Transformers - The Revenge

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Movie
German title Transformers - The Revenge
Original title Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2009
length 150 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
JMK 12
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Director Michael Bay
script Honors Kruger ,
Roberto Orci ,
Alex Kurtzman
production Ian Bryce ,
Tom DeSanto ,
Lorenzo di Bonaventura ,
Don Murphy
music Steve Jablonsky ,
Linkin Park ,
Hans Zimmer (additional music)
camera Ben Seresin
cut Roger Barton ,
Paul Rubell ,
Joel Negron ,
Thomas Muldoon
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Transformers - Revenge (Original title: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen , coll : Transformers 2 ) is an American action and science fiction - feature film from the year 2009 , the sequel to the film Transformers is from 2007 and accurately as this one is based on the toy series of the same name from the manufacturer Hasbro . Michael Bay once again directed the film, and Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox played the leading human roles as in the first part . The film opened in Germany and the United States on June 24, 2009 with distribution from Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks SKG .

The production was again supported by the toy manufacturer Hasbro, the armed forces of the United States and numerous companies, which in return were able to place their products in the film through product placement , including the vehicle manufacturer General Motors .

The film launch was again accompanied by a gigantic marketing campaign which, in addition to the Hasbro toy figures, also included comics, books, video games and an alternate reality game .

In the United States, the film grossed $ 402 million at box offices and $ 836.3 million worldwide; Revenge was also the second most successful DVD release of 2009 in the United States. The film won several Scream Awards and was nominated for an Oscar in a sub- category, but also won several Golden Raspberries . The sequel Transformers 3 was released in 2011.

action

The film action begins two years after the end of the first part. The Autobots have now allied themselves with the people, including Lennox and Epps, and are now working together in a secret task force called NEST, which is under the command of the US armed forces , but also involves soldiers from other countries. The US government is still officially keeping the Transformers secret. At the beginning of the film, NEST tracks down the two Decepticons Demolishor and Sideways in Shanghai and destroys them. Just before he is killed by Optimus Prime, Demolishor are the cryptic statement that "The Fallen" ( English for The Fallen will) rise again.

Meanwhile, Sam Witwicky is preparing to move to the college campus. Since he's not allowed to own a car as a freshman, he has to leave Bumblebee in his parents' garage. His girlfriend Mikaela, who cannot afford college and instead works in the workshop of her father, who was recently released from prison, also has to stay behind. When preparing for the move, however, Sam finds a splinter of the Allspark cube, which turns the entire kitchen facility into small robots, whereupon the overzealous Bumblebee also destroys part of the house while removing the robots. After touching the splinter, Sam begins to see enigmatic symbols. When he arrives at college, he meets his roommate, Leo Spitz, who runs a conspiracy website and is convinced of the Transformers' existence. At a party, Sam also meets his fellow student Alice, who immediately tries to seduce him.

In the meantime, NEST receives a visit from US Security Advisor Theodore Galloway. He is convinced that the new Decepticons only came to Earth because the Autobots are still there. He therefore urges them to leave the earth. Shortly thereafter, the Decepticon Soundwave, using a satellite in orbit as a hiding place, sends its lackey Ravage to the NEST base on Diego Garcia . There he steals another splinter of the Allspark cube that Optimus Prime took at the end of the first part. Ravage, some of the Constructicons and a Decepticon called "The Doctor" then dive down into the Laurentian Trench, where the remains of Megatron were buried at the end of the first film, and bring it back to life with the help of the splinter. Megatron then goes to a Decepticons spaceship on one of Saturn's moons , where his deputy Starscream and his master The Fallen are waiting for him.

Meanwhile, a Decepticon named Wheelie tries to steal the Allspark splinter that Sam has given into the care of his friend Mikaela, but is discovered and captured by Mikaela. Mikaela immediately goes to Sam, who she surprises in an apparently precarious situation with Alice. However, Alice turns out to be a Decepticon. On the run, Sam, Mikaela and Leo are captured by the Decepticons. Megatron instructs the "doctor" to remove Sam's brain in order to get the information from the Allspark splinter, but the Autobots have located them and free Sam, Mikaela and Leo. On the run, however, Optimus Prime is caught by Megatron and several other Decepticons and killed in battle.

The Fallen then addressed the world public in a televised address and asked for Sam to be released. He hides with Mikaela, Leo, Bumblebee and the Autobot "twins" and finally seeks help from Leo's rival "Robo-Warrior", who turns out to be the former "Sector 7" agent Seymour Simmons. From this and the Decepticon wheelie, they finally get a clue about the meaning of the symbols in Sam's head. At the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum , they discover the old Decepticon Jetfire, which, however, says it has switched sides and tells them about The Fallen. This was one of the first "Primes", the ancestors of Optimus Primes, which existed as early as 17,000 BC. Came to earth and built a machine there, a so-called "harvester". Its task was to destroy suns in order to create Energon, the energy source of the Transformers. However, the Primes never intended to annihilate the sun of an inhabited world. The Fallen, however, betrayed his "brothers" out of lust for power, who then sacrificed their lives to hide the "matrix of leadership", the key to activating the harvester. The symbols in Sam's head now contain the reference to the hiding place of the harvester and the matrix.

