Transformers: Age of Extinction
A resourceful Texas inventor and his daughter become fugitives after reviving Optimus Prime amid a government-backed hunt for alien robots.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- frantic
- bombastic
- heightened
- blockbuster movie night
- action marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film an overlong, thinly written effects spectacle whose action scale could not compensate for weak characterization and story.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Autobots, Decepticons, and giant alien robots drive the film's effects-heavy action and production identity.
Cade and Tessa flee a CIA-backed hunting unit while investigating Joshua Joyce's role in the robot purge.
The film introduces Cade Yeager and his family while continuing Optimus Prime and the Autobot conflict.
The CIA unit hunts Transformers, while a defense contractor is implicated in exploiting robot technology.
Films like Transformers: Age of Extinction, and why
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
shares giant-robot science fiction, military pursuit, alien technology, and large-scale destruction
Pacific Rim
shares spectacle-driven action, extraterrestrial machines, human survival stakes, and a family-centered chase
Independence Day: Resurgence
shares alien invasion mythology, government conflict, and effects-heavy blockbuster action
Movie Details
- Director
- Michael Bay
- Release Date
- 2014-06-25
- Runtime
- 165 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (8969)
Cast
- Mark Wahlberg
- Peter Cullen
- Stanley Tucci
- Kelsey Grammer
- Nicola Peltz
- Jack Reynor
- Frank Welker
- Sophia Myles
- Li Bingbing
- Titus Welliver
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Starz Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Transformers: Age of Extinction about?
- A resourceful Texas inventor and his daughter become fugitives after reviving Optimus Prime amid a government-backed hunt for alien robots.
- What is Transformers: Age of Extinction like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Transformers: Age of Extinction as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Transformers: Age of Extinction violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Transformers: Age of Extinction as moderate.
- What did critics think of Transformers: Age of Extinction?
- Critics broadly found the film an overlong, thinly written effects spectacle whose action scale could not compensate for weak characterization and story.
- Which films are like Transformers: Age of Extinction?
- Films with a similar feel include Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Pacific Rim, and Independence Day: Resurgence.
- How long is Transformers: Age of Extinction?
- Transformers: Age of Extinction runs 165 minutes.
- Where can I watch Transformers: Age of Extinction?
- In United States, Transformers: Age of Extinction streams on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Starz Apple TV channel.
