All too often a movie will be judged based on the film that preceded it. I believe that will be the case with the latest from Michael Bay's "Transformers" franchise.
Most people I talked to believe that the second in this series was a huge step back from the first film. Some were worried that the third film was going to continue that trend.
Luckily, Bay delivers a much better product this time around and gives you a final battle that must be seen to believe.
Sam Witwicky (Shia Labeouf) has reached a roadblock in his career. He is a hero that has saved the world countless times, unfortunately no one knows that he has. He has been decorated by the president himself, but no one knows why.
That is because the existence of the transforming robots is still shrouded in mystery and kept under wraps by the government.
This leads to trouble for Sam as he tries to find a job. Because he was wanted by the FBI during one of the previous adventures to save the world, this shows up on his record. This severely hampers an interview because he can't explain why. I mean, who would believe a story about huge transforming robots and him saving the world.
Luckily for Sam, he is the boyfriend of understanding Carly (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley), who not only believes him, but also is supportive.
At the same time, Lt. Colonel William Lennox (Josh Duhamel) and his NEST team have been working with the Autobots to humans from destroying each other.
During a mission in Chernobyl at the request of the Ukrainian government, they discover a fuel cell to the long lost Autobot ship, The Ark.
Optimus Prime takes this discovery as a lack of faith by the humans because they lied to him about the human's prior knowledge of the robot's existence.
Optimus launches his own mission to retrieve the contents of the ship as well as find the former leader of the Autobots, Sentinel Prime.
But like all things that involve the Transformers, there is more to this situation than meets the eye.
Now I wanna focus on the changes that made this film better than the second.
Well, unlike most critics out there, I believe switching from the cardboard-like Megan Fox to Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as Sam Witwicky's love interest was a welcome change.