Jetfire teleports itself as well as Sam, Mikaela, Leo, Simmons, Bumblebee and the "twins" to Egypt . Between the pyramids of Giza they find the next clue and go to Jordan . There they discover the grave of the “Primes”, the brothers of The Fallen, in the rock temple Ad Deir , and there also the matrix, a kind of metal key. Since, according to Jetfire, only one Prime can stop The Fallen, Sam is now hoping to use the Matrix to bring Optimus Prime back to life, but the Matrix crumbles to dust in his hands. Sam picks up the dust and together they make their way back to Egypt, where the NEST team Simmons requested is now also on the way together with the lifeless body of Optimus Prime.

On the way to the agreed meeting point, they are attacked by the Decepticons. The Constructicons combine to form Devastator, who immediately begins climbing the great pyramid that was built around the harvester. While the Autobots and NEST fight a battle with the Decepticons, Megatron tries to lure Sam into a trap with the help of his parents, whom he had captured in Paris , but Bumblebee manages to save the two. Shortly thereafter, Sam is fatally injured by a shot by Megatron, but as the dust of the Matrix spreads in his hand, he meets the Primes in a vision, who let him know that he has been chosen to find the Matrix and life to secure the last prime. Sam comes back to life and the dust in his hand turns back into the matrix. With this he actually manages to awaken Optimus Prime again.

In the meantime, Simmons has requested assistance from the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis , which is equipped with a railgun ; with the help of this it is possible to destroy Devastator shortly before it can start the harvester. The Fallen then steals the matrix and activates the harvester. Jetfire, who has meanwhile also interfered in the fighting and was life-threateningly injured, snatches his "Spark" offhand and instructs Optimus Prime to use the parts of his body to fight The Fallen. Ratchet and Jolt then equip Optimus Prime with the afterburners, the teleporter and the main weapon of Jetfire. With this equipment, Optimus Prime actually manages to destroy the harvester and then kill The Fallen. At Starscream's suggestion, the seriously wounded Megatron fled.

In the final scene, the Autobots, NEST, Sam and his friends return to the United States on an aircraft carrier .

main characters

People

The main actors Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox at a press conference in Paris .

As in the first part, the focus of the plot is the now 19-year-old college student Samuel James "Sam" Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf), who made friends with the Autobot Bumblebee during the first part. This time Sam is again targeted by the Decepticons when the knowledge of the destroyed Allspark Cube is accidentally transferred into his head.

Mikaela Banes ( Megan Fox ) became Sam's girlfriend during the first part. In contrast to Sam, Mikaela cannot afford college education and so now works in her father's workshop.

One new proposal Leonardo Ponce de Leon "Leo" Spitz (Ramon Rodriguez), Sam's roommate and operator of the Conspiracy website "The Real Effing Deal" (in the German version "The hammer hot deal") whose objective is the existence of Transformers to prove.

Sam's parents are Ron Witwicky ( Kevin Dunn ) and Judy Witwicky (Julie White). At the end of the first part, they learned of the existence of the Transformers, but kept their knowledge secret at the request of the US government.

Tyrese Gibson plays the soldier Robert Epps again.

Captain William Lennox ( Josh Duhamel ) of the US Army and Technical Sergeant Robert Epps ( Tyrese Gibson ) of the US Air Force fought alongside the Autobots against the Decepticons in the first part. In Revenge , they work, now promoted to the rank of major or master sergeant, for the organization NEST (Nonbiological Extraterrestrial Species Team), which, together with the Autobots, fends off further attacks by the Decepticons. Graham (Matthew Marsden) from the British Special Forces is new, but he only plays a minor role in the film.

Theodore Galloway (John Benjamin Hickey) is the US government's security advisor and is critical of the alliance between Autobots and humans. As a stubborn bureaucrat, he creates difficulties for Lennox, Epps and the entire NEST team.

General Morshower ( Glenn Morshower ) is the strategic head of the NEST operation. Actor Glenn Morshower was already seen in the first part in the role of Colonel Sharp, in Revenge , however, he plays a new character named after him.

Seymour Simmons ( John Turturro ) worked in the first film as a high-level agent for the government organization Sector Seven. After this was resolved at the end of the film, he now works in his mother's butcher shop in Die Rache and runs the website “Giant Effing Robots” under the name “Robo-Warrior”, which competes with Leo's side. Only when Leo asks his competitor for help does Sam (and the audience) find out that “Robo-Warrior” is about Simmons.

Professor Colan ( Rainn Wilson ), Sam's college professor, has a supporting role . Michael Bay leaned this figure against one of his own instructors, who is rumored to have seduced female students.

None of the newly introduced figures have a role model in previous Transformers series.

Autobots

Optimus Prime's vehicle shape , a Peterbilt 379, barely changed from the first film.

As in the first part , the leader of the Autobots is Optimus Prime , who regards freedom as the right of all sentient beings. Just like in the first part, in the sequel it is transformed into a long-nosed tractor-trailer , a Peterbilt 379. During the course of the film, Optimus "dies", but is brought back to life at the end, which is often the case in the various Transformers series happened in a similar form.

