Transformers: Age of Extinction

The weakest link in the Transformers series, this one will make you wonder if its time to bid a final goodbye to your favourite robots! 'Transformers: Age of Extinction' is one of the dullest and most lethargic plots in the franchise.

There's a strong possibility that you may experience some difficulty in hearing even the voices of your much-assaulted, still recovering head after watching Transformers: Age of Extinction. Given the unexplained draw the Transformers brand has, I won't be surprised if this one works too. But nearly three hours divided in yawns and headache prompts me to repeat what Optimus Prime says in the end, "Leave Planet Earth alone."

The special effects are impressive, now if only they had they had a decent plot to back it up.

With the fourth film in the franchise, one would hope, almost pray, that Bay is close to wrapping up the franchise. The truth is far from it. The next film is in the works and the climax of this one has sown its seeds. Going by how the earlier Transformers have done, it will leave the box office jingling. But we will be reading history or solving calculus - that's so much easier to follow!

This is by far the most spectacular of the Transformers films that you are likely to see. It has heart and it has balls. It has a grip and nerves of steels and yet it melts into disarming chunks of storytelling that read like episodes from American sitcoms from the 1960s. The world never seemed more compelling in its chaos.

The movie offers exactly what fans of the series crave for, and honestly it's a step up from the last two movies, but if logic, actual plot development, genuine tension and thrill are what you want then avoid it.

Bay is very talented at all things visual, the 3-D works well and the robots look great. But the final confrontation alone lasts close to an hour, and at some point, you may find yourself simply in a daze, unable to absorb any further action into your brain. But one viewer's migraine is another's euphoria. You decide.

ay arrives to beauty only to unleash terror on it. Transformers 4 has many superbly executed set pieces, but its showcase is a pre-climactic sequence that makes excellent use of Hong Kong's architectural mix of tenements and high-rises. A Hong Kong Tourism Board hoarding gets tucked into one scene, but, as the saying goes, you need to let the right one in.

By the end you do feel as if you are on the edge of extinction!