Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen


Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a 2009 American science fiction action film based on Hasbro's Transformers toy line. It is the sequel to Transformers and the second in the Transformers film series. Like its predecessor, the film was directed by Michael Bay and written by Ehren Kruger, Roberto Orci, and Alex Kurtzman. Set two years after the events of Transformers, Revenge of the Fallen recounts the battle between the Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, and the Decepticons, led by Megatron. The Autobots and Sam Witwicky ally again to face an ancient Decepticon named the Fallen, who pursues revenge on Earth.
Development on a sequel to Transformers began by May 2007. With deadlines jeopardized by possible strikes by the Directors Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild, Bay managed to finish the production on time with the help of previsualization and a scriptment. Shooting took place between May and September 2008, with locations in Egypt, Jordan, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and California, as well as air bases in New Mexico and Arizona.
It premiered on June 8, 2009, at Roppongi Hills in Tokyo, Japan and was released on June 24 in the United States. The film received generally negative reviews from critics. It won three Golden Raspberry Awards at the 30th Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony and became the highest-grossing film to win the Worst Picture award at the time. The film surpassed its predecessor's box office gross worldwide with $836.5 million, making it the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2009. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing at the 82nd Academy Awards. With over 11 million home media sales in 2009, it was also the top-selling film of the year in the United States. It was followed by Transformers: Dark of the Moon in 2011.

Plot

In 17,000 B.C., seven Primes—the highest ruling Cybertronians—collect Energon from Star Harvesters, machines that consume stars to harness their energy. The Primes have a sacred rule to never deplete a star that sustains life. One of them violates this rule by ordering the construction of a Star Harvester on Earth, for which he becomes "the Fallen", the original Decepticon, and is defeated by the other Primes.
In the present day, two years after the battle of Mission City, the Autobots and the humans have formed NEST, a classified joint task force to eliminate the remaining Decepticons. Two Decepticons, Sideways and Demolishor, are defeated in Shanghai, but the latter warns of the Fallen's return before being killed. Meanwhile, the Decepticon Soundwave hacks a military satellite to track and steal the last known piece of the AllSpark shard from a U.S Navy base in Diego Garcia. The Constructicons use it to resurrect Megatron while tearing off parts from one of their own to repair his body, and Megatron returns to the Fallen. The Fallen sends Megatron and his second-in-command, Starscream, to kill Optimus Prime and capture Sam Witwicky, who now unknowingly contains the knowledge of the AllSpark within his mind after using it to kill Megatron.
Meanwhile, Sam, now attending college at Princeton University, has been seeing Cybertronian symbols since touching a smaller AllSpark shard unlocked some of its knowledge; Megatron believes the symbols will lead the Decepticons to a new Energon source. The shard brings many of the kitchen appliances to life, which attempt to kill Sam and his parents, but Bumblebee rescues them. Sam gives the shard to his girlfriend, Mikaela Banes, who later captures the small Decepticon Wheelie as he attempts to steal it. After being attacked by Alice, a Decepticon Pretender posing as a college student, Sam, his roommate Leo, and Mikaela are captured by the Decepticon Grindor before the Autobots save them. Optimus battles Megatron, Starscream, and Grindor, killing the latter, but is killed by Megatron while defending Sam. The Decepticons launch devastating attacks around the world, while Megatron and Soundwave hijack Earth's telecommunication systems, which allows the Fallen to send a message to the humans, demanding that Sam be handed over to him.
Sam, Mikaela, and Leo then seek out alien expert and former Sector Seven agent Seymour Simmons, who reveals that Transformers have been visiting Earth for a long time and some, known as Seekers, have remained hidden on the planet. With help from Wheelie, they track down an elderly Decepticon-turned-Autobot Seeker named Jetfire at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. They use their shard to revive Jetfire, who teleports the group to Egypt. Along with Jetfire, Wheelie allies with the Autobots, and Jetfire sends them to locate the Matrix of Leadership, the key to the Star Harvester, which could also revive Optimus. The group finds the Matrix, which the Primes sacrificed themselves to conceal, but it disintegrates into dust.
Meanwhile, NEST forces and the Autobots land near the Giza pyramid complex and are attacked by the Decepticons. The Constructicons combine to form Devastator, who reveals the Star Harvester hidden inside a pyramid before he is destroyed by a Navy railgun, as U.S. military reinforcements and Jetfire arrive to assist. Many Decepticons are destroyed by multiple airstrikes from the Navy and the U.S. Air Force, but Megatron manages to kill Sam. The Primes speak to Sam, saying that the Matrix must be earned, not found, and that he has the right to bear it by sacrificing himself for Optimus. They revive Sam and grant him the Matrix, which he uses to resurrect Optimus. The Fallen steals the Matrix from a weakened Optimus and uses it to activate the Star Harvester. Jetfire, who was wounded by Scorponok before he killed it, sacrifices himself to merge with Optimus, giving him additional power and flight. With this upgrade, Optimus destroys the Star Harvester, severely wounds Megatron, and kills the Fallen. Distraught by his master's death, Megatron retreats with Starscream. The Autobots and their allies return to the United States, and Sam and Leo return to college.

