![]() ![]() There’s a functional engine under this hood as the script, direction (by Steve Caple Jr.), cinematography (Enrique Chediak) and acting coalesce into what, for a “Transformers” movie, is a shockingly solid dramedy.Īnthony Ramos carries the movie with a mixture of innocent determination, amazement and self-doubt as reluctant hero Noah Diaz. Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback star as reluctant, world-saving partners in “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.” (Paramount Pictures)ĭespite a fan-service opening that posits the Maximals as a tragic race, the movie switches gears to become a hip hop-driven portrait of mid-1990s Brooklyn, with sharp editing and excellent use of period-appropriate hits. There’s just enough of it to remind us why we’re here. “Rise of the Beasts” is unbothered with justifying or explaining its plot, which is refreshing next to so many flimsy sci-fi concepts that are teased out with grave, dour world-building. ![]() The movie’s big baddie is a twinkling yellow light with zero motivations - a carboard Sauron. Heroes such as Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen) and Bumblebee (who talks using snippets of songs and movies) actually look like the 1980s and ’90s toys, not the over-designed Michael Bay monstrosities. They share the Autobots’ mission to save the world from the nebulously evil Unicron, whose minions search for a key hidden on Earth to bring Unicron here to devour us. The latest in a decades-long string of ads for parent company Hasbro, “Rise of the Beasts” expands the Transformers world to the time-traveling Maximals, or robots who look like cheetahs, gorillas, birds and rhinos. Incredibly, the fact that Michelle Yeoh, Ron Perlman and Peter Dinklage voice some of the robots has nothing to do with it. And even those are better than the Bay-directed movies. The movie succeeds where most “Transformers” titles fail by focusing on laughs and heart amid the thudding setpieces. That’s worth remembering while watching the relatively fleet, airy “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts,” which releases June 9. And yet, that’s what director Michael Bay did with his abysmal reboots of the toy brand starting in 2007, leaving an entire generation of would-be fans with the sense that these shapeshifting robots are as flat, joyless and violent as Superman and Batman are in the hands of director Zack Snyder. ![]() Taking a live-action “Transformers” movie seriously feels absurd. Rise of the Beasts arrives in theatres June 9, 2023.Sunday, October 22nd 2023 Home Page Close Menu directs, and the sequel stars Peter Cullen, Ron Perlman, Pete Davidson, Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Tobe Nwigwe, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, Liza Koshy, John DiMaggio, David Sobolov, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, and Cristo Fernández. Returning to the action and spectacle that have captured moviegoers around the world, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will take audiences on a ‘90s globetrotting adventure with the Autobots and introduce a whole new breed of Transformer – the Maximals – to the existing battle on earth between Autobots and Decepticons. #Transformers #RiseOfTheBeasts /DJeuAv6Ry0 Rise of the Beasts has been getting surprisingly positive first reactions, but the full review embargo hasn't lifted yet.ĭiscover how the voice of Optimus Prime came to life from the legendary Peter Cullen. With the movie set to hit theaters next week, a new featurette has been released which includes some footage of Prime in action along with an interview with Cullen, who explains how he ended up landing the voice-acting job for the original animated series many years ago. "The legendary Peter Cullen has voiced heroic Autobot leader Optimus Prime since the very beginning, and he's set to reprise the role for Paramount Pictures' latest instalment in the live-action Transformers franchise, Rise of the Beasts.
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