‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ (2023) Review
‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ - More Than Meets The Eye In 5 movies, Optimus Prime and his heroic autobots have sought after one all powerful ancient object after the other. There’s the allspark, the matrix of leadership, the pillars, the seed, and the staff. Each time the journey goes across the globe with devastating effects on the world’s most iconic landmarks.The 6th entry in the franchise, ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’, takes that formula and runs with it, sending its heroes to find the Transwarp key in an effort to secure a passage to their homeworld of Cybertron. The only problem is the evil Terrorcons have designs to use the Key so the planet destroying Unicron can, well, destroy planet Earth. To spice things up, the movie throws in the Maximals, a different alien race of transforming robots who turn into animals rather than cars. Why a group of aliens all turn into creatures from earth is never explained. In fact, ‘Transformers Rise of the Beasts’ explains very little.Perhaps that’s because the filmmakers know there’s not much to work with. The film is based on a cartoon designed to sell toys, and the movie never deigns to be anything more than that. The dialogue is pointed and obvious and the characters have never been sillier, but also, never quite so distinct. One stand out is Pete Davidson’s Mirage who combines the wanton aggression of Bradley Cooper’s Rocket Raccoon with the juvenile sensibilities of…
