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23 June 2009

Special effects added in new "Transformers"

What else were you expecting from "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''? If your answer includes a coherent story, decent acting and direction conducted with anything more subtle than a sledgehammer … this is a Michael Bay film, after all … then keep looking. But if you like special effects launched at you with relentless, mind-numbing intensity at the expense of all else, this is the film for you.As was the first, which was an international blockbuster. There's no reason to think the sequel won't be, as well.Having survived the original, Shia LaBeouf is back as Sam Witwicky, now off to college, preparing for a long-distance relationship with his girlfriend, Mikaela (Megan Fox), of whom a Decepticon says, "You're hot, but you ain't too bright,'' which sizes things up pretty nicely.The Autobots have teamed up with humans to ferret out the last of the Decepticons on Earth … you're either into this kind of thing or you're not, so adjust your capacity for sentences like that accordingly. Optimus Prime (voice of Peter Cullen) remains the Autobot leader, but neither he nor his fellow Transformers are trusted by the White House, here personified by liaison Galloway (John Benjamin Hickey, sporting Donald Rumsfeld glasses), though Barack Obama is mentioned by name at least.

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