The interstellar battle between the Autobots and Decepticons rains destruction down on planet Earth as director Michael Bay adapts Hasbro and Takara's popular Transformers franchise into a big-budget, live-action summer tentpole extravaganza in this ambitious sci-fi action feature starring Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson, Bernie Mac, John Turturro, Jon Voight, and, of course, Optimus Prime and Megatron. Long ago, on the planet of Cybertron, a massive, powerful alien race divided into two factions, the noble Autobots, and the devious Decepticons. They fought for the sole access to a talisman known as the Allspark, a cube with the capacity to grant infinite power, and eventually the Autobots smuggled it off the planet's surface, hiding it in an unknown location on Earth. Now, hundreds of years later, the Deceptacons have come looking for it, and if the Autobots don't find it first, the Earth will be enslaved or destroyed by the evil aliens' use of its massive power. The Autobots don't know where the cube was hidden, but the information may be stored in the most unlikely of sources, as a gangly young Earthling named Sam Witwicky (LaBeouf) who's just picked up his first car, has a strange connection to the Allspark's history, making him the unlikely ally of these enormous creatures, as they fight for humankind's survival and the chance to return home. Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Genre: Action/Adventure
- Category Alien Film, Sci-Fi Action
- Theme: Evil Aliens, Metamorphosis, Robots and Androids, Priceless Artifacts and Prized Objects
- Studio: Dreamworks Video
- Run Time: 02 hr 23 min
- Language: French, English, Spanish
- Subtitle Language: French, English, Spanish
- Picture Format: widescreen
- Format: DVD
- Release Date: September 2, 2008
- Lead Actor: Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Rachael Taylor, Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox
- Supporting Actor: Andy Milder, Sean Smith, Ronnie Sperling, Wiley M. Pickett, Jamie McBride, Brian Stepanek, Colleen Porch, Scott Peat, Brian Prescott, Craig Barnett, Steven Ford, Chris Ellis, Josh Feinman, Charlie Bodin, Lt. Frederic Doss, Glenn Morshower, Peter Jacobson, Travis Van Winkle, John Robinson, Johnny Sanchez, Carlos Moreno Jr., Jimmie Wood, Bernie Mac, C.J. Thomason, W. Morgan Sheppard, Rizwan Manji, Ashkan Kashanchi, Michael Trisler, Brian Shehan, Patrick Mulderrig, Luis Echagarruga, Zack Ward, Amaury Nolasco, Julie White, Kevin Dunn, Michael O'Neill, John Turturro, Jon Voight, Peter Cullen, Charlie Adler, Reno Wilson, Jim Wood, Jess Harnell, Hugo Weaving, Robert Foxworth, Darius McCrary, Mark Ryan, Anthony Anderson, Bob Stephenson, Odette Yustman, Michelle Pierce, Maya Klayn, Adam Ratajczak, Jason White, Michael McNabb, Benjamin Hoffman, Ron Henry, Michael Adams, Dan Ferris, Ray Toth, Chip Hormess, Laurel Garner, Sophie Bobal, Pete Gardner, Michael Shamus Wiles, J.P. Manoux, Andrew Caldwell, Andrew Altonji, Jessica Kartalija, Jeremy Jojola, Madison Mason, Esther Scott, Jamison Yang, Tom Lenk, Colin Fickes, Mike Fisher, Andy Dominguez, Rick Gomez, Ravi Patel, Samantha Smith, Brian Reece
- Director: Michael Bay
awards
- Nominations: Academy Awards (3)
- Nominee: Academy Awards, Best Sound Editing, 2007, Ethan Van der Ryn, Mike Hopkins
- Nominee: Academy Awards, Best Sound Mixing, 2007, Kevin O'Connell, Peter Devlin, Greg P. Russell
- Nominee: Academy Awards, Best Visual Effects, 2007, Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, John Frazier, Russell Earl
