Transformers: Dark of the Moon (also known as Transformers 3) is a 2011 American science fiction/action film, part of the Transformers film series, directed by Michael Bay and produced by Steven Spielberg. It is the sequel to Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and was released on June 29, 2011 The film is presented in regular 2D, Real D 3D and IMAX, featuring Dolby Surround 7.1 sound.
Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson and John Turturro reprise their starring roles, with Peter Cullen returning as the voice of Optimus Prime andHugo Weaving returning as the voice of Megatron. Ehren Kruger, who collaborated in the writing of the last film, was again involved in the writing. Despite having been initially confirmed for the film, and with the film already into principal photography, it was announced that Megan Fox would not be reprising her role from the previous two films. With Fox's character (Mikaela Banes) being dropped, Sam was assigned a new love interest, portrayed by English model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. Also, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, having written the last two films, did not return for this installment in the series, which Orci had earlier somewhat anticipated, fearing the duo would "risk getting stale". Bay has stated this would be his last installment in the series. In May 2011, it was announced that Paramount Pictures had bumped Transformers: Dark of the Moon's release date of July 1, 2011, two days earlier, June 29, in order to receive an early response to footage. The film was then released one day earlier, June 28, in select 3D and IMAXtheatres, nationwide.
Plot
In 1961, a Cybertronian spacecraft known as the Ark crash lands on the far side of the moon after escaping a war-devastated Cybertron. Piloted bySentinel Prime, it carried the Pillars, technology that could have won the war for the Autobots. On Earth, the crash of the Ark is detected by NASA, andPresident John F. Kennedy authorizes a mission to put a man on the moon as a cover. In 1969, the crew of Apollo 11 lands on the surface of the Moon to investigate the Ark.
In the present day, the Autobots have forged a military alliance with the United States, assisting in human conflict to prevent humans from destroying themselves. During a mission in Chernobyl, Optimus Prime discovers a fuel cell from the Ark (which awakened Shockwave) that the Soviet Union attempted to use as a power source, resulting in the Chernobyl disaster. Knowing this, Optimus launches his own mission to retrieve the Pillars and revive Sentinel Prime. Just five Pillars remain on-board the vessel, which the Autobots describe as being the means to establish a mobile space bridge between two points and transport matter through. U.S. National Intelligence Director Charlotte Mearing is horrified at this revelation as they could be used to bring an invading army to Earth.
Meanwhile, Sam Witwicky is frustrated that he has not been able to find a job since graduating college. He takes his frustrations out on his new girlfriend,Carly Spencer, and her close relationship with her boss, Dylan Gould. Sam is eventually hired in a mail room in a high-pressure working environment. One of his co-workers, Jerry Wang, passes information on to Sam about "the dark side of the moon" before being assassinated by Laserbeak, a condor-like Decepticon. After contacting the retired Seymour Simmons, Sam realizes that the Decepticons are systematically killing people connected to the American and Russian space missions. They locate two Russian cosmonauts who show them satellite photos with hundreds of Pillars being stockpiled on the moon. Sam realizes the Decepticons raided the Ark decades before and are luring the Autobots into a trap. Unable to revive Sentinel Prime, they left him and five Pillars, including a Master Pillar, for the Autobots to find. Sam contacts the Autobots and reveals that Sentinel Prime is being targeted by the Decepticons, and escort him to their base. However, Sentinel reveals that he made a deal with the Decepticons and betrays both the Autobots and the humans, destroying their base and executing Ironhide before fleeing with the Pillars.
Sentinel uses the Pillars to establish a space bridge with the moon allowing the Decepticon army hidden there to attack Washington DC; Some Decepticons taking the forms of vehicles they pass. Lt. Colonel Lennox orders several military commands to DEFCON 1. Sam is forced by Gould, in league with the Decepticons, into finding out Optimus Prime's plans for retaliation. Sam finds Optimus Prime, who tells him there is no plan for retaliation. The Autobots are exiled from Earth by way of a ship that brought the second wave of Autobots from the last movie to earth called the Xanthium. Knowing this, the Decepticons destroy the Autobot rocket and take control of Chicago. With Gould's help, they establish themselves in Chicago and fortify the city. Gould reveals to a kidnapped Carly that the Decepticons intend to rebuild Cybertron,strip-mining the Earth for resources and using humans as slave labor. To do this, the Decepticons have placed Pillars around the world to call Cybertron itself through the space bridge.
Angered at the betrayal, Sam finds USAF Chief Robert Epps and the two re-form the disbanded NEST team to go into Chicago and rescue Carly. They are nearly killed before they have set foot in the city but are saved by Optimus Prime and the Autobots, who evaded the explosion of their shuttle in one of the ejected booster rockets. Sam, the Autobots and NEST advance on Gould's penthouse to rescue Carly and disable the Master Pillar before Cybertron appears in the sky. Battling through the city, NEST takes out the Decepticon leaders (including Shockwave and Starscream) while Carly convinces Megatron that he will answer to Sentinel Prime once Cybertron is restored, instead of leading the Cybertronians himself. Sam reaches the Master Pillar where he confronts Gould, which ends in Sam taking an uprooted pole and knocking Gould into the Pillar where he is electrocuted. Bumblebee and Ratchet arrive, the latter shooting the pillar allowing Bumblebee to tackle down the Pillar. The connection to Cybertron is broken, and the half-formed planet collapses into itself. With Cybertron seemingly destroyed, Optimus and Sentinel fight in the ruins of Chicago. Optimus loses an arm and is about to be killed when Megatron intervenes, provoked by Carly's words. Megatron comes close to killing Sentinel, but Megatron wants a truce that would put him in power, with Optimus for the time being while taunting him in the process. Optimus rejects this truce and takes the opportunity to attack Megatron, ripping his head and spine from his body before executing Sentinel. Sam and Carly are reunited and the Autobots accept that, with Cybertron gone, Earth is now their home.
Cast- Shia LaBeouf as Sam Witwicky
- Josh Duhamel as U.S. Army Lt. Colonel William Lennox
- John Turturro as Agent Seymour Simmons
- Tyrese Gibson as USAF Chief Robert Epps
- Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as Carly Spencer
- Patrick Dempsey as Dylan Gould
- Kevin Dunn as Ron Witwicky
- Julie White as Judy Witwicky
- John Malkovich as Bruce Brazos
- Frances McDormand as Charlotte Mearing
- Lester Speight as Hardcore Eddie
- Alan Tudyk as Dutch
- Ken Jeong as Jerry Wang
- Glenn Morshower as General Morshower
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