Optimus, Megatron & Bumble Bee return along with Sam Witwicky (Shia Lebeouf) and quirky former agent Simmons for the third installment of Michael Bay's Transformers franchise. In Transformers: Dark of the Moon a legendary autobot leader, Sentinel Prime (voiced by Leonard Nimoy) is rescued from an ancient crash site on the moon along with apocalypic technology. The battle for this technology drives the plot in an awe inspiring series of action sequences.
Francis McDormand takes on the role of National Security Advisor spearheading the Government's management of their alien allies while Patrick Dempsey is introduced as brand new villain in the saga. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley replaces Megan Fox as Witwicky's love interest providing a forgettable sub-plot. Let's face it, Transformers movies are all about giant robot vs giant robot and all the destruction that entails. Dark of the Moon delivers. The clash of good versus evil is epic and that is as it should be.
Michael Bay's vision is not without its flaws, however. The romance between the human hero and his love interest falls flat and much of the humor that made the first Transformers movie such a delight is lost. But whatever weaknesses the film displays are vigorously offset by the vitality and power of the director's vision and the spectacular visual effects. You don't have to be a fan of transformers to be a fan of this movie. If you're in the mood for a summer block-buster that serves up wild chases in cool cars, explosions in major metropolitan centres, end of the world stakes and sexy men and women shooting lots and lots of guns then Transformers Dark of the Moon is definitely worth the price of admission.
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