Cast

Live-action

  • Shia LaBeouf as Sam Witwicky: A recent high school graduate who is unwittingly drawn again into the Autobot cause to unravel an ancient mystery implanted into his mind by the now-destroyed Allspark.
  • Megan Fox as Mikaela Banes: Sam's girlfriend, whom he trusts as the AllSpark fragments begin to unravel.
  • Josh Duhamel as Major William Lennox A U.S. Army Ranger who establishes NEST to help the Autobots in their battle against the remaining Decepticons.
  • Tyrese Gibson as Robert Epps: A U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant and Combat Controller in Lennox's team who leads NEST's SWAT unit.
  • John Turturro as Seymour Simmons: A former agent of the recently terminated Sector 7 who now runs a meat shop in New York City with his mother, Tova Simmons.
  • Ramon Rodriguez as Leo Spitz: A college roommate of Sam's who runs an online conspiracy blog and is obsessed with the Transformers. Before Rodríguez was cast, Jonah Hill was in talks to play the role but Seth Rogen advised him to turn it down to focus instead on his own projects. Hill chose to do Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian instead.
  • Kevin Dunn as Ron Witwicky: Sam's father.
  • Julie White as Judith Witwicky: Sam's mother.
  • Isabel Lucas as Alice: A female pretender sent to spy on Sam in college.
  • John Benjamin Hickey as Theodore Galloway: A national security adviser who often chastises NEST and the Autobots for their destructive tactics.
  • Glenn Morshower as General Morshower: The supervisor of NEST.
  • Matthew Marsden as Captain Graham: a British Army Special Air Service NEST officer.
  • Rainn Wilson as Professor R.A. Colan: Sam and Leo's astronomy teacher.
  • Michael Papajohn as Cal Banes: Mikaela's father.
  • Spencer Garrett as Air Force Chief of Staff
  • Josh Kelly as Stone
  • Deep Roy as Egyptian Guard

