Movie Review: Transformers One 8-12-26
On the robot planet of Cybertron, there live two best friends: Orion Pax and D-16. Orion and D are forced to mine Energon, but Orion secretly yearns for more, especially when they’re no-cog bots with limited functions. Destined to prove that he’s more than meets the eye, Orion and D enter the Iacon 5000 race, made exclusively for robots who can transform into vehicles. They don’t end up winning, but Cybertron ruler Sentinel Prime is impressed by their skill. Regardless, the two robots get demoted to sub-level 50 and meet the yellow talkative robot B-127. Here, they discover a message from the Primes about a treasure known as the Matrix of Leadership. Orion, D, B, and no-nonsense robot Elita-1 go on an adventure beyond Iacon City to find the Matrix of Leadership, as well as discover a shocking secret behind Sentinel Prime.
Transformers One is the best movie from Paramount Animation with a story that will appeal to even non-Transformers fans, top-notch animation, engaging characters, a good score from Brian Tyler, and a strong message on how your hero might not be the wonderful person you think he or she is.
In case you couldn’t tell, instead of being another adventure with Sam Witwicky or Cade Yeager, this movie serves as an origin story between the two main robots of the Transformers franchise: Optimus Prime and Megatron. Director Josh Cooley and his crew really outdid themselves by establishing the relationship between Orion and D-16 and how (SPOILER ALERT) they’d split up and go their different ways.
If I were to make a complaint, I feel that B-127, who would later become BumbleBee, is rather annoying: He never stops talking and tries to make a joke every opportunity he can. As Internet sensation Mat Brunet put it almost two years ago, there’s a reason why BumbleBee is mute in the live-action Transformers movies.
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| B-127 introducing himself to Elita. |
In conclusion, Transformers One is a fantastic movie to watch, but make sure your kids are at least 10 years old to make sure they’re emotionally mature enough to handle it. It’s a crime that this movie did so poorly at the box-office (Seriously, Boss Baby 2 made more money!), since it really showed that Paramount can make quality animated movies when given the right crew.
Rating: 3.8 stars out of 5
