- 9
It's the exact same movie as the first Transformers, only more--more robots, more glorious violence, more Megan Fox (and Isabel Lucas) glamour shots, more really sophomoric humor, more Shia LaBeouf stammering, more cartoon references for the fans, more transformations...and some of it was shot in IMAX, too.
—Luke Y. Thompson E!
- 7
...may be a massive overdose of popcorn greased with motor oil. But it knows how to feed your inner 10-year-old's appetite for destruction.
—Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly
- 7
If you dug Transformers you will love this one even more.
—Rob Calvert Premiere
- 5
...little seems new compared to the first installment, except that this version is longer, louder, and perhaps "more than your eye can meet" in one sitting.
—Jordan Mintzer Variety
- 5
You're pretty much getting the 2007 Transformers movie again...
—Eric Alt Maxim
- 4
This sequel to the clever and funny first Transformers not only is disappointing, it will give most people a throbbing case of metal overload.
—Claudia Puig USA Today
- 4
...dazzles the eye, numbs the mind and may cause deafness in some cases. Did I mention to bring along some Excedrin?
—Lou Lumenick New York Post
- 4
The dumbest franchise ever conceived just got a little dumber.
—Tasha Robinson Onion AV Club
- 4
...is in-your-face, ear-splitting and unrelenting. It's easy to walk away feeling like you've spent 2 1/2 hours in the mad, wild hydraulic embrace of a car compactor -- exhilarating or excruciating, depending on your point of view.
—Betsy Sharkey Los Angeles Times
- 4
Director Michael Bay's film -- which has two settings, "puree" and "liquify" -- is like that scene in Raging Bull, when Joe Pesci slams a car door against the guy's head, over and over. Bay's sequel is the car door; the audience is the guy.
—Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune
- 4
Fanboys will no doubt love it, but for the uninitiated it's loud, tedious and, at 147 minutes, way too long.
—Ray Bennett Hollywood Reporter
- 3
Oversexed, underwritten, gun-happy, baffling, and boring as a test pattern, Revenge of the Fallen is little more than an excuse to send robots smashing into each other for an excruciating two-and-a-half hours.
—Chris Barsanti Reel
- 3
...a horrible experience of unbearable length, punctuated by three or four amusing moments. One of these involves a dog-like robot humping the leg of the heroine. Such are the meager joys.
—Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times
- 3
Oversexed, underwritten, gun-happy, baffling, and boring as a test pattern, Revenge of the Fallen is little more than an excuse to send robots smashing into each other for an excruciating two-and-a-half hours.
—Chris Barsanti filmcritic.com
- 2
...a bewildering, noisy, sloppy, cynical piece of work, a movie that sneers at the audience for 147 minutes and expects us to lap it up as entertainment--and be grateful.
—Robert Wilonsky LA Weekly
- 2
...an impossibly, incomprehensibly overlong and cacophonous bore.
—Peter Rainer Christian Science Monitor
- 2
Banal, belligerent, and brain-dead, it ultimately succeeds only at being far less than meets bare-minimum cinematic standards.
—Nick Schager Slant Magazine
- 2
...a bewildering, noisy, sloppy, cynical piece of work, a movie that sneers at the audience for 147 minutes and expects us to lap it up as entertainment--and be grateful.
—Robert Wilonsky Village Voice
- 2
...cretinous...
—Manohla Dargis New York Times
- 0
I know there are still 17 months to go, but I'm thinking Transformers 2 has a shot at the title Worst Movie of the Decade.
—Peter Travers Rolling Stone