The Transformers: DVD Review, HD DVD Review (2007)

Clocks in at nearly 21⁄2 hours but greases by without ever feeling as long.

Shia LaBeouf is Sam Witwicky, a genial nerd caught in a plot that finds Earth under attack by the Decepticons, huge robots in search of the Allspark, a giant cube that, if found, will allow these beasts the devastating powers of evil they seek.

Working against them are the Autobots, who also are seeking the Allspark but who instead want to use its power for good.

Since neither the Decepticons nor the Autobots know where the Allspark is located on Earth, all hell is unleashed in their effort to find it, with Sam eventually learning through his unlikely relationship with the Autobots that he alone has the key to its discovery.

Though Megan Fox, Anthony Anderson, John Voight and John Turturro co-star, the real stars of the show are the Transformers themselves, whose incorporation into the film's real-life surroundings is as seamless a feat as you could imagine--and as exciting.

Rated PG-13. Grade: B+

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