Bumblebee is still Sam's protector. In contrast to the first film, at the end of which he regained his ability to speak, in Revenge he communicates again via his car radio and machine sounds. The accompanying comics by IDW Publishing try to explain this with another battle injury, but in the film itself the contradiction is not directly addressed. As in the first part, Bumblebee is transformed into a Chevrolet Camaro , and now into the 2009 production model in Die Rache .

The Bumblebee Camaro from Revenge at the Chicago Auto Show 2009, in the background a mock-up of its robot shape, which was also used for the film, on the left edge of the picture the Chevrolet Volt, the vehicle shape of the Autobot Jolt.

Ironhide , Optimus Prime's weapons expert, transforms into a black GMC Topkick pickup.

Ratchet , the chief physician of the Autobots transforms into a modified Hummer H2 - Search-and-Rescue -Rettungswagen.

New to it are Skids and Mudflap , the "twins" who are relatively young and inexperienced compared to the other Autobots and who often argue. At the beginning of the film, the two turn into an ice cream van together , later Skids turns into a Chevrolet Beat (the prototype of the Chevrolet Spark ) and Mudflap into a Chevrolet Trax. The two bear the names of previous Transformers characters, but otherwise have nothing in common with them.

The new Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, which only exists as a concept vehicle, is the camouflage form of the Autobot Sideswipe in the film.

Sideswipe is the soldier among the Autobots and transforms into a new Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Concept Design . Among other things, he helps kill Sideways in Shanghai. In the original series, Sideswipe turned into a Lamborghini Countach and had a twin brother named Sunstreaker.

Arcee is a "female" Autobot, which consists of three independently acting robots, all three of which transform into motorcycles , a Ducati 848 , a Suzuki B-King and an MV Agusta F4. The motorcycles were modified and painted for the film by Retro SBK. One of the robots is destroyed at the end of the film, another is badly damaged. Originally it was planned that the three robots in the film would have a collective consciousness and could connect to one big robot, but this idea was later rejected. In Hasbro's toy series, the robots are characterized as independent figures, one of which is called "Arcee" and the other two are named "Chromia" and "Elita-1". The holographic drivers at the beginning of the film are played by Erin Naas, known as the model from the American game show Deal or No Deal . The original Arcee made its first appearance in the 1986 cartoon The Transformers: The Movie and was transformed into a futuristic sports car. Originally, Arcee was planned for the first part. However , the original film design was not used for Revenge .

Jolt transforms into a blue Chevrolet Volt (the basis of the Opel Ampera , which was released in early 2012 ) and can only be seen briefly in the film, helping Ratchet, among other things, to connect Optimus Prime with the remnants of Jetfires. Just like Skids and Mudflap, Jolt was reinvented for the film, using just the name of previous Transformers characters.

Defector

The Lockheed SR-71 in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum is a Transformer named Jetfire in the film.

Jetfire is a very old transformer in the movie. He came to earth a long time ago as a "seeker" and was later stored in a deactivated state, disguised as a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird , in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum until he is brought back to life by Sam. Although he originally belonged to the Decepticons, he has switched sides and supports the Autobots despite his poor condition. In the end, he sacrifices his life so that Optimus Prime can use parts of him as some kind of armor to fight The Fallen. In the various Transformers series, Jetfire was transformed into various fictional and existing jets , in the original comic and cartoon series (in the latter under the name "Skyfire") it was also originally a Decepticon, just like in the film, but it soon changed sides . A physical connection between Optimus Prime and Jetfire, on the other hand, was first seen in the Transformers: Armada series, while the portrayal of Jetfire as a “decrepit” robot was specially conceived for Die Rache .

Wheelie alias Wheels (in the end credits and in the audio commentary by the scriptwriters on the DVD and Blu-ray versions of the film he is called "Wheels", Hasbro's toy figures from the film, however, are called "Wheelie", which Michael Bay also uses in his audio commentary ) is one of the Decepticons' scouts and, disguised as a toy pick-up , is supposed to steal the splinters of the Allspark from Mikaela's care. However, he is captured in the process, and when he learns from Jetfire that he has a choice, he switches sides and joins the Autobots. Apart from the name, Wheelie has little in common with its role model from the original series. In the German dubbed version of the film he is called "Wheeler".

Decepticons

The Fallen is the new main antagonist in the film. Thousands of years ago, he was one of the first Transformers to betray his "brothers", the Primes, with the intention of destroying the Earth's sun. Its metamorphosis, a kind of extraterrestrial plane , can only be seen briefly in the film. According to actor Shia Labeouf, the relationship between Megatron and The Fallen can be compared to the relationship between Darth Vader and the Emperor from Star Wars , while producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura sees parallels between The Fallen and Judas Iscariot . The original version of The Fallen was created in 2003 for the comic miniseries Transformers: The War Within (vol. 2) - The Dark Ages from the publisher Dreamwave Productions, only years later Hasbro also released a toy figure that was based on the cartoon character and himself turned into a futuristic tank.

Megatron , the power-hungry leader of the Decepticons, was apparently killed at the end of the first part when Sam Witwicky thrust the Allspark cube into his chest, but is brought back to life in The Revenge with the help of a splinter of the cube. In the first part, Megatron was transformed into a kind of alien jet , in The Revenge now into a futuristic, airworthy tank .

