While it’s fun for a while to watch giant robots collide, it quickly feels like you’ve seen it before, notes Mayur Sanap.

Fingers crossed it looks like we’re ushering in an era where transformers Movies are fun again.

By no means superlative cinema, these live-action films, directed by Michael Bay, launched in 2007, but they did deliver solid popcorn entertainment with mindless fun about changing cars.

However, the quality of the franchise deteriorated following the spate of bland and hackneyed sequels that followed the first trilogy.

Transformers: Rise of the Beaststhe seventh film in this universe, builds on the old template but amplifies everything that worked to its advantage bumblebeethe 2018 spin-off film that revived the franchise.

Positioned as a prequel to the first transformers and a sequel to bumblebeeThe story revolves around the Maximals – the alien robots that look like giant animals – who protect the Ancient Key from the menacing Unicron, who is bent on devouring planets across the universe.

This key is also a means of finding a way back home for the Autobots stranded on Earth, which include Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen). The Maximals and the Autobots team up with the humans at their side as the intergalactic war breaks out.

The human drama is helmed by the charming Noah by Anthony Ramos and nerdy archaeologist Elena by Dominique Fishback. Together they embark on an Indiana Jones-style adventure alongside our alien robots to help them win the battle.

The transformers The series has never been afraid to go completely insane, and that is exactly what sets it apart. Boasting big, loud and over-the-top action sets, this new addition stays true to its playbook.

A lot of it just doesn’t work.

While it’s fun for a while to watch giant alien robots collide, it quickly feels like you’ve seen it before.

Director Steven Caple Jr. moves the drama at breakneck speed while focusing more on the emotional connection between human characters and the robots we saw within bumblebee as well as.

Reboots are becoming the norm, but they can only be fun if done a certain way.

Last weeks Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was a fine example of the subversion of the genre, however Transformers: Rise of the Beasts plays the same old beats and misses the opportunity by a long way.

To his credit, the film doesn’t get out of hand and fall into the trash style Age of Annihilation (2014) and The Last Knight (2017), but at the same time it brings nothing new to the table and boils down to formulaic, big-budget, CGI-heavy commodities.

It’s all fun while it lasts, and then instantly forgotten.

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