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It is revealed that thousands of years ago there was a race of ancient Transformers who scoured the universe looking for energon sources. Known as the Dynasty of Primes, they used machines called Sun Harvesters to drain stars of their energy in order to convert it to energon and power Cybertron's AllSpark. The Primes agreed that life-bearing worlds would be spared, but in 17,000 BC, one brother, thereafter dubbed "The Fallen", constructed a Sun Harvester on Earth. The remaining brothers thus sacrificed their bodies in order to hide the Matrix of Leadership—the key that activates the Sun Harvester—from The Fallen, who swore to seek revenge upon Earth.

In the present day, two years after the events of the previous film, Optimus is seen leading NEST, a military organization consisting of human troops and his own team of Autobots (including newcomers Arcee, Chromia, Flareup, Sideswipe, Jolt, and the twins Skids and Mudflap) aimed at killing the remaining Decepticons on Earth. While on a mission in Shanghai, Optimus and his team destroy Decepticons Sideways and Demolishor, being given a warning by the latter that "The Fallen will rise again". Back in the United States, Sam Witwicky finds a splinter of the destroyed AllSpark, and upon contact the splinter fills his mind with Cybertronian symbols. Deeming it dangerous, Sam gives the AllSpark splinter to his girlfriend Mikaela Banes for safe keeping, and leaves her and Bumblebee behind to go off to college. Upon arrival, Sam meets his college roommate Leo Spitz, who runs an alien conspiracy website, and Alice, a co-ed who makes sexual advances on him. Back home, Decepticon Wheelie tries to steal the shard, only to get captured by Mikaela. After having a mental breakdown, uncontrollably writing in Cybertronian language, Sam calls Mikaela, who immediately leaves to get to him.

Decepticon Soundwave hacks into a US satellite and learns the locations of the dead Decepticon leader Megatron and another piece of the AllSpark. The Decepticons retrieve the shard and use it to resurrect Megatron, who flies into space and is reunited with Starscream and his master, The Fallen. The Fallen instructs Megatron and Starscream to capture Sam in order to discover the location of the Matrix of Leadership. With Sam's outbreaks worsening, Mikaela arrives at campus just as Alice—revealed to be a Decepticon Pretender—attacks Sam. Mikaela, Sam, and his roommate Leo drive off, destroying Alice, but are seized by Decepticon Grindor. The Decepticon known as "The Doctor" prepares to remove Sam's brain, but Optimus and Bumblebee turn up and rescue him. In an ensuing fight, Optimus engages Megatron, Grindor and Starscream. Optimus manages to kill Grindor and rip off Starscream's arm, but he is eventually impaled through the chest by Megatron and dies.

After Prime's death, The Fallen is freed from his captivity and Megatron orders a full-scale assault on the planet. The Fallen speaks to the world and demands they surrender Sam to the Decepticons or they will continue their attack. Sam, Mikaela, Leo, Bumblebee, the twins and Wheelie regroup, and Leo suggests his online rival "RoboWarrior" may be of assistance. "RoboWarrior" is revealed to be former Sector 7 agent Simmons, who informs the group that the symbols should be readable for a Decepticon. Mikaela then releases Wheelie, who can't read the language, but identifying it as that of the Primes, directs the group to a Decepticon seeker named Jetfire. They then find Jetfire at the F. Udvar-Hazy Center and reactivate him. After teleporting the group to Egypt, Jetfire explains that and only a Prime can kill The Fallen, and translates the symbols, which contain a riddle that sets the location of the Matrix of Leadership somewhere in the surrounding desert. By following the clues, the group arrive at the tomb where they ultimately find the Matrix, but it crumbles to dust in Sam's hands. Believing the Matrix can still revive Optimus, Sam collects the dust and instructs Simmons to call Major William Lennox to bring the other Autobots and Optimus' body.

The military arrives with the Autobots, but so do the Decepticons, and a battle arises. During the fight, Decepticon Devastator is formed and unearths the Sun Harvester from inside one of the pyramids before being destroyed by the US military with the help of agent Simmons. Jetfire arrives and destroys Mixmaster, but is mortally wounded by Scorponok. The Air Force carpet bomb the Decepticons, but Megatron breaks through the offensive and kills Sam. In a vision, Sam meets with the other Primes, who tell him that the Matrix of Leadership is not found but earned, which Sam has done, and send him back, effectively reviving him. The Matrix is reassembled from the dust, and Sam uses it to revive Optimus. The Fallen then steals the Matrix and activates the Sun Harvester. In his final moments, Jetfire volunteers his parts and spark to Optimus. With enhanced capabilities, Optimus destroys the Sun Harvester and takes on Megatron and The Fallen, killing the latter. Sam then finally reciprocates Mikaela's love as Megatron and Starscream retreat and vow that their fight is not finished.

The film ends with Optimus sending a message into space saying that the humans and Transformers both share a common past.

