Transformers: Age of Extinction

"The fourth entry in any franchise could reasonably be expected to bring something fresh to the table. Technically, Transformers: Age of Extinction meets this expectation, but the new elements (Marky Mark; Dinobots; China; Angry Frasier) aren't nearly enough to prevent this from feeling like an overly familiar collage of bombastic bewilderment."

"It’s the robots — endowed here with character-rich physicality and almost human-scaled facial features — who give the film its emotional heft."

"Tansforms into a typically bombastic Bay offering. If it's major-league spectacle you want, though, look no further."

"You're either awestruck, dumbstruck or just plain struck in the face."

"Why are we here? What is the purpose of life on earth? And why are alien robots so hellbent on impersonating our automobiles?"

"Save for a few visual centerpieces and a couple of amusing supporting turns, it’s... an endless, incoherent mess."

"What is extinguished is the audience's consciousness after being bombarded for nearly three hours with overwrought emotions...bad one-liners and battles that rarely rise above the banal."