I enjoyed Transformers: Rise of the Beasts more than I thought it would. It is in the same league as Bumblebee and way better than the Transformers movies from Michael Bay. Also glad to see the transforming of the bots are more smooth and not as ridiculous as in the main movies and the robots are not as stupid and don't have stupid beards but they still have too many human traits for my liking.

I used to watch Beast Wars, the TV show back in the day so I was disappointed those bots did not get much screen time. I was more interested in the bots than the dreaded human factor: the actors in this suck. So we got a latino from the hood and a black female archeologist with a sassy mouth. They couldn't come up with better characters than that? So both characters from Brooklyn and now we gotta hear rap music through out the whole movie? So stupid.

I also would like the add, it takes place in 1994 and happy to report, they didn't lay the nostalgia on thick but seriously, one dude is talking to the lead through a headset and he has excellent reception in an underground garage? No way that would happen in 1994. And also good to see they really tried to keep any other humans or government people to a minimum but really what they should have done was not put any human actors as the TV show didn't have any. Or at least put normal actors and not the stupid stereotype characters we always see in movies. Oh yes, again, a poor latino in the hood with a father not around and a sick brother and hard working mother. How cliche can you get.

Overall I enjoyed it, it is a decent Transformers film but the actors are cringey and annoying, almost ruined the entire movie for me, the cool bots saved it and I really wish the next Transformers movie does not take place on earth at all. Don't want to see more stupid and annoying human characters that make dumb jokes. But the bots are good, I liked all of them, Mirage especially and the motor autobot (forgot the name) but such a shame the beasts have so little screen time, especially Cheetor.

Most of this movie is boring, even when there is action on the screen. The first 1h30 should have been cut to an hour, and it would have been more entertaining. Up until this point, it was a middling 5/10 for me, just like the rest of these movies (bar 1 perhaps).

HOWEVER, the final act/fight is honestly stellar - I actually sat up and properly enjoyed the battle, the fact that the people were actually involved (due to what I thought was a pretty neat, if cliché device).

It actually felt like there were some stakes too, both on large and small scale. The music, both soundtrack and needle drops were on point. Just a pity that the rest of the movie didn't have this level of quality.

"Transformers: Rise of the Beasts" is the new movie based on the Takara toys that Hasbro exploited and have been brought to television, movies and comics. In this new film, the result is kind of almost bad, a soulless and simple script that could have been told in 90 minutes and not in an excessive length of 127 minutes that become slow. The performances are ordinary and the director's work does not stand out. The production is not used, the soundtrack has no essence and the cinematography is quite conventional. The biggest negative point is the costume design and the setting, since the film takes place during 1994 and fails to take us to that year, with the exception of some retro objects and extras that wear 90s costumes, the protagonists really look very 2020's. Another flaw is the digital special effects that fail to be entirely realistic, the green screen and After Effects giving themselves away for much of the length of the film. A totally forgettable production.