Starscream , Megatron's deputy, survived the first part as one of the few Decepticons and fled into space during the credits. As before, he turns into an F-22 Raptor , but this time it is painted with alien symbols. In contrast to the first part, Megatron's disdain for Starscream, which was often shown in earlier Transformers series , is emphasized in Revenge .

Soundwave , the Decepticons communications expert, remains in orbit throughout the film and connects to a US military satellite . The original figure from 1984 was transformed into a cassette recorder and in this form had lackeys who turned into cassettes . Only Ravage remains in the film , then and now a mechanical panther that is sent to earth in the form of a rocket. Soundwave and Ravage were originally intended for the first part.

Alice (Isabel Lucas) disguises herself as a human college student and tries to seduce Sam in this form. The character is remotely based on the "Pretender" transformers that Hasbro introduced in 1988. In a cut scene, which is used in the comic and book adaptation of the film, this is explained by the fact that its “human” form is based on a “ Alice in Wonderland ” dummy from an amusement park .

The Constructicons transform into construction vehicles and can team up to form a super robot called Devastator . In the film, the Constructicons exist in multiple versions, although it is not clear whether the construction vehicles that make up Devastator are actually individual robots or whether they are simply divided into several vehicles that also serve as transformations for individual robots . Known by name (in some cases only through Hasbro's toy figures ) are Demolishor and Scavenger , both O & K / Terex RH400 - hydraulic excavator , Demolishor being killed at the beginning of the film; Rampage , a Caterpillar D9L bulldozer ; Mixmaster , a Mack - concrete mixer ; Hightower , a Kobelco CK2500 crawler crane ; Long Haul , a Caterpillar 773B dump truck ; Overload , an articulated dump truck; and Scrapper , a Caterpillar 992G wheel loader . Demolishor and Rampage are featured in the credits under their working names "Wheel-Bot" and "Skipjack", although Rampage is named in the film itself. Devastator and the Constructicons also appeared in the original series, although some of them had different names. One of them, "Bonecrusher", was the name of a Decepticon in the first part that was transformed into a Buffalo MPCV mine clearance vehicle. Although this is not one of the Constructicons in the films, a lookalike can be seen in The Revenge of Bonecrushers, similar to the Constructicons that appear several times. The name "Devastator" in turn was used in the first part of a Decepticon, which, however, both Hasbro and the scriptwriters described as a "mistake" even then. Hasbro's toy figures from the film were called "Brawl" back then.

Sideways , an Audi R8 , is also killed at the beginning of the film. Much like some other robot characters, Sideways was invented specifically for the movie and just uses the name of previous Transformers characters.

The Doctor , a spider-like robot, is the Decepticons' "doctor" who brings Megatron back to life and later extracts information from Sam's brain. It turns into a microscope . Hasbro's toy figure from the film is called "Scalpel".

Grindor is very similar to Blackout from the first film, but turns contrary to this not in a Sikorsky MH-53 - transport helicopters , but in a slightly larger model, a CH-53E Super Stallion. In the film, he is killed by Optimus Prime.

Scorponok , a mechanical scorpion , had a symbiotic association with Blackout in the first film and fled the Qatar desert after fighting the US Air Force . In Revenge , he returns during the final battle in the desert of Egypt, but is killed by Jetfire shortly afterwards.

In addition, numerous Decepticons not known by name appear as "protoforms" without earthly camouflage forms during the final battle.

background

Emergence

Screenwriter Roberto Orci .

On May 30, 2007, a month before the premiere of Transformers , DreamWorks announced that it was planning two sequels to the film. Megan Fox's commitment for the sequel was confirmed twelve days earlier, and Shia LaBeouf had already promised his participation in November 2006. Director Michael Bay, on the other hand, only briefly questioned his involvement in the sequel once in August 2007 when Paramount Pictures announced that Transformers would be released on HD DVD , but not on the Blu-ray Disc format preferred by Bay .

Paramount announced the film in September 2007 for June 2009. The budget was set at $ 200 million, 50 million more than for the first part. In the end, Bay fell below the figure by 4 million.

The screenwriters of the first part, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman , initially declined to write the script for the sequel, but eventually changed their minds. In October 2007, Ehren Kruger was announced as support for the two , who, according to Kurtzman, brought a “fresh perspective” and also impressed director Michael Bay and Hasbro managing director Brian Goldner with his knowledge of the Transformers. For the film, Orci and Kurtzman looked for an “urbane” opponent in the various Transformers comics and cartoon series and finally found him in the form of a character called “The Fallen”. Otherwise, the two wanted to include a lot in the sequel that they couldn't accommodate in the first film, including the Decepticon Soundwave. The "Matrix of Leadership", which is primarily known from the cartoon Transformers - The Battle for Cybertron from 1986, should already play a role in the first part, for fear of confusion with the Matrix films, the cube was made at that time but renamed "Allspark". The matrix in Die Rache is more similar to the original Transformers matrix.

The Bethlehem Steel site in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania was the first filming location.