    Voices

  • Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime: The leader of the Autobots who transforms into a blue and red 1994 Peterbilt 379 semi-trailer truck.
  • Hugo Weaving as Megatron: The Fallen's apprentice and the leader of the Decepticons who transforms into a flying Cybertronian tank.
  • Tony Todd as The Fallen/Megatronus Prime: A Prime who is the first and founder of the Decepticons, as well as the master of Megatron.
  • Mark Ryan as:
  • * Bumblebee: An Autobot scout and Sam's guardian who transforms into a yellow and black 2009 Chevrolet Camaro.
  • * Jetfire: A former Decepticon Seeker turned Autobot who transforms into a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird.
  • Jess Harnell as Ironhide: The Autobot weapons specialist and Optimus's new second-in-command who transforms into a black 2009 GMC Topkick C4500.
  • Robert Foxworth as Ratchet: The Autobot medical officer who transforms into a yellow 2009 search and rescue Hummer H2 ambulance.
  • Charlie Adler as Starscream: Megatron's second-in-command who transforms into a Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.
  • Frank Welker as:
  • * Soundwave: The Decepticon communications officer who orbits Earth as a Cybertronian satellite.
  • * Ravage: A stealthy, jaguar-like Decepticon who transforms into a Cybertronian missile, is deployed by Soundwave.
  • * Reedman: A razor-thin Decepticon composed of the "Microcons", thousands of Decepticons who transform into metal beads that are deployed by Ravage.
  • * Grindor: A large Decepticon who transforms into a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter.
  • * Devastator: A massive Decepticon who is the combination of ten construction vehicles. In the Transformers lore, these vehicles are meant to be individual Decepticons called the Constructicons. In the film, however, only Mixmaster, Scrapper, Scrapmetal, and Long Haul transform into robots, and they appear separate from Devastator. Concept art was created for the others, but most of them were only featured in the related toy lines.
The named Constructicons are:
  • ** Mixmaster: A black and silver Mack concrete mixer truck that transforms into the head.
  • ** Scrapper: A yellow Caterpillar 992G scoop loader that transforms into the right arm.
  • ** Scrapmetal: A yellow Volvo EC700C crawler excavator fitted with a Stanley UP 45SV attachment that transforms into the left hand.
  • ** Long Haul: A green Caterpillar 773B dump truck that transforms into the right leg.
  • ** Scavenger: A red and white Terex O&K RH 400 excavator that transforms into the upper torso and shoulders.
  • ** Hightower: A yellow Kobelco CKE2500 II crawler crane that transforms into the left arm.
  • ** Skipjack: A yellow Caterpillar D9T bulldozer that transforms into the left leg.
  • ** Overload: A red KW Dart D4661 Tractor Truck articulated dump truck that transforms into the lower torso and thighs.
  • ** Payload: A Caterpillar 773B Dump Truck articulated dump truck that transforms into the Upper right leg of devastator.
  • ** Wideload: A Caterpillar 773B Dump Truck articulated dump truck that transforms into the Upper left arm and Shoulder of devastator.
  • ** Buckethead: A Construction Shovel articulated bulldozer that transforms into the Right arm's hand of devastator.
  • André Sogliuzzo as Sideswipe: The Autobot combat instructor who transforms into a silver 2009 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray concept car.
  • Tom Kenny as:
  • * Wheelie: A former Decepticon spy, later turned Autobot, who transforms into a blue radio-controlled toy monster truck, based on a Ford F-350.
  • * Skids: An Autobot infiltrator and Mudflap's twin who first transforms into the front half of a custom-built ice cream truck, and later, a green 2007 Chevrolet Beat.
  • Reno Wilson as Mudflap: An Autobot infiltrator and Skids' twin who first transforms into the back half of a custom-built ice cream truck, and later, a red 2007 Chevrolet Trax.
  • Grey DeLisle as Arcee, Chromia, and Elita-One: A trio of female Autobot sisters who transforms into a pink Ducati 848, a blue Suzuki B-King, and a purple MV Agusta F4, respectively.
  • Calvin Wimmer as Demolishor: A massive Constructicon who transforms into a white and red Terex O&K RH 400 excavator.
  • John DiCrosta as Scalpel: A spider-like Decepticon who transforms into a 1938 American Optical 603 lensmeter.
  • Michael York as Prime #1: One of the seven Primes.
  • Kevin Michael Richardson as:
  • * Prime #2: One of the seven Primes.
  • * Rampage: A Constructicon who transforms into a red Caterpillar D9T bulldozer.
  • Robin Atkin Downes as Prime #3: One of the seven Primes