Young teenager Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of transforming robots – the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Sam holds the clue to unimaginable power and the Decepticons will stop at nothing to retrieve it.

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Film Cast:

• Sam Witwicky: Shia LaBeouf
• Mikaela Banes: Megan Fox
• Captain Lennox: Josh Duhamel
• USAF Tech Sergeant Epps: Tyrese Gibson
• Maggie Madsen: Rachael Taylor
• Glen Whitman: Anthony Anderson
• Defense Secretary John Keller: Jon Voight
• Agent Simmons: John Turturro
• Tom Banacheck: Michael O’Neill
• Ron Witwicky: Kevin Dunn
• Judy Witwicky: Julie White
• ACWO Jorge “Fig” Figueroa: Amaury Nolasco
• First Sergeant Donnelly: Zack Ward
• Ranger Team: Patrick Mulderrig
• Ranger Team: Luis Echagarruga
• Ranger Team: Michael Trisler
• Ranger Team: Brian Shehan
• Mahfouz: Ashkan Kashanchi
• Akram: Rizwan Manji
• Captain Witwicky: William Morgan Sheppard
• Sailor: C.J. Thomason
• Bobby Bolivia: Bernie Mac
• Manny: Carlos Moreno Jr.
• Clown: Johnny Sanchez
• Miles: John Robinson
• Trent: Travis Van Winkle
• Mr. Hosney: Peter Jacobson
• SOCCENT Sergeant: Glenn Morshower
• SOCCENT Op-Centre Tech: Frederic Doss
• SOCCENT Op-Centre Tech: Charlie Bodin
• USAF Staff Sergeant: Joshua Feinman
• Admiral Brigham: Chris Ellis
• Sector Seven Agent: Brian Stepanek
• Four Star General: Steven Ford
• Two Star General: Michael Shamus Wiles
• R&D Team Leader: Andy Milder
• Air Force Major General: Craig Barnett
• Keller Aide: Brian Prescott
• Pentagon Watch Commander: Scott Peat
• Enlisted Aide: Colleen Porch
• FBI Agent: Jamie McBride
• FBI Agent: Wiley M. Pickett
• Sarah Lennox: Samantha Smith
• Telephone Operator: Ravi Patel
• Sheriff: Rick Gomez
• Deputy: Andy Domingues
• Football Coach: Mike Fisher
• Analyst: Colin Fickes
• Analyst: Tom Lenk
• Analyst: Jamison Yang
• Glen’s Grandmother: Esther Scott
• CNN Reporter: Madison Mason
• News Reporter: Jeremy Jojola
• News Reporter: Jessica Kartalija
• Café Kid: Andrew Altonji
• Café Kid: Andrew Lewis Caldwell
• Witness: J.P. Manoux
• Dad: Pete Gardner
• Little Girl: Sophie Bobal
• Mom in Car: Laurel Garner
• Boy in Car: Chip Hormess
• Pilot: Ray Toth
• AWACS Controller: Michael Adams
• AWACS Controller: Ron Henry
• AWACS Controller: Benjamin Hoffman
• AWACS Controller: Michael McNabb
• AWACS Controller: Jason White
• Control Tower Tech: Adam Ratajczak
• Socialite: Maja Kljun
• Socialite: Michelle Pierce
• Socialite: Odette Annable
• Xbox Guy: Bob Stephenson
• Self: Mason Rock Bay
• Optimus Prime (voice): Peter Cullen
• Transformers (voice): Mark Ryan
• Jazz (voice): Darius McCrary
• Ratchet (voice): Robert Foxworth
• Ironhide / Barricade (voice): Jess Harnell
• Megatron (voice): Hugo Weaving
• Bonecrusher (voice): Jimmie Wood
• Frenzy (voice): Reno Wilson
• Starscream (voice): Charlie Adler
• Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited): Michael Bay
• Cafe Kid (uncredited): Colton Haynes
• Moustache Man: Brian Reece
• Secret Service Agent (uncredited): Robert Gerrits

Film Crew:

