Out Now: Transformers Revenge of the Fallen

Transformers:  Revenge of the Fallen hits theaters today (yes, on a Wednesday!) and I’m expecting it to be a huge premiere.  Judging from the trailers, this highly anticipated sequel looks great but, of course, I’m sure a lot of movie-goers are wondering if it can be a good as the first film.  After seeing some early reviews (Rotten Tomatoes has it currently listed at 21% and Roger Ebert gave it one star), I am a little concerned that they sacrificed plot elements in order to pack a more visual punch.

image: Paramount Pictures

The story picks up two years after the events in Transformers and Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) makes a big life decision – he chooses to go away to college and leave behind his girlfriend, Mikaela (Megan Fox) and his beloved car, Bumblebee.  I can’t imagine why he would do that but let’s hope there’s a good explanation in a movie.

Anyway, everything seems fine until he starts seeing visions and symbols that he doesn’t understand.  When he tells Optimus Prime about it, the Autobots’ leader reveals that there is a lot that Sam doesn’t know.  Of course, the Decepticons find out about the secrets being kept from Sam and a war between good and evil erupts (again).

The new Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen video game looks amazing so, maybe after I see the movie, I’ll pick up a copy.  It looks a little more flexible than the game for the first movie so I’m looking forward to checking out.