Transformers: Age of Extinction (or simply Transformers 4) is a 2014 3D science fiction action film based on the Transformers franchise. It is the fourth installment of the live-action Transformers film series and stars Mark Wahlberg in the lead role, with Peter Cullen reprising his role as Optimus Prime. It is both a sequel to 2011's Dark of the Moon and a soft reboot of the franchise, and takes place five years later, after the Decepticon invasion of Chicago. Like its predecessors, the film is directed by Michael Bay and executive produced by Steven Spielberg. Ehren Kruger is the film's screenwriter, having written every Transformers film since Revenge of the Fallen. The film features an entirely new cast of human characters and is the first in the series to feature the Dinobots. Returning Transformers include Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ratchet, Leadfoot, and Brains. The film was released on June 27, 2014, in IMAX and 3D.
Upon its release, reception to the film was mostly negative among film critics. It received an average rating of 18% on Rotten Tomatoes, making it the lowest rated film of the franchise. The movie also received seven nominations at the 35th Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture and Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel.[9] However, many praised the visual effects, the action sequences, Steve Jablonsky's musical score, and the performances of Wahlberg, Grammer, and Tucci. Despite the poor reviews, the film was a massive box office success, grossing over $1.087 billion worldwide, making it the tenth highest-grossing film of all time, the highest-grossing film of 2014, the second highest-grossing film in the Transformers series, and the nineteenth film to gross over $1 billion.
A fifth installment is set for a 2016 release. However, the fifth film will not see Bay returning as director.
Cast:
Humans
Mark Wahlberg as Cade Yeager, a single father and struggling inventor, who discovers Optimus Prime and is drawn into the Transformers' war.
Stanley Tucci as Joshua Joyce, the arrogant head of KSI who wants to build his own Transformers.
Kelsey Grammer as Harold Attinger, a paranoid CIA agent who created the Cemetery Wind to eliminate all Transformers from Earth.
Nicola Peltz as Tessa Yeager, Cade's daughter who is secretly dating Shane and has a straining relationship with Cade.
Jack Reynor as Shane Dyson, Tessa's boyfriend and an Irish race car driver.
Titus Welliver as James Savoy, field leader of the Cemetery Wind working for Attinger.
Sophia Myles as Darcy Tirrel, Joshua's geologist assistant.
Li Bingbing as Su Yueming (苏月明 Sū Yuèmíng), owner of the Chinese factory used by KSI to build their artificial Transformers.
T. J. Miller as Lucas Flannery, Cade's best friend and a mechanic.
James Bachman as Gill Wembley, a scientist working for Joshua.
Thomas Lennon as Greg, the White House Chief of Staff.
Charles Parnell as the CIA Director.
Melanie Specht and Victoria Summer both played Joshua's executive assistants. Ray Lui played a motorcyclist in Hong Kong, while Michael Wong was cast as a Hong Kong police officer. Han Geng had a cameo, singing and playing the guitar in a parked car that is magnetized by Lockdown's ship. General Motors Vice President of Design Edward T. Welburn had a cameo appearance as a KSI executive.
Transformers
Autobots
Peter Cullen voices Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots who transforms into a rusty Marmon 97 semi truck and later, a blue and red Western Star 4900 Phantom Custom semi-trailer truck. Optimus has since lost his faith in humanity after the ambush that caused his injury and even considers leaving the planet until Cade convinces him to reconsider his faith in humanity.
Bumblebee, an Autobot scout who transforms into a modified 1967 Camaro and later, a 2014 Chevrolet Camaro concept.
John Goodman voices Hound, an Autobot commando who transforms into an Oshkosh Defense Medium Tactical Vehicle.
Ken Watanabe voices Drift, an Autobot tactician and a former Decepticon who transforms into a black and blue 2013 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse and a helicopter.
John DiMaggio voices Crosshairs, an Autobot paratrooper who transforms into a green 2014 Chevrolet Corvette C7 Stingray.
Robert Foxworth voices Ratchet, the Autobots' medical officer who transforms into a light green Rescue Hummer H2. Leadfoot, an Autobot Wrecker who transforms into an armored version of the Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Target car.
Reno Wilson voices Brains, a former Decepticon drone turned Autobot.
Dinobots
Grimlock, the fierce and territorial leader of the Dinobots who transforms into a horned, mechanical Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Strafe, a Dinobot who specializes in assault infantry and transforms into a mechanical two-headed and two-tailed Pteranodon.
Slug, the savage destroyer amongst the Dinobots who transforms into a mechanical spiked and bestial Triceratops.
Scorn, the Dinobots' demolition specialist who transforms into a mechanical three-sailed Spinosaurus.
Decepticons
Frank Welker voices Galvatron, a human-made Transformer who becomes possessed by Megatron's mind, thus making him a new body for the Decepticon leader. He molecularity transforms into a black and grey 2014 Freightliner Argosy cab over trailer truck. He has been secretly manipulating the human governments into creating their own Transformers for him to control so he can steal the Seed for himself and rebuild the Decepticon army.
Stinger, a human-made Transformer inspired by Bumblebee who becomes a Decepticon spy and sabotage specialist. He molecularly transforms into a red and black 2013 Pagani Huayra.
Junkheap, a human-made Transformer who becomes a Decepticon under Galvatron's control. He molecularly transforms into a Isuzu Giga garbage truck of Waste Management, Inc.
Two-Heads, three two-headed recreations of Shockwave who become Decepticons under Galvatron's control.
Traxes, mass-produced human-made drones who become Decepticons under Galvatron's control. They molecularly transform into different colored Chevrolet Traxes.
Others
Mark Ryan voices Lockdown, an intergalactic bounty hunter, aligned with neither side, who transforms into a grey 2013 Lamborghini Aventador LP 700–4 Coupe, is working with Attinger to capture Optimus Prime for the humans in exchange for the Seed from him, being provided unlimited access to all of Attinger's CIA resources. Lockdown is working for unknown alien life forms whom he claims are the creators of the Transformers.He has a group of alien humanoid mercenaries and a pack of techno-organic wolves called Steeljaws under his command.
The Creators, an unknown race of aliens whom Lockdown claims to be the Transformers' creators. They are seen very briefly in the film's opening when they use multiple Seeds to cyberform Earth, exterminating the dinosaurs. Years later, Lockdown was hired to apprehend Optimus Prime for unknown reasons.
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