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:

Stand together or face extinction.

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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 was one of the leads in the 2008 film Cloverfield (2008), which had its teaser trailer premiere in front of the first Transformers (2007) movie in the summer of 2007. A poster for "Cloverfield" can be seen in Sam and Leo's room in 2009's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009).

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Goofs

(at around 1h 17 mins) When Galvatron and Optimus fight, Optimus and Bumblebee save the people, and then Optimus and Galvatron resume fighting. The other Autobots should join the fight, but they are not anywhere near.

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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

References Armageddon (1998)

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Soundtracks

Daybreak
Written by Skot Suyama, Evangeline Wong and Alto Tsai
Performed by Geng Han (as Han Geng)
Courtesy of Yue Hua Entertainment

User Reviews

DinoBots!

Good, enjoyable action flick!

Mark Wahlberg looking tough, saving his daughter and the world.

Totally not necessary to be almost three hours long though!?

A sequel movie that is not afraid to make fun of itself though. One of the best lines, "Man, I hate sequels they always suck and never do as good as the first." Bonus points for self deprecation!

Worth a rental - but forewarning it's a three hour tour.

Details

Official Sites:

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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