Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

When humanity allies with a bounty hunter in pursuit of Optimus Prime, the Autobots turn to a mechanic and his family for help.

Director:

Michael Bay

Writer:

Ehren Kruger

Stars:

Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor

5 wins & 23 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mark Wahlberg	...	Cade Yeager
Stanley Tucci	...	Joshua Joyce
Kelsey Grammer	...	Harold Attinger
Nicola Peltz	...	Tessa Yeager
Jack Reynor	...	Shane Dyson
Titus Welliver	...	James Savoy
Sophia Myles	...	Darcy Tirrel
Bingbing Li	...	Su Yueming
T.J. Miller	...	Lucas Flannery
James Bachman	...	Gill Wembley
Thomas Lennon	...	Chief of Staff
Charles Parnell	...	CIA Director
Erika Fong	...	CIA Analyst
Michael Collins	...	CIA Analyst
Geng Han	...	Convertible Passenger

Storyline

After the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons that leveled Chicago, humanity thinks that all alien robots are a threat. So Harold Attinger, a CIA agent, establishes a unit whose sole purpose is to hunt down all of them. But it turns out that they are aided by another alien robot who is searching for Optimus Prime. Cade Yeager, a "robotics expert", buys an old truck and upon examining it, he thinks it's a Transformer. When he powers it up, he discovers it's Optimus Prime. Later, men from the unit show up looking for Optimus. He helps Yeager and his daughter Tessa escape but are pursued by the hunter. They escape and Yeager learns from technology he took from the men that a technology magnate and defense contractor named Joshua Joyce is part of what's going on, so they go to find out what's going on.

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Plot Keywords:

blockbuster | truck | texas | semi truck and trailer | based on cartoon | 

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Taglines:

The rules have changed

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, language and brief innuendo

Did You Know?

Trivia

T.J. Miller reportedly did not get along well with director Michael Bay during the course of filming. Miller compared it to a "very bipolar experience" working with Bay, who once told Miller on set, "Nothing that you've said is funny, T.J.! Not one thing all day! We hired you to be funny! There's three hundred people here! None of them are laughing at you! Say something funny! I can still cut you out of the movie!"

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Goofs

(at around 49 mins) Shane says that the Romeo and Juliet law protecting his and Tessa's relationship states that they can be together as they were already together when Shane was a minor. This is only partially correct. Shane has a legitimate defense against "Sexual Assault" (Sec. 22.011) as Tessa has consented and is over the age of 17, and when they were dating when he was 17 and she was 14 there is an age difference of less than three years (provided Tessa turns 15 before Shane turns 18). However, the issue of their age difference, consent, prior relationship, and Tessa being 17 only applies to the crime of Sexual Assault. Romeo and Juliet laws do not protect him from the crime of "Sexual Performance by a Child" (Sec. 43.25) for engaging in "sexual contact, actual or simulated sexual intercourse" with Tessa. Here the relevant age to engage in sexual conduct is 18 (she is 17), and the difference in age must be less than 2 years (there's 3) for a legitimate defense against the crime.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Arctic Site Foreman: Oh, shit. Darcy, you really shouldn't have come.
Darcy Tirrel: Show me.

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Crazy Credits

This is the first Transformers that begins without an opening monologue by Optimus Prime.

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Connections

Referenced in Troldspejlet: Troldspejlet julespecial (2013)

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Soundtracks

First Light
Written and Performed by Racing Glaciers
Courtesy of Turn First Records & Music Publishing
By arrangement with AboveAndBiond

User Reviews

Should've stopped at the 3rd movie

The fourth entry into the franchise is a misstep that squanders the will of the preceding entries.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA China Hong Kong

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 June 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Transformers 4

Filming Locations:

Austin, Texas, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$210,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$100,038,390, 29 June 2014

Gross USA:

$245,439,076

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,104,054,072

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Hasbro, Di Bonaventura Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

165 min

Sound Mix:

Datasat Dolby Digital Dolby Surround 7.1 Dolby Atmos Auro 11.1 12-Track Digital Sound SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1