• Executive Producer: Steven Spielberg
• Editor: Paul Rubell
• Executive Producer: Michael Bay
• Editor: Glen Scantlebury
• Casting: Janet Hirshenson
• Producer: Don Murphy
• Casting: Jane Jenkins
• Production Design: Jeff Mann
• Art Direction: Beat Frutiger
• Special Effects Supervisor: John Frazier
• Casting: Michelle Lewitt
• Producer: Ian Bryce
• Producer: Lorenzo di Bonaventura
• Costume Design: Deborah Lynn Scott
• Art Direction: Sean Haworth
• Sound Editor: Craig Berkey
• Co-Producer: Kenny Bates
• Key Makeup Artist: Robin Beauchesne
• Set Decoration: Rosemary Brandenburg
• Art Direction: Kevin Kavanaugh
• Story: Alex Kurtzman
• Story: Roberto Orci
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Greg P. Russell
• Original Music Composer: Steve Jablonsky
• Assistant Art Director: Page Buckner
• Producer: Tom DeSanto
• Story: John Rogers
• Executive Producer: Brian Goldner
• Executive Producer: Mark Vahradian
• Director of Photography: Mitchell Amundsen
• Editor: Tom Muldoon
• Set Decoration: Larry Dias
• Music Supervisor: Dave Jordan
• Art Direction: François Audouy
• Supervising Art Director: Geoff Hubbard
• Hair Department Head: Kathrine Gordon
• Co-Producer: Allegra Clegg
• Associate Producer: Matthew Cohan
• Second Assistant Director: Brian Relyea
• Stunts: Gina Mari
• Stunts: Natascha Hopkins
• Key Makeup Artist: Greg Funk
• Camera Operator: Christopher Duskin
• Stunts: Nina Kaczorowski
• Musician: Armen Ksajikian
• Stunts: Bridgett Riley
• Stunts: Wendi Bromley
• Costume Supervisor: Anthony J. Scarano
• Makeup Department Head: Edouard F. Henriques
• Costume Supervisor: Mitchell Ray Kenney
• Hairstylist: Joy Zapata
• Stunts: Sara Holden
• Stunt Coordinator: Troy Robinson
• Stunt Double: Stacey Carino
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Kevin O’Connell
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Scott Farrar
• Supervising Sound Editor: Ethan van der Ryn
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Russell Earl
• Assistant Art Director: Martha Johnston
• Steadicam Operator: David Emmerichs
• Stunt Double: Jennifer Badger
• Camera Operator: Philippe Carr-Forster
• Script Supervisor: Karen Golden
• Supervising Sound Editor: Mike Hopkins
• Hairstylist: Yvette Stone
• Camera Operator: Thom Owens
• Stunts: Olivia Summers
• Animation: Jimmy Almeida
• Animation: Larry White
• Hairstylist: Deborah Mills-Whitlock
• Stunts: Boni Yanagisawa
• Utility Stunts: Alina Andrei
• Animation Supervisor: Scott Benza
• Visual Effects Producer: Shari Hanson
• Sound Mixer: Peter J. Devlin
• Stunts: Kym Stys
• Stunts: Shauna Duggins
• First Assistant Director: Simon Warnock
• Stunts: Sabine Varnes
• Stunts: Hannah Kozak
• Utility Stunts: Meegan E. Godfrey
• Stunts: Barbara Anne Klein
• Second Assistant Director: Fred Usher
• Stunts: Ming Qiu
• Associate Producer: Michelle McGonagle
• Stunts: Sonja Munsterman
• Stunts: Heather Arthur
• Second Second Assistant Director: Stephen W. Moore
• Stunts: Jennifer England
• Stunts: Tina Sen Gordon
• Stunts: Tine H. Petersen
• Second Second Assistant Director: Adam Martin

Movie Reviews:

• CinemaSerf: With all the gazillion planets in the galaxy to choose from, the warring Cybertron races of “Autobots” (the sort of goodies) and “Decepticons” (the sort of baddies) descend on Earth in search of a missing cube. This “allspark” – landed on our planet aeons ago and for many years has been unwittingly in the custody of the always competent US military and their “Section 7” operatives – currently led by “Simmons” (John Turturro). Now it transpires that there is a clue to the location of this gizmo – and that is to be found on the spectacles of the grandfather of “Sam” (Shia LaBeouf), only he doesn’t know it. The goodies decide to protect him by providing him with one of their number, the ultimate convertible car “Bumblebee” but that doesn’t actually end up being much use as his bodyguard and soon poor old “Sam” and his gal “Mikaela” (the startlingly wooden Megan Fox) are embroiled in the action-packed Meccano movie. The star is easy on the eye and has a soupçon of charisma to bring, but otherwise this is just a shockingly derivative series of repetitive fight scenes featuring robots between whom it is almost impossible to distinguish. Their vocals all seem to involve them speaking into the microphone through an old pair of socks, and as it lurches on I gradually found I really couldn’t care less whether the red robot beat the black one – you just know this is but the start of a never ending franchise with only two purposes. 1 – to restart the flagging career of Josh Duhamel and 2 – to sell toys, thousands and thousands of toys. Marketing has often been behind some of the most successful movie spin-offs, but somehow this is just a touch more cynical than the rest. The story is weak and the characterisations, such as they are, are about as deep as a hoof print. Plenty of pyrotechnics, though, but at all but 2½ hours long, this is a long old haul. Maybe if I were only twelve years old, but…