IS THE TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE THE FRANCHISE’S PEAK?
t shouldn’t have worked. In the early ’80s, toy giant Hasbro launched their “robots in disguise” via a triple threat of comics, a TV series and action figures. The leap to the big screen in 1986 was’s decision to kill half the characters was undoubtedly a cynical plot to introduce new toys. Nonetheless, it shaped the film into a ferocious and unflinching masterpiece that the franchise has yet to surpass.
