Transformers: Age of Extinction

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Rated PG-13 and Released in Grand Rapids 7/3/14

Reviewed 7/3/14 at Celebration North Theatre

with Gary and Anette

3 out of 5 Js in QUIET Rating System

Mark Wahlberg stars, and is well cast as Cade Yeager, in this latest installment of the Transformers franchise. This is the first of a new trilogy that picks up sometime after the third one ended, with Yeager uncovering one of the autobots by mistake.

Country guy/inventor Cade and his daughter Tessa Yeager (Nicole Peltz) along with her boyfriend Shane (Jack Reyner) were the primary heroes. The biggest mistake of this was making the film 165 minutes - way too long. Other than that, we all thought it was full of all the typical yet very thrilling action.

Cade brings home another piece of junk for his science technology barn lab. His truck turns out to not be the rust bucket he thought, but is actually Optimus Prime - the worshipped leader of the auotobots. The government has turned on the once metal friends and they are hunting them down. Humans and Transformers were once side by side but things have quickly turned, primarily due to being misled by super villain Harold Atinger (Kelsey Grammer). The story gets a little muddled during some of the battles because it is sometimes hard to tell which side everyone is on. Transformers: Age of Distinction is an action packed movie and if you can sit through the lengthy flick you will certainly feel like you got your money's worth.

QUIET Rating system: 3  Js

Quality: JJJj

Understood story:  JJj

Interest: JJJj

Entertainment:  JJJj

Time:  Jj