The writers' strike in the United States did not significantly delay the making of the film: Orci and Kurtzman submitted a first draft of the plot the night before the strike began, which Bay used as a basis for preparing the film during the strike. After the strike ended, Kurtzman, Orci, and Kruger continued work on the script based on Bay's changes. One consequence of this development was that Michael Bay and Hasbro selected some of the new robot characters in the film during this time - due to the long production lead time of the toy figures - while they were not allowed to consult the scriptwriters for legal reasons due to the strike. The "twins" Skids and Mudflap are Bay's invention.

Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf on the set of the film

Filming began in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in June 2008 . Other locations were Philadelphia , Princeton University campus , Long Beach , Holloman Air Force Base and the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico . The film was also shot abroad, for example in Egypt near the pyramids of Giza and in Luxor , as well as in Jordan and Paris . According to Bay, Transformers Revenge is the first film in about 30 years to be approved to film at the Giza Pyramids, and the first film ever to be shot at the top of the rocky city of Petra . A hand injury sustained by the main actor Shia LaBeouf in a traffic accident only insignificantly delayed the shooting and was incorporated into the plot of the film. For the film, director Michael Bay received an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for the largest explosion on a film set in the presence of actors.

In the run-up to the film, Michael Bay claimed he had launched a large-scale disinformation campaign to prevent details of the content from leaking out to the public beforehand. In fact, in the end it was primarily Bay himself who disseminated misinformation and thus contradicted the statements of third parties who were also (indirectly) involved in the film - such as Hasbro or the comic authors from IDW Publishing. For example, Bay was very reluctant to admit that Megatron would appear in the film. General Motors also claimed that a Chevrolet Volt (in the film, the Autobot Jolt) seen on set was not a Transformer.

The Robotic Shape of Constructicon Long Haul was designed by Josh Nizzi and published on the internet before he was hired as a robot designer for the film. The robot shape in the finished film is almost identical to Nizzi's original design. Nizzi also contributed several cover images for the accompanying comics from IDW Publishing.

The Giza pyramids served as the setting for the grand finale.

In April 2009 Roberto Orci confirmed that the animated actor Frank Welker was hired as the spokesman for Decepticon Soundwave, which he had already spoken in the original Transformers animated series from the 1980s. Welker had previously been considered as Megatron's voice for the first part, but Bay had preferred Hugo Weaving at the end . Welker, who often takes on animal sounds and other non-articulated voices in American cartoon productions, not only speaks the role of the soundwave in the original version of Die Rache , but is also responsible for the sounds of Devastator, Grindor and the Ravage drone (aka “Reedman ") responsible. He can also be heard as Soundwave in many international dubbed versions of the film, including the Italian version.

It was originally planned that Leonard Nimoy , who had spoken the role of Galvatron in the original version of the cartoon Transformers - The Battle for Cybertron , should play the role of The Fallen in The Revenge . However, director Michael Bay was reluctant to “insult” Nimoy, who is married to Bay's cousin Susan, by offering him a role that was low paid for him. Although Nimoy said he was not averse to an offer from Bay, nothing came of it in the end, and The Fallen is spoken by Tony Todd instead in the original version of Revenge .

Mikaela's dog, a mastiff , is played by Michael Bay's own dog, Bonecrusher. It was named after the Decepticon Bonecrusher from the first film. In Revenge , Mikaela calls him "Boney".

Sponsors and partners in production

Just like in the previous film, the production of Transformers was again supported by the armed forces of the United States , the toy manufacturer Hasbro and other companies, some of which also had product placements in the film .

General Motors provided several vehicles this time as well. The newly developed car models that serve as the vehicle molds for the newly added Autobots come this time without exception from the GM subsidiary Chevrolet . In total, Chevrolet made 67 vehicles available, 52 of which were prototypes not intended for sale . However, as a result of the economic crisis , General Motors reduced financial support for the film in April 2009. The chocolate lentils brand M & M’s jumped in as a replacement and is one of the prominent advertising partners in the run-up to the film , alongside the fast-food chain Burger King , which was involved in the first film. Other advertising partners are Cisco , LG , Kmart , 7-Eleven and IMAX . In return, like the previous film, there is a longer IMAX version of Die Rache . As the only automaker besides General Motors, Audi was able to place its R8 in the film, as a metamorphosis of the Decepticons Sideways. The cooperation was brokered by the marketing agency Propaganda Global Entertainment Marketing. However, none of Hasbro's sideways toy implementations have been licensed by Audi.

The film also received greater support from the US Department of Defense than the parallel-produced film for Hasbro's GI Joe series , GI Joe - Cobra . It was originally intended that German Bundeswehr soldiers would appear in the film, but the federal government refused to cooperate.

