Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Movie Review: “This is Indiana Jones stuff!”. At a certain point in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, the new film in the saga released in cinemas on June 7, two characters, dealing with an archaeological site in Peru, truly find themselves in an Indiana Jones-style situation, with those dangerous machines that they trigger traps and secret entrances. This is how we started the review of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, because Steven Spielberg is producing. And because, especially in that first, delightful film directed by Michael Bay in 2007, there was really a lot of Spielberg. In the amazement, in the sense of wonder of the first part To be clear, certain atmospheres of E.T. more than Indiana Jones. All this in the new film, which restarts the saga, a reboot but not really, it returns only at times. There are new characters, a new tone, slightly more comical but also more touching, but the film is mainly made up of long fights between robots, sometimes too long.
Transformers: Rise of The Beasts, The Plot
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts takes place after the events of Bumblebee. After a prologue set in the mists of time, which serves to make us understand how robots have inhabited our planet for thousands of years, we find ourselves in New York in 1994. Noah Diaz (Anthony Ramos), a boy of South American origins, listens to De Soul and Wu-Tang Clan. He is a former army soldier, he lives with his mother and his little brother, who is sick and in need of care, and is looking for a job that he can't find. So he tries to steal. And, one evening, while he tries to break into a Porsche, he finds himself inside a robot, a Transformer, the friendly Gascon Mirage. Meanwhile, Elena Wallace (Dominique Fishback), who works in an archaeological museum on Ellis Island, finds herself dealing with an artifact that appears to come from Egyptian art, but which has signs that are not hieroglyphics. She too will be introduced to the Transformers...
The Maximals, the new Transformers
The meeting between Mirage and the child smacks of Spielberg
And we can bring out our hidden talents. Noah Diaz, in fact, can't find a job because he doesn't know how to be part of a team. He has a brave little brother who reminds him that he is a warrior. The little one's strength will help him in his mission, and in the end, he will really learn to work in a team, a truly special team. So Elena, always put in the background by her superiors, will find a way to be the protagonist. The "human" stories that accompany those of the fight between the robots aim to be moving, with the family of Latin origins in difficulty, and with the path of self-determination of a young woman. It's a somewhat stereotyped way of moving, but in the end, it fits. The most beautiful moment is the meeting between Mirage and the child, outside her window, which takes us back to the Spielberg atmosphere and those of the first film.
Will it be Hasbro Cinematic Universe?
The new Transformers also makes a pretty major change from Michael Bay's famous film. Where there were famous actors or stars on the rise, here there are still little-known actors. Between the two new protagonists, Anthony Ramos has an interesting face but doesn't really shine on the screen, even if he was probably chosen to represent the insecurity that is typical of his character. Dominique Fishback, on the other hand, is the real surprise of the film: a sweet and at the same time feisty face, the African-American actress pierces the screen. The rest is, as mentioned at the beginning, long, very long action scenes. The best, however, is not a fight between robots, but a spectacular chase in New York between the police and Mirage, still in the form of a Porsche. But it is a very different machine from the others. Pay attention to the ending, because Hasbro and Paramount have evidently learned from Marvel. A continuation of the saga is on the way, a probable new saga and perhaps even a sort of Hasbro Cinematic Universe.
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