Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
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An inventor must team up with a mysterious professor to protect a powerful talisman from a looming extraterrestrial threat.
The story
In the wake of a global conflict, inventor Cade Yeager is gifted a mysterious talisman by a dying Transformer knight. He is soon recruited by an eccentric British professor, Sir Edmund Burton, to protect the artifact from a powerful Cybertronian sorceress and the ancient enemy, Unicron. As a new paramilitary task force, the Transformers Reaction Force (TRF), hunts for any remaining alien technology, Cade must navigate a dangerous landscape of hidden secrets and escalating tensions. The quest leads them toward a hidden truth about the history of Transformers on Earth, while the fate of both worlds hangs in the balance as the search for the talisman's true power intensifies.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In 484 AD, Merlin secures a staff from the Knights of Iacon to help King Arthur. In the present, Optimus Prime is manipulated by the sorceress Quintessa to retrieve the staff, which would power Cybertron by draining Earth's energy core—the entity Unicron. On Earth, Cade Yeager and his allies are hunted by the TRF while trying to protect a talisman. They join forces with Sir Edmund Burton and Viviane Wembly, a descendant of Merlin, to find the staff hidden in a submerged spacecraft. After a series of skirmishes with the TRF and Decepticons, the group locates the staff. Viviane activates it, and Optimus Prime is freed from Quintessa's control. The Decepticons steal the staff, and a battle ensues at Stonehenge. Ultimately, the Autobots and humans launch an assault on Cybertron to stop Quintessa and the Decepticons. Viviane stops the energy transfer, and the two worlds are joined, allowing the Autobots to stay on a newly formed Cybertron. Quintessa survives, disguised as a human, to deal with the remaining threat of Unicron.
- First release year
- 2017
- Runtime (minutes)
- 149
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Michael Bay
- Cast and characters
- Mark Wahlberg · Cade Yeager; Josh Duhamel · William Lennox; Stanley Tucci · Wizard Merlin; Anthony Hopkins · Sir Edmund Burton, 12th Earl of Folgan; Laura Haddock · Viviane Wembly; Isabela Merced · Izabella; Jerrod Carmichael · Jimmy; Santiago Cabrera · Santos
- Genres
- science fiction; action
- Themes
- Ancient secrets; Hidden history; Sacrifice
- Tone and mood
- Action-packed; Epic; Mysterious
- Setting
- Various locations including Chicago, the United Kingdom (London, Stonehenge), and the planet Cybertron.
- Premise and plot tags
- Sci-fi; Action; Adventure; Mythology
- Source material / true-story basis
- Hasbro's Transformers toy line
- Franchise connections
- Transformers
- Reception
- The film received generally negative reviews from critics and was considered a box office disappointment despite its high gross.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 16% · scale: percentage · review count: 254; Metacritic · score: 27 · scale: 100 · review count: 47; CinemaScore · score: B+ · scale: A+ to F; PostTrak · score: 75% · scale: percentage
- Awards and nominations
- Teen Choice Awards · Choice Action Movie, Choice Summer Movie, Choice Summer Movie Actor, and Choice Summer Movie Actress · 2017 · Nominated; Golden Trailer Awards · Best Summer 2017 Blockbuster Trailer, Best Summer 2017 Blockbuster TV Spot (for a Feature Film), and Best TrailerByte for a Feature Film · 2017 · Nominated; Golden Reel Awards · Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Underscore · 2017 · Nominated
- Production trivia
- The film was a box office disappointment, resulting in an estimated $100 million loss for Paramount.; The film was shot in at least four different aspect ratios.
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