Michael Bay estimates that without the support of General Motors and the United States Armed Forces, the film would have cost $ 10 million more than the $ 195 million actually needed to make it. Bay, in turn, receives an 8 percent share of Hasbro's income from the toy characters for the Transformers films. At the same time as Die Rache made its theatrical debut , General Motors reported that sales of the Chevrolet Camaro, which Bumblebee transforms into in the film, were so good that the demand could hardly be met even though the car was sold above list price in many places. However, a direct connection with the film is a mere assumption. Hasbro was able to post an increase in revenues to 490.9 million US dollars for the second quarter of 2009 in the United States and Canada compared to 467.7 million in the previous year, the first Line has been traced back to film-based toy lines such as Transformers and GI Joe . Internationally, however, the revenue fell to 276.2 million US dollars compared to 293.7 million in the previous year. A stronger dollar exchange rate is cited as the primary reason for this, with Transformers and GI-Joe toys also counting among the greatest international sales successes. In the third quarter, revenues in both the United States, Canada and internationally were below prior-year levels, but entertainment and licensing revenues increased from $ 18.3 million in 2008 to $ 41.6 million 2009, which was again primarily attributed to the Transformers and GI Joe brands . Overall, the Transformers toys are among the products that continued to flourish despite the recession as a result of the economic crisis .

synchronization

The German dubbing of the film was again done by Interopa Film GmbH from Berlin. The dialogue book comes from Tobias Meister , who also directed the dialogue. All recurring roles are voiced by the same voice actors as in the first part. In the German credits, the original speaker Frank Welker is mistakenly named as the German dubbing voice of Soundwave, but the actual speaker is Horst Lampe .

People

role actor German voice actor
Sam Witwicky Shia LaBeouf David Turba
Mikaela Banes Megan Fox Luise Helm
Major William Lennox Josh Duhamel Dennis Schmidt-Foss
Sergeant Robert Epps Tyrese Gibson Tobias Kluckert
Leo Spitz Ramón Rodríguez Ozan Unal
Seymour Simmons John Turturro Stefan Fredrich
Ron Witwicky Kevin Dunn Frank-Otto Schenk
Judy Witwicky Julie White Katharina Koschny
Theo Galloway John Benjamin Hickey Bernd Vollbrecht
General Shap Morshower Glenn Morshower Kaspar Eichel
Alice Isabel Lucas Luisa Wietzorek
Graham Matthew Marsden Frank Schaff
Professor RA Colan Rainn Wilson David Nathan

Autobots

Reiner Schöne, the German dubbing voice of Optimus Prime.
role Original speaker German speaker
Optimus Prime Peter Cullen Pure beauty
Megatron Hugo Weaving Hans-Jürgen Wolf
The fall Tony Todd Bert Franzke
Bumblebee Mark Ryan various, u. a. Dietmar Wunder , Thomas Nero Wolff , Sebastian Schulz , Tobias Meister , Uli Krohm
Jetfire Mark Ryan Engelbert von Nordhausen
Ironhide Jess Harnell Oliver Siebeck
Ratchet Robert Foxworth Jan Spitzer
Arcee Gray DeLisle Martina Treger
Skids Tom Kenny Michael Pan
Mudflap Reno Wilson Gerald Schaale
Soundwave Frank Welker Horst lamp
Scalpel John DiCrosta Santiago Ziesmer
Starscream Charlie Adler Axel Lutter

Promotion and other media

Just like the previous film, Transformers was promoted in a variety of ways:

Hasbro and the Japanese partner company Takara Tomy (Tomy outside of Japan) jointly developed and released the mandatory toy series from May 2009. Just like in the case of the toy series for the first film, the toy series for Die Rache also includes numerous characters in addition to the film robots that do not appear in the film. The toy figures are partly completely newly developed figures, but partly also new editions or variants of figures for the first part. Just like in the case of the toy series for the first part, Hasbro's product range extends from "classic" convertible figures to elaborately designed figures for older collectors to role-play accessories and comparatively simply designed toys aimed at a younger target group. In some cases, the minimum age recommendation is just three years. For the first time there are also action figures for some of the human roles in the film. In the UK, the Transformers were the most successful toy series of July 2009 with total revenues of £ 2.6 million, accounting for 33 percent of the action figure sector. Many of the toys were also available in Germany under the original title Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen , but often with a significant delay compared to the publications in the United States. In 2010, new toy figures based on the film and variants of figures that had already appeared appeared.

The American comic publisher IDW Publishing published two comic mini-series with the titles Transformers: Alliance and Transformers: Defiance , both of which represent a prehistory to the film plot. In terms of content, Alliance ties in with the miniseries The Reign of Starscream , a comic book sequel to the first film. A four-part comic adaptation of Die Rache was also released by IDW, and in 2009 a six-part mini-series entitled Tales of the Fallen was released . Another six-part miniseries with the title Nefarious appeared in 2010. All miniseries are now also available in the form of anthologies.

The publisher Del Rey Books, an imprint of the Random House publishing house Ballantine Books, published another prehistory of the film plot by author Alan Dean Foster with the title Transformers: The Veiled Threat in late April 2009 . The novel adaptation of the film plot, also written by Foster, was published in mid-May 2009. Two further books for younger readers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel and Transformers: The Last Prime , were published by HarperEntertainment, an imprint of the HarperCollins publishing house . Dorling Kindersley, in turn, published the book Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe .

The video game version of the film is again from Activision and has been available since June 2009 for the Nintendo Wii , PlayStation 2 , PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 and PCs with DVD-ROM drives. Other games also appeared for the PlayStation Portable and the Nintendo DS . In contrast to the comics and books, the games also appeared in Germany.

