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    TRANSFORMERS

    May 05, 2019 2 minutes
    BEN TRAVIS

    MICHAEL BAY’S MAXIMALIST filmmaking has never been more at home than in the Transformers franchise, where giant robots in disguise beat other robots in disguise into scrap metal. As prequel-reboot Bumblebee hits Blu-ray, let my metallic marathon begin.

    9AM TRANSFORMERS (2007)

    Say what you will about the sequels (and believe me, I holds up nicely. It’s overly long, but judged against what follows it almost has a sense of… restraint? Not exactly. Charm? Sort of. Fun is probably the right term — the rock-’em-sock-’em action is colourful and pacy, Shia LaBeouf is on good form, and the novelty hasn’t worn off. Is it too late to stop here?

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