![]() ![]() John Turturro reprises his role as Simmons for no apparent reason, along with several other decent actors in flimsy parts. There are some feeble attempts at comedy, one of which is odiously homophobic. It’s barely explained where Sam’s previous girlfriend, Mikaela went, and it’s made obvious early on that Carly’s here for two reasons: to look pretty in dramatic scenes, and to scream and look anxious during action sequences.Īfter an urgent pre-credits sequence that takes in conspiracy theories, two iffily-portrayed US presidents and dormant robots, Dark Of The Moon then coasts along for what feels like an eternity. Meanwhile, unlikely hero Sam Witwicky (LaBeouf) has a new girlfriend, Carly (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley). Having hauled some of it back to Earth over a series of missions, the US now holds the key that could unlock a full-scale Decepticon invasion. NASA’s 1969 trip to the moon was a pretext for getting its hands on alien technology, which crash-landed on the dark side of the lunar surface. ![]() The set-up, which you’ll probably have the gist of if you’ve seen a Dark Of The Moon trailer or two, is this. For the first half of the film, Bay constructs a needlessly intricate web of characters old and new, establishing motivations that will later prove meaningless. Yet it takes Michael Bay what feels like an eternity to get to that robot-on-robot action. ![]()
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