Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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| Directed by | Michael Bay |
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| Based on | Transformers by Hasbro |
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| Music by | Steve Jablonsky(featuring) Linkin Park |
| Cinematography | Ben Seresin |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time
| 150 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $200 million |
| Box office | $836,303,693[2] |
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (simply known as Transformers 2), is a 2009 American science fiction action film directed by Michael Bay and executive produced by Steven Spielberg. It is a sequel to 2007's Transformers and the second installment in the live-action Transformers series taking place two years after Transformers. The plot revolves around Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf), who is caught in the war between two factions of alien robots, theAutobots and the Decepticons. Sam is having strange visions of Cybertronian symbols, and is being hunted by the Decepticons under the orders of an ancient Decepticon named The Fallen (Tony Todd), who seeks to get revenge on Earth by finding and activating a machine that would provide the Decepticons with an energon source, destroying the sun and all life on Earth in the process.
With deadlines jeopardized by possible strikes by the Directors Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild, Bay managed to finish the production on time with the help of previsualization and a scriptment by his writers Roberto Orci,Alex Kurtzman, and series newcomer Ehren Kruger. Shooting took place from May to November 2008, with locations inEgypt, Jordan, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and California, as well as air bases in New Mexico and Arizona.
Revenge of the Fallen was released on June 24, 2009, and was a huge box office success, setting records upon release. The film grossed a total of $402.1 million in North America and $434.2 million in other territories, for a total of $836.3 million worldwide. It was the second highest grossing film of 2009 in North America (behind Avatar), 18th domestically, the 39th highest-grossing film of all time and fourth highest of the year worldwide (behind Avatar, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs).
The film received mostly negative reviews by critics, mostly because of the frequent stereotypes on the movie directing. It got mixed reviews from audiences. The film won three awards and became the highest-grossing film to win Worst Picture at the 30th Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony. A third film, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, was released on June 29, 2011. A fourth film, Transformers: Age of Extinction, was released on June 27, 2014. A fifth film as of now titled Transformers 5 is scheduled for a June 24, 2016 release. This was the last film in the series to star Megan Fox, and was also the last film in the series to be distributed by DreamWorks Pictures, as Paramount Pictures became the distributor of its future films.
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