Film Review: Bumblebee
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Cert: PG-13 - 12A
Director: Travis Knight
Screenwriter: (story by) Christina Hodson, Christina Hodson
Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Cena, Jason Drucker, Pamela Adlon, Stephen Schneider, Ricardo Hoyos, John Ortiz, Glynn Turman, Len Cariou, Kollin Holtz, Gracie Dzienny, Fred Dryer, Isabelle Ellingson, Mika Kubo.
Running time: 1h 54min
Parents advised reading before viewing the film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:
Violence & Gore:
Profanity:
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:
Frightening/Intense Scenes:
Story: On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary, yellow VW bug.
Likes: I like Micheal bay's transformers in its own way, but HELL to ya this film is how you make a better Transformers film and a possible reboot of the franchise. Take away everything Micheal bay did, give us G1 (generation one) transformers that I grow up on in the 80s, this is how you make a film.
Especial a lot of the easter eggs like music from the original Transformers animated film music which a lot of fans of the original transformers will be excited about, along with a lot of original G1 designs which give this film my badass approval.
See Cybertron for the first before the chaos was just awesome and give a background to how they got to earth, not to mention show how Bumblebee lost his voice which gives closure to that. The relation with bumblebee and Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld) was so heartfelt and emotional, the certain scene had me laughing but there was one scene that brought back a bad memory for me personally because I know how she feels at that point that did make me cry.
Im impressed with John Cena as he not that bad in this film, give some awkward humour at times but he holds his own throughout the film. Kid you not it was like stepping back in time to the 80s transformers being a kid again, incredible CGI work, Great action of the fight scenes and well choreographed, most differently the best Transformers movie to date that should have a reboot franchise from it.
I highly recommend this watching this film at the cinema as it a great film for the family and fans you won't be disappointed.
Dislikes: Some of the senses of humour was a little cheesy at time, but its a great film
Overall: Best transformers movie to date, A must see. An emotional and heartwarming film
Rating: 5 out of 5 for Entertainment / 9 out of 10 for Concept
Cert: PG-13 - 12A
Director: Travis Knight
Screenwriter: (story by) Christina Hodson, Christina Hodson
Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Cena, Jason Drucker, Pamela Adlon, Stephen Schneider, Ricardo Hoyos, John Ortiz, Glynn Turman, Len Cariou, Kollin Holtz, Gracie Dzienny, Fred Dryer, Isabelle Ellingson, Mika Kubo.
Running time: 1h 54min
Parents advised reading before viewing the film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:
- Two characters clearly have a romantic interest in each other, but it is shown very minimally (the most is a kiss on the cheek).
- Two teenaged side characters are shown kissing.
Violence & Gore:
- While the tone of the film is much more light-hearted and inviting than the other films in the series, 'Bumblebee' features many sequences of the robot on robot violence. Robots are shot, sliced in half, blown up, and the like.
- Most violent acts happen against humanoid robotic characters, with characters sustaining fatal injuries including dismemberment, decapitation, and crushing, while non-fatal injuries include characters sustaining damage from falls, torture, gunfire, implement, and electric shock.
- Violent acts against human characters are mostly non-gory and bloodless. People are tossed around by explosions and big robots or are involved in vehicular collisions, but generally are assumed to have survived with relatively minor injuries, although they do show the end results, like the main character who is injured early and has a scar on his face for the rest of the film, while others have various scratches and bruises, while another has an arm in a sling.
- Two human characters are killed on-screen with an alien energy weapon that reduces them to a gelatinous liquid smear.
Profanity:
- Agent Burns played by John Cena has a few lines such as "shit and hell." Charlie's mother says "hell."
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:
- A mother asks a young character if they are on drugs.
Frightening/Intense Scenes:
- While this instalment is much lighter in tone than the other films and has fewer action sequences, there are a few intense scenes, as well as character deaths that definitely earn this film's PG-13 rating
Story: On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary, yellow VW bug.
Likes: I like Micheal bay's transformers in its own way, but HELL to ya this film is how you make a better Transformers film and a possible reboot of the franchise. Take away everything Micheal bay did, give us G1 (generation one) transformers that I grow up on in the 80s, this is how you make a film.
Especial a lot of the easter eggs like music from the original Transformers animated film music which a lot of fans of the original transformers will be excited about, along with a lot of original G1 designs which give this film my badass approval.
See Cybertron for the first before the chaos was just awesome and give a background to how they got to earth, not to mention show how Bumblebee lost his voice which gives closure to that. The relation with bumblebee and Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld) was so heartfelt and emotional, the certain scene had me laughing but there was one scene that brought back a bad memory for me personally because I know how she feels at that point that did make me cry.
Im impressed with John Cena as he not that bad in this film, give some awkward humour at times but he holds his own throughout the film. Kid you not it was like stepping back in time to the 80s transformers being a kid again, incredible CGI work, Great action of the fight scenes and well choreographed, most differently the best Transformers movie to date that should have a reboot franchise from it.
I highly recommend this watching this film at the cinema as it a great film for the family and fans you won't be disappointed.
Dislikes: Some of the senses of humour was a little cheesy at time, but its a great film
Overall: Best transformers movie to date, A must see. An emotional and heartwarming film
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