A scene from ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ | photo credit: Paramount Pictures
“Cross my spark and hope to die,” says Mirage (Pete Davidson), the sleek Porsche Autobot, and one can’t help but smile. all about this seventh film transformer Cosmos – the sequel to 2018 Bumble-bee and the 2007 prequel transformer – Pleasing to the eye, ear and heart. After the prologue that introduces us to the beast-robots, the Maximals, the planet-eater Unicron (Coleman Domingo) and his henchmen, the Terracons led by Scourge (Peter Dinklage), and the Transwarp, which opens portals across space and time , we arrive in 1994 Brooklyn. Seeing the Twin Towers was a solemn moment.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (English)
director: Steven Caple Jr.
mold: Anthony Ramos, Dominic Fishbach
voice cast: Ron Perlman, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, Liza Koshy, Michaela J. Rodriguez, Pete Davidson, Coleman Sunday, Cristo Fernandez, Tongayi Chirisa
Order: 127 minutes
Story: Autobots, Maximals, Terrorcons and humans seek the Transwarp Key for their own reasons
Noah Diaz (Anthony Ramos) is a former soldier and electronics specialist trying to make ends meet, which is especially difficult because his younger brother Chris (Dean Scott Vazquez) has sickle cell disease and needs to pay for therapy. The family is three months behind in doing the bill. Noah’s friend Rick (Tobe Navigway) suggests stealing cars for a quick buck.
On the other side of town is Elena (Dominique Fishbach), working at a museum with an evil boss who takes credit for all her work. Elena notices strange markings on the hawk-shaped statue and as she is researching it, it opens to reveal one-half of the Transwarp Key. As soon as the Key is revealed, it sends out a powerful signal to summon robots from all corners of the galaxy, the good, the bad and the ugly.
Autobot leader Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen) seeks to use the key to return home to Cybertron. He summons the other Autobots, including Bumblebee and Mirage, who is in the midst of being stolen by Noah, and so the former vet is included in the Autobots’ mission. When Noah learns that Earth is under threat from a hungry Unicron, he decides to find and destroy the Transwarp Key.
Elena, in the true tradition of all film academics, can crack the millennia-old code instantly and locate the next stop, Machu Picchu, Cuzco. It is unsettling to see all kinds of mechanical beasts on the roofs of ancient Inca sites and towering mountains of flames on venerable peaks. One expected Tintin and the little orange seller Zorino to clash with each other and Captain Haddock to have angry words with the obstinate llama.
while not going all out michael baywho directed the first five noisy installments of the franchise, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts An attractive addition to the Canon. The clues are as easy on the eyes as the voice work was on the ears – from Ron Perlman as the gorilla-sized leader of the Maximals, Optimus Primal, to Michelle Yeoh who continues to impart cryptic clues and wisdom in accentuations as the Falcon , Erazor. The music is great too, including Reek’s special mix for relaxing while jacking cars.
Time spent in a movie that makes you smile, in which people, machines, and twinkly-eyed robots fly in the face of danger, a fun adventure, and some pretty creative CGI and car chases can be time well spent. .
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is currently playing in theaters