As in the first film, there was also an Alternate Reality Game for Die Rache , this time consisting of the two "competing" websites called The Real Effing Deal and Giant Effing Robots , which are also mentioned in the film.

The soundtrack for the film, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Album , was released on June 19, 2009 and is again a sampler with pieces from bands such as Staind , Linkin Park , Green Day , The Fray and Nickelback . The movie's title track is Linkin Park's New Divide , which was also released as a single. The actual film music with the orchestral pieces composed by Steve Jablonsky was released on June 26, 2009. Hans Zimmer was the producer of the score, Nick Glennie-Smith conducted the orchestra.

Beginning in January 2010, Hasbro released a thirteen-part, TG Studios-produced computer-animated web series called Cyber ​​Missions about once a month , which is a loose continuation of the film plot. In addition to the film characters, other characters from Hasbro's toy series for the film also appeared. The Cyber ​​Missions were originally streamed on Hasbro's official website , and since October 2010 also on the website of the new television station The Hub, which is owned by Hasbro.

reception

Financial success

Transformers celebrated its world premiere on June 8, 2009 in Tokyo , Japan . The official film launch in Japan was June 20, 2009, in Great Britain on June 19. The film took first place in the box office in both countries on the opening weekend, grossing $ 14.1 million in Great Britain and $ 5.8 million in Japan. The grossing results of the opening weekend of the first part were exceeded in Great Britain by 71 percent, in Japan by as much as 13 percent.

The film opened in the United States on June 24 and grossed $ 16 million as a midnight premiere. That was the second best value for such a performance after The Dark Knight ($ 18.5 million), which however ran from Thursday to Friday. The film was shown in around 3000 cinemas at 12:01 a.m. At the weekend the number of copies was increased to 4,226. The German premiere took place on June 14, the official film launch in Germany was also June 24.

After five days, the film grossed $ 387 million worldwide. With gross revenues of $ 14.4 million in 169 IMAX theaters, the film grossed the largest amount in five days ahead of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix at 7.3 million. In the United States, the film grossed $ 201.2 million over the same period. Aside from The Dark Knight ($ 203.8 million), Revenge is the only film that broke the $ 200 million mark within five days. In China , Revenge replaced Titanic ( $ 37 million) as the most successful film of all time, with grossing over $ 58.8 million .

In the United States, the film grossed over $ 402 million, almost 83 million more than in the first installment, making it the second highest-grossing film of 2009 after Avatar . Worldwide, Die Rache grossed a total of 836.3 million US dollars, more than 125 million more than the first part in total, and thus ranks fourth among the most successful films of 2009. Overall, it ranks 79th in the list of the most successful films without inflation adjustment ( Status: August 8, 2020).

In Germany, the film saw a total of over 1.9 million visitors, over 390,000 more than the first film in total. The film thus ranks 20th among the most successful films in Germany for 2009. The box office results in Germany totaled over 20.3 million US dollars, over six million more than the first part grossed.

Reviews

The reviews were mostly negative, even more than in the case of the previous film.

In the film magazine Widescreen , the editors Sünderhauf and Buchta summarized the film as "a lot of noise and a huge pile of junk". "Too silly, too flat, too long" is the film, contains "two hours of embarrassing prepubescent childish without any need, stupid dialogues of one-dimensional characters and a very constructed story". The “militaristic glorification” was also criticized, and ultimately “even in the actual domain of this filmmaker, the action genre, only a few scenes could really convince.” Hanns-Georg Rodek described director Michael Bay on Welt Online as a “military fetishist [ en] ", which openly celebrates the military industry:" Shorn and short-cropped men pose martially, helicopters patrol in front of the setting sun, and in the final picture man and (good) machine stand pathetically next to each other on a giant aircraft carrier, in a steadfast combat community against the evil metal packages. " His conclusion: "This film just demands submission from us."

Bert Rebhandl from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung also criticized the portrayal of female roles: "Sexism and monogamy go together perfectly with Michael Bay, the irony of his gender politics is as subtle as the use of the color filters with which he highlights Megan Fox's beads of sweat." As a conclusion, he recognizes in Die Rache the "quintessence of the newer blockbuster cinema".

Filmstarts.de's verdict was mixed: “[t] he mixture of humor and action, of robots and actors, of bombastic effects and breather [...] on the point" voted for Transformers, "pyromaniac Bay [is forfeited]. With Die Rache ] back into old behavior patterns: It bangs twice as loudly and three times as often as in the predecessor, but the viewer is only half as interested ”, and at some point the“ unbelievable astonishment at the filmmaker's imposing destructiveness [disappears] cultivated boredom ”. In addition, “many roles are simply cast twice […], once by a transformer and once by an actor made of flesh and blood”. Overall, the film is “pure gigantomania” and “at least a good half an hour too long”.

Kino.de's verdict was more positive: “The joy of playing, with which director Bay unleashes an inferno of action elements, is downright breathtaking in its excess.” The “humorous [elements], which already had a pure effects orgy, were also praised the actors Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox, who “have developed even further in terms of acting”, as well as the “spectacular advances” in animation technology, thanks to which the Transformers would become “equal partners for human actors”. The criticism closes with the conclusion: "Not less is more, but more is more."