Cast and characters

Humans Shia LaBeouf plays Sam Witwicky, the teenager who killed Megatron. In this film, Sam is trying to get some personal development, and have a normal life, getting over his world-savior status, and out of the overprotection from his parents and Bumblebee. He attends an East Coast college to learn astronomy.[4] During his time there, Sam starts having mental flashes about Cybertronian symbols that turn out to be the key to finding a source of energon on Earth, so now the Decepticons are after him to get that information.[5] On July 27, 2008, LaBeouf was involved in a car crash, with fellow actress Isabel Lucas, and had to undergo hand surgery. The character getting burned in the story was an unrelated decision.[6] LaBeouf said production was only delayed by two days after his accident because Bay made up for it by filming second unit scenes, and he recovered from the accident a few weeks earlier than expected, allowing him to return to the set.[7] Bay had the hand injury written into the story,[8] and Orci said on-set rewrites were done to protect his hand for the remainder of the shoot.[9] Towards the end of filming LaBeouf also injured his eye when he hit a prop, which required seven stitches. He resumed filming two hours later,[10] and the injury is noticeable in certain scenes in the finished movie. Megan Fox plays Mikaela Banes, Sam's girlfriend, who cannot afford to attend college with him.[4] She works alongside her father, Cal, at a motorcycle repair shop. Fox cannot ride bikes in reality and had to have someone push her vehicle around as she rode on them.[11] Fox had lost a lot of weight for her role in Jennifer's Body, and had to gain ten pounds within two weeks. She explained "Michael doesn't like skinny girls."[12] Josh Duhamel plays Major William Lennox, a U.S. Army Ranger and ally of the Autobots.[13] Since the 2007 film Lennox has become part of NEST, an international taskforce battling Decepticons with the Autobots.[14] Tyrese Gibson plays Robert Epps, a U.S. Air Force Combat Controller and a member of NEST.[13] He has been promoted to the rank of Chief Master Sergeant.[15] He was given different first names in merchandise, like Ray Epps in The Last Prime storybook, and Julius Epps in The Movie Universe book. Ramón Rodríguez plays Leo Spitz, Sam's college roommate who owns a website on conspiracy theories. He accompanies Sam and Mikaela all the way to Egypt. Rodríguez endured 100 mph winds created by fans while filming in Egypt, which resulted in him dislocating his shoulder and having to spend 45 minutes having his eyes flushed of sand.[16] At some point, the character was supposed to be called "Chuck" and Jonah Hill was considered for the role.[17] John Turturro plays Seymour Simmons, former agent of the terminated Sector 7 unit, which monitored Transformer activity on Earth.[13] He is now off-duty, working in his mother's deli restaurant when Sam enlists his aid. He joins Sam's group and calls for the destruction of Devastator during the battle in front of the Sun Harvester.[11] Kevin Dunn and Julie White play Ron and Judy Witwicky, Sam's parents, who learned the truth about the Transformers while off-screen in the last film.[18] John Benjamin Hickey plays Theodore Galloway, the American National Security Advisor who believes the Autobots' presence on Earth is the reason for the Decepticons still remaining on the planet.[19] Glenn Morshower plays General Morshower, N.E.S.T.'s leader, who communicates with the squad in the Pentagon. Having cameoed in the 2007 film's opening action sequence as a marine killed by Blackout, he now returns playing a character named after himself.[20] Matthew Marsden plays Graham, an agent of the fictional SASF, and a member of the United Kingdom Special Forces who joins NEST. Marsden grew up reading the comics and loved the 2007 film. Bay was impressed with his audition and decided to increase the character's screentime.[14] Rainn Wilson plays Professor R. A. Colan, Sam's sleazy college lecturer.[21][22] Bay based the character on one of his professors at Wesleyan University, who was rumored to be chatting up his female students.[23] Amaury Nolasco was approached by Bay to reprise his character as Jorge "Fig" Figueroa, but he ultimately declined due to scheduling conflicts.[24]

