Leading up to the new film "Rise of the Beasts", it's time for me to revisit and re-review the first 4 Michael Bay Transformers movies, beginning with the 2007 film that was released 16 years ago and it's still for me the best Transformers film.

TIMECODES

0:00 - intro + review starts / Like, comment and share/why rereview

2:56 - film info/production background + my experience

7:37 - plot sypnosis

8:43 - The Light

25:01 - The Dark

27:29 - overall thoughts/rating and outro

#Transformers2007

Sypnosis The fate of humanity is at stake when two races of robots, the good Autobots and the villainous Decepticons, bring their war to Earth. The robots have the ability to change into different mechanical objects as they seek the key to ultimate power. Only a human youth, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) can save the world from total destruction.

CAST & CREW Directed by Michael Bay

Screenplay by

Roberto Orci

Alex Kurtzman

Story by

John Rogers

Roberto Orci

Alex Kurtzman

Based on Transformers

by Hasbro

Produced by

Lorenzo di Bonaventura

Tom DeSanto

Don Murphy

Ian Bryce

Steven Spielberg

Starring

Shia LaBeouf

Tyrese Gibson

Josh Duhamel

Anthony Anderson

Megan Fox

Rachael Taylor

John Turturro

Jon Voight

Peter Cullen

Mark Ryan

Frank Welker

Hugo Weaving

Darius McCrary

Cinematography Mitchell Amundsen

Edited by

Paul Rubell

Glen Scantlebury

Thomas A. Muldoon

Music by Steve Jablonsky

Production companies

Paramount Pictures

DreamWorks Pictures

Hasbro Studios

Di Bonaventura Pictures

Distributed by Paramount Pictures

Genre: Science fiction, action, drama, romance, military

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

Release dates

June 10, 2007 (N Seoul Tower)

July 3, 2007 (United States)

Running time 143 minutes

Budget $150–200 million

Box office $709.7 million