Leading actors Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox also criticized the film. On the US talk show The Early Show, Fox complained back in June 2009 that she had not understood the film, although she had read the script, acted in the film and watched the finished film. At the Cannes International Film Festival in May 2010, LaBeouf criticized the fact that, despite various “wild stunts” , The Vengeance lacked the heart and that the relationships through which the audience could identify with the characters in the film were neglected. LaBeouf blamed director Michael Bay for this. Bay himself admitted weaknesses in the script in an interview with Collider.com in December 2010, although the film was still "entertaining", but blamed the scriptwriters' strike for many problems. He also recognized the "idiot humor" (in the original "dork comedy") as a weakness.

Controversy

Tom Kenny, the spokesman for Skids and Wheelie.

In the US media in particular, the "twins" Skids and Mudflap caused controversy, in which many critics and viewers believed that they recognized the racist stereotypes of uneducated Afro-American youth. Director Michael Bay felt compelled to comment on the allegations and justified himself with the fact that the dialogues and personalities of the two go back primarily to the improvisation of the original speakers Tom Kenny and Reno Wilson . Wilson, who is himself an African American, was surprised at the allegations and stated that his portrayal was rather a parody of "wannabe gangsters ." The screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci confirmed that this portrayal of the characters was not part of the script and they could at least understand the criticism.

Just like in the first part , a lobbyist group that speaks out against advertising aimed at children also filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission for Die Rache , since the toys belonging to Hasbro, despite the age rating "PG-13" for the film itself, filed Children's programs were advertised on television.

Awards

Transformers - Revenge won three Scream Awards in the United States for "Best Science Fiction Actress" ( Megan Fox ), "Best Special Effects" and "Best Acting Breakthrough" ( Isabel Lucas ). In addition, the film was nominated for an Oscar in the “best sound” category, but could not win it.

The film was nominated in seven categories for the negative award Golden Raspberry 2010 and won this award in three categories: Worst Screenplay , Worst Director and Worst Film . Revenge was the most nominated film and the most accolades at the event.

Second evaluations and other versions

IMAX version

After the first film was shown in a longer version in IMAX theaters in 2007 a few months after its theatrical release , Michael Bay planned a special IMAX version for Die Rache in advance. Four additional battle scenes were filmed with special IMAX cameras. Due to an exclusive contract with Paramount, this meant that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince could only be seen in IMAX theaters on July 29, 2009, two weeks after the regular theatrical release. In contrast to the first part, Transformers - Die Rache was also shown in German IMAX cinemas, but only the regular theatrical version without the additional IMAX scenes.

Publishing on DVD and Blu-ray Disc

Transformers was released in the United States on October 20, 2009 on DVD and Blu-ray Disc . Just like in the case of the first part, there are also numerous special versions this time that are exclusively available from various chain stores, including a convertible DVD case. The additional IMAX scenes are only available on a special version of the DVD and Blu-ray Disc, which is exclusively available in stores of the US supermarket chain Walmart . A total of 2 million copies were sold in the United States within the first 24 hours of the film's release. In total, Revenge is the second most successful DVD release of 2009 in the United States, with sales of over eight million copies and revenue of over $ 191 million.

In Germany, Die Rache was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on November 9, 2009. There are also some special versions in Germany, including a SteelBook version of the DVD that was originally exclusively available from Müller and a convertible Bumblebee available exclusively from Amazon.de - Cover for the Blu-ray version. In contrast to the Blu-ray version, which also includes an audio commentary and a bonus disc in the regular version, these are only available in the SteelBook version for the DVD version. The additional IMAX scenes are not yet included on any German release.

continuation

The third part in the series, Transformers 3 , was shot with stereoscopic 3D cameras and was released in theaters in 2011. Michael Bay again directed. Megan Fox no longer appears as Mikaela in the third part, Sam's girlfriend is now Carly Spencer, played by Rosie Huntington-Whiteley .

Web links

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Transformers


cinemamovies

Transformers: The Battle for Cybertron (1986) • Transformers (2007) • Transformers: The Revenge (2009) • Transformers 3 (2011) • Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) • Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) • Bumblebee (2018 )

Cartoon series

Transformers (1984–1987) • Transformers: Generation 2 (1993–1995) • Beast Wars (1996–1999) • Beast Machines (1999–2000) • Transformers: Animated (2007–2009) • Transformers: Prime (2010–2013) • Transformers: Rescue Bots (2012–2016) • Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015–2017) • Transformers: Cyberverse (from 2018)

Web series

Transformers: Cyber ​​Missions (2010) • Transformers: Combiner Wars (2016) • Transformers: Titans Return (2017-2018) • Transformers: Power of the Primes (from 2018)

Anime series

Transformers: The Headmasters (1987–1988) • Transformers: Super-God Master Force (1988–1989) • Transformers: Victory (1989) • Beast Wars II (1998–1999) • Beast Wars Neo (1999) • Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2000–2001) • Transformers: Armada (2003–2004) • Transformers: Superlink / Energon (2004) • Transformers: Cybertron (2005) • Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (2013-2014)

Original video
animation

Transformers: Scramble City (1986) • Transformers: Zone (1990)