1/7/2024 0 Comments Transformers 2 deep roy![]() let’s start by summing up the stuff that doesn’t work. I think coming off a decade of fans really putting the boot in and almost wilfully misreading some bits (after the credits we get an evacuation of a toxic chemical plant that’s on fire before NEST arrive, but some people still insist Demolisher was just out for a nice Sunday walk before evil Optimus Prime came and killed him), and the plot is certainly more linear and coherent than I remembered, basically being pass different McGuffins along the chain until you get to the last solar system threatening one.Īs I’m guessing most of you don’t need a blow by blow plot synopsis. Revisiting it for this, I was actually surprised how much I enjoyed it. ![]() It’s why I like the full on silliness of Dark Knight Rises more than its predecessor even though that’s clearly a better film, and will Stan Moonraker all day long. But I do have a fondness for messy and slightly flawed films that do more than they can possibly handle. So on that score, Revenge of the Fallen is very much the defining film in the series, the one that best represents what people automatically think of when you say “Transformers” to them, even more than the first.Īs for myself, I actually enjoyed it at the time. If you haven’t seen all of the previous 20 or not recently enough to recall all the plot relevant stuff, it doesn’t matter because there’s a really cool action or comedy beat every ten minutes.Įffectively, this divide between existing fans and critics and people who just want two hours of robots violently punching each other would remain until The Last Knight firmly underwhelmed everyone. With tickets so expensive, it’s easy to see why something that genuinely needs to be seen on a cinema screen did so well, coherence be damned.Īnd it’s the same principal that has allowed Avengers Endgame to become the second most successful film of all time with no concessions to people who don’t know the MCU backwards. In 2009 the most recent MCU film was The Incredible Hulk, in terms of sheer spectacle Michael Bay was way ahead of any other movie doing the rounds, even outdoing the already ground-breaking work of the first. General audiences on the other hand, ate it up even more than the first and liked it enough to come back in bigger numbers for the third. ![]() The response was basically a stunned silence. The trailers made it look more of the same, but bigger, so folk thought they knew what they were getting. So two years later, there was actual optimism. The 2007 film had, almost grudgingly, been well received by fans and even critics had been moderately warm to it in a Bumblebee sort of way (though the reception to that has much looked more rapturous in comparison to what came between the two). “Star Trek Beyond” also features Indo-Canadian actor-director-writer Harpreet Sandhu in an uncredited role as a member of the USSE Bridge crew.Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. ![]() Roy, however, is not the only actor with an Indian connection in this sci-fi action-adventure film, which stars Idris Elba, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana and John Cho. Roy, who began his career in England as a stand-up comic, also made appearances in popular television shows such as “The X-Files” and HBO’s comedy, “Eastbound and Down.”įrom 1978, he has showcased his action skills as a stuntman for various films and television shows, including the Hugh Jackman starrer “Van Helsing” and the 1994 film, “The Jungle Book.” Born in Nairobi, Kenya, as Mohinder Purba, the actor has also starred in major motion pictures such as “Big Fish,” “Star Trek Into Darkness,” “Return to Oz,” “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” and “Planet of the Apes.” He also won hearts as Teeny Weeny in “The Never Ending Story” and the unforgettable elf in “Benji’s Very Own Christmas Story.” ![]()
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