TRANSFORMERS Film Review - 1/8/07

Was never a fan of Transformers - Never had the toys or watched the cartoon. But had seen some footage of this and it looked fairly entertaining. If you watch this live action/CGI version you will have to check your brain in at the foyer though as it screams from start to finish TOYS FOR BOYS and the merchandising can't be far behind. Totally brainless for roughly 2 hours of blurry mayhem as robots pound the crap out of each other and half the time you can't tell who is who? The story concerns evil Decepticons coming to earth in search of a cube that will eradicate life on the planet but are foiled in their plot by the heroic Autobots. Side stories include the usual love interest, a top secret government organisation, some past family history about the hero and the army survivors of a Special Forces group. Like a pill - Probably best taken with liquid - Preferably alcohol to deaden the senses on a late Saturday night showing followed by a pizza.