Review: Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

In simple terms - a fun film and pure popcorn cinema. However, it does lack the excitement and emotion of the 1, 3 and 4. Let me expand a little.

Transformers 5 is exciting - in parts. For great periods of this film it gets lost in establishing and explaining the story. One key thing as well, even though I did like the story, is the lack of actual Transformer action. There are moments here and there, but the main piece is at the end. At least with the other films, a lot of the action was more Transformer centric. In this one, it seems to be more about Cade Yeager. Now, yes, the human element should be prominent, but I think the balance was way off here. There are also a lot of human characters being juggled, at the expense of Transformer action.

Even though I was enjoying it, this one actually did feel a bit long. The major element though that hit me quite late in the film, is the lack of emotion in it. There are hints of it, but I realised towards the end that the absence of a central character is why it felt a bit empty to me.

Overall, it is impressively shot. There isn't many out there that can shoot action on the scale that Michael Bay can. I'm a major fan of his work, but here he seems to be focussing on bigger scale and in the process he lost sight of the emotional element to the added dimension in the story.

3/5