# Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

> Sam Witwicky is pulled into an explosive Autobot-Decepticon war when a buried Cybertronian spacecraft on the moon becomes the key to Earth’s survival.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/24170

## Facts

- Runtime: 154 min
- Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
- Director: Michael Bay
- Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Peter Cullen, Leonard Nimoy, John Turturro, Frances McDormand, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson
- TMDB rating: 6.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1399103/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: breakneck
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: bombastic, propulsive, comic-book heroic, action movie night, blockbuster marathon

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- [The Transformers: The Movie (1986)](https://ember.film/movie/1236)
- [Terminator Salvation (2009)](https://ember.film/movie/419)
- [G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)](https://ember.film/movie/8857)
- [Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)](https://ember.film/movie/214302)
- [Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)](https://ember.film/movie/32068)
- [Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)](https://ember.film/movie/64123)
- [War of the Worlds (2005)](https://ember.film/movie/46)
- [Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)](https://ember.film/movie/248831)
- [Bumblebee (2018)](https://ember.film/movie/248410)
- [Independence Day (1996)](https://ember.film/movie/482)

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