TRANSFORMERS AGE OF EXTINCTION

As I sat down to watch Transformers 4 Age of Extinction I was inexplicably reminded of the Simpson’s Sideshow Bob stepping on an endless procession of garden rakes. He knows he’s in for more pain yet he continues none the less. Thus have I been to see every instalment of the Transformers franchise despite the promise of more pain. Now, to be perfectly fair, there have been a few improvements since the last film. Shia La Bore has been replaced with the much more convincing Mark Wahlberg who can at least change facial expressions. The attempts at humour are a little better which is a very good thing considering the film’s run time. At around three hours the film is too long for a film with twice the plot and character development of this one. You either end up bored with the human interactions or bored with the dull plodding robotic action. Once you’ve seen this kind of the fight they tend to blur together, few action scenes stand out and let’s face it this is about the only thing a film of this type could potentially have going for it. How difficult is this concept really? Two teams of robots fight each other, I managed it with my toys when I was ten (and I’m fairly certain I had better storylines than Michael Bay). Final verdict 2/10 it has a future on DVD to watch with your friends when drunk, apart from that skip it.