Transmorphers: Fall of Man (Video 2009)

In this present day prequel, the robot invaders attack the Earth, forcing a small band of humans to seek refuge below the surface of the planet.

Director:

Scott Wheeler

Writer:

Shane Van Dyke (screenplay)

Stars:

Bruce Boxleitner, Jennifer Rubin, Shane Van Dyke

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bruce Boxleitner	...	Officer Hadley Ryan
Jennifer Rubin	...	Dr. Jo Summers
Shane Van Dyke	...	Jake Van Ryberg
Alana DiMaria	...	Madison Ryan
Russ Kingston	...	Stan Weston
Silvy Kas	...	Officer Stevens
Debra Harrison-Lowe	...	Mary Jo
Amy Van Horne	...	Liz
Benjamin W. Smith	...	Guard
Vana O'Brien	...	Grandma
Jay Beyers	...	Rocker Dude
Jason Yorrick	...	Drake
Londale Theus	...	Mayor Ethan Holt
Iona Thonger	...	Dr. Collins
Dana DiMatteo	...	Lucius

Storyline

In this present day prequel, the robot invaders attack the Earth, forcing a small band of humans to seek refuge below the surface of the planet.

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Plot Keywords:

cgi | second part | low budget film | sequel

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Taglines:

A robot invasion. A technological Armageddon. The end of life on Earth!

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some violence, sexuality and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site The Asylum

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 June 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Transmorphers 2

Filming Locations:

Eagle Mountain, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Asylum, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When the strike force member saves the band of heroes from a robot, it appears to explode from an RPG. However he's carrying a simple M-16 type weapon, with no grenade launcher.

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Quotes

Jake Van Ryberg: I don't speak robot!

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Connections

Follows Transmorphers (2007)

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Soundtracks

"Into The Sun"
Written by Chris Cano
Performed by Kent Hutchison

User Reviews

Another Asylum Film.....Nothing New For This Company!

If you are unfamiliar with Asylum then welcome to the world of the C film. As you can imagine its a step down from B films and if you happened to think that there couldn't possibly be anything worse than B films, Well you were wrong. It will all become painfully clear after you watch one of these films. Its important to note that Asylum don't create their own material at least not in the sense that most studios do. Asylum basically make rip off's of popular Hollywood films and try and capitalize on that popularity by releasing the film very close to the Hollywood films release date. Most of the press refers to them as "Mockbusters". For example Transmorphers is, as you can imagine, based off of the Transformer movies and both of the Transmorpher films came out right around the same time as their Hollywood counterparts. Just look up a complete list of Asylum films and you should easily be able to figure out which Hollywood film each Asylum title is based off of. Asylum films are low budget and are released straight to video.

As for this film, it is a sequel to the first transmorphers and in all honesty is equally as bad as the original was. It stars Bruce Boxleitner,who has done a number of Asylum films, and his performance is as bad as one would expect from these types of films. Its almost as if Bruce knows this film is going to be terrible so he doesn't even bother trying to give a worthy performance. He is there for the paycheck. As bad as the acting is it is trumped by the absolutely horrid special effects and this is something that really boggles my mind as we have now gotten to the point where high quality special effects can be done on a 2000-3000 dollar computer. I am betting I could do better special effects on the Mac I am using right now.

The bottom line is I have seen a bunch of Asylum films, more out of curiosity than for entertainment value and each time I watch one of these films I am left absolutely speechless. The one question that I ask every single time is how does this studio stay in business. I understand that these are low budget films thus they don't need to make a lot of money to break even or even to make a profit however I am absolutely shocked that there are people out there that are willing to continually buy these films. You know the famous saying, "fool me one shame on you, fool me twice shame on me", well that has never been more true than in regards to supporting this company by buying their films. I can see some people getting duped once after all I am betting some people actually mistake them for their Hollywood counterparts however to go back and buy another and another is just absolutely mind boggling. This is in all honesty the very bottom rung for motion picture entertainment. Even Uwe Boll's movies are like Oscar winning films compared to these films and his films are rated some of the worst movies ever to be made.

Save your time and money and pass on anything that has the Asylum logo on it. I guarantee you will wish you had by the time credits start rolling, that is if you can even make it that far.