tries to attack him. An irate Mikaela, Sam, and his roommate Leo drive off, crashing into Alice, but are captured by the Decepticon Grindor. The Decepticon known as "The Doctor" prepares to remove Sam's brain, but Optimus and Bumblebee manage to arrive in time and rescue Sam. Optimus attempts to hold off Megatron while Sam escapes with Bumblebee. Grindor and Starscream join the fight, and begin to overpower Optimus. Optimus kills Grindor and rips off Starscream's arm, however during a momentary distraction while searching for Sam, he is blindsided and impaled through the chest from behind by Megatron and dies. Megatron and Starscream retreat as the Autobot team arrives to rescue Sam, but too late to assist Optimus.

After Prime's death, The Fallen is freed from his captivity and Megatron orders a full-scale assault on the planet. The Fallen speaks to the humans on earth, demanding they surrender Sam to the Decepticons or they will destroy the world. Sam, Mikaela, Leo, Bumblebee, the twins and Wheelie regroup, and Leo suggests his online rival "Robo-Warrior" may be of assistance. They then proceed to where Robo-Warrior is, who turns out to be former Sector 7 agent Simmons (John Turturro). Simmons informs the group that the symbols Sam has been seeing should be readable for a Decepticon. Mikaela then releases Wheelie, who can't read the language, but identifying it as language of the Primes, directs the group to a Decepticon seeker (who they later learn switched his allegiance to the Autobots) named Jetfire. They then find Jetfire (disguised as the SR-71 in the center of the museum) at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center and reactivate him via the shard of the AllSpark. After teleporting the group to Egypt, Jetfire explains that only a Prime can kill The Fallen, and translates the symbols, which contain a riddle that sets the location of the Matrix of Leadership somewhere in the surrounding desert. By following the clues, the group arrive at the tomb where they ultimately find the Matrix, but it crumbles to dust in Sam's hands. Believing the dust of the Matrix can still revive Optimus, Sam collects the dust and instructs Simmons to call Major William Lennox to bring the other Autobots and Optimus's body.

The military arrives with the Autobots, but so do the Decepticons (many unnamed and of various models which arrive via orbit), and a battle ensues with the Autobots outnumbered and the humans outgunned but managing to inflict casualties. During the battle, Decepticon Devastator is formed and unearths the Sun Harvester from inside one of the pyramids before being destroyed by a US Destroyer's railgun with the help of agent Simmons. Jetfire arrives and destroys Mixmaster, but is mortally wounded by Scorponok. The Air Force carpet bombs the Decepticons, but Megatron avoids the bombings and fires at Sam, killing him. While dead, Sam is contacted by the Dynasty of the Primes who, acknowledging his courage and dedication to Optimus, revive him and reveal to him that the Matrix of Leadership cannot be found, but "earned". Sam awakens to tell Mikaela that he loves her. He then goes on to revive Optimus just before The Fallen ambushes him and his allies, slaughtering a few soldiers, stealing the Matrix and taking off to activate the Harvester. Jetfire sacrifices himself so that Optimus can fuse with Jetfire's parts to fly to the Harvester and ultimately stop The Fallen. He successfully destroys the Harvester with a well-placed shot. Immediately, Optimus engages The Fallen and Megatron in the ruins by fighting non-stop with his new parts from Jetfire, blast Megatron's jaw off, and kills The Fallen by impaling him with his own spear, ripping off his face, and then punching through the Fallen's chest and ripping his spark out. Although the battle was over, Megatron refused to surrender and retreats to the the Nemesis with Starscream. The film ends with Optimus alongside Sam on an aircraft carrier, sending another message into space hoping to find more Autobots, saying that the humans and Transformers both share a common past, and a future they will face together. During the credits, Sam is seen returning to college.