Autobots Peter Cullen voices Optimus Prime, the Autobot leader. He retains his alternate mode of a blue Peterbilt truck with red flame decals. Cullen recorded a voiceover for the opening scene in August 2008, but began the majority of voice work in November.[25][26] Originally, a cameo was written for Cullen, but it was not included in the final cut of the film.[27] Bumblebee, the Autobot who befriended Sam and disguises himself as his fifth-generation Chevrolet Camaro. Despite being repaired at the end of the 2007 film, Bumblebee's voice is malfunctioning again, so he still uses radio soundbites to communicate. It is explained in the companion comic series that Starscream damaged them again in a fight after they were repaired. Mark Ryan reportedly reprised his role as the voice actor for Bumblebee, but ultimately no spoken lines by the character were included in the finished film. Ryan also continued his role as stand-in for the robots on set.[28] The filmmakers updated his previous appearance as the 2006 Camaro Concept based on the Super Sport version of the 2010 production model.[29] Ed Welburn, vice president of GM Global Design, said the redesigned car emphasized Bumblebee as becoming stronger after having his severed legs reattached in the 2007 film, with the new intakes and spoilers showing him as a sturdier character. Mark Ryan voices Jetfire, a Seeker and former Decepticon who transforms into a SR-71 Blackbird. His wounds and age have made him choose to become an Autobot.[30] The writers wanted a geriatric robot, and during scripting they gave Jetfire that personality.[31] He creaks, does not transform well, and is said to be running out of energon.[11] Also, he walks with a cane, which doubles as a battle axe. Reno Wilson and Tom Kenny voice Mudflap and Skids, also known as the twins. These Autobot infiltrators transform respectively into a red Chevrolet Trax and green Chevrolet Beat.[29] Mudflap is very hyperactive, while Skids believes himself to be the smarter of the two and tries to come across as mature, but nevertheless appears unable to keep quiet.[32] Skids and Mudflap share an almost psychic link which enables them to coordinate their attacks in battle, when they are not bickering among themselves.[33] Bay compared the message of the bumbling but heroic characters to the story The Little Engine That Could.[34] He chose the Beat and Trax for the Autobot twins because he thought those two small cars looked good together.[35] Ed Welburn added when they had designed the cars before Bay selected them, the "character" they wanted to bring to the concepts was a sense that small cars could be as cool as large ones.[36] The twins have the ability to combine. They start the film by combining into a pink and white ice cream van,[37] and although it was dropped at some point during production, it was initially said that they would have the ability combine to form a bigger robot.[38] Wilson previously voiced Frenzy in the 2007 film. Jess Harnell voices Ironhide, the Autobot weapons specialist who transforms into a GMC Topkick.[39] Robert Foxworth voices Ratchet, the Autobot medic who transforms into a search and rescue Hummer H2.[39] Grey DeLisle voices two of the sisters, three female Transformers that transform into motorcycles. Although this was dropped from the film, the three bikes were once meant to be driven by a single consciousness and able to combine into a single robot.[40] This ability can still be seen in the film's novelization and toy line.[41] The three sisters are: Arcee, a pink Ducati 848.[42] Chromia, a blue Suzuki B-King 2008.[42] Flareup[43], a purple MV Agusta F4 R312.[44] All three motorcycles feature customizations performed by custom sportsbike builder retroSBK.[45] Arcee was initially meant to appear in the 2007 film as a robot that transformed from a single bike, but was ultimately dropped from it due to concerns of her being too small compared to the other bots,[46] and the fact that the writers felt there was not enough time to explain her gender, despite her and several other female Transformers appearing in the 2007 film's toy line and tie-in comics.[34] Whether to explain robotic gender or not was something the writers were unsure about, and it remained undecided until post-production, with the issue eventually remaining unaddressed in the finished film.[47] Arcee rider holograms are played by Erin Naas.[48] At some point, the purple bike, was meant to be called Elita One or Moonracer.[49] André Sogliuzzo voices Sideswipe, a silver Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Concept.[29] His arms sport sword-like blades, and having wheels for feet, he moves around skating, similarly to the way Bonecrusher did in the 2007 film. Sideswipe was originally scripted to be a Lamborghini as he was in G1, but Bay ultimately decided to change him into the Stingray.[50] Jolt, a blue Chevrolet Volt armed with a pair of electric whips, befitting his electric car alternate mode.[51] He was a last-minute addition to the cast as General Motors, the film's car supplier, wanted to promote the Volt.[52] The writers had already wanted to include the car in the script before the Writers Guild strike, so they had to work out a character that would fit well within the Autobot team afterwards and convince Bay to approve the addition.[53] Welburn was pleased the Volt's character was christened Jolt by the filmmakers, as it reflected that car's design "character".[36] Michael York, Kevin Michael Richardson and Robin Atkin Downes voice three members of The Dynasty of Primes, the seven original Transformers, a group of which The Fallen was once a member.

Decepticons Hugo Weaving voices Megatron, the Decepticon leader.[54] Despite Michael Bay's initial claims of him not returning after he was killed and thrown into the Laurentian Abyss in the 2007 film,[55] Megatron is resurrected by the Decepticons with an AllSpark shard as a Cybertronian winged tank, although in some adaptations of the film he can also change into 2007's Cybertronian jet mode, making him a Triple Changer. He has become stronger as a result of absorbing the AllSpark that originally killed him.[56] When reviving the character, the writers chose not to rename him Galvatron so as to not confuse the general audience.[57] Tony Todd voices The Fallen, one of the Dynasty of Primes and Megatron's master. Although in the movie he is initially shown to be in the Nemesis in some kind of stasis for an unexplained reason, the prequel novels for the movie say The Fallen was imprisoned in another dimension thousands of years ago by his brethren as a punishment for his betrayal. During this time, he was able to communicate with the Decepticons via an interdimensional window, and it was the image of his face, seen through this window, that served as inspiration for the Decepticon insignia.[58] He is capable of opening Space Bridges at will.[59] Lorenzo di Bonaventura compared The Fallen to Judas Iscariot.[60] Although he does not transform in the film, his toy versions transform into a Cybertronian "destroyer" aircraft.[61] The writers selected The Fallen after looking through various cartoons and comics for new characters, because he was the most "elemental" villain.[47] At some point, Leonard Nimoy[62][63] and Frank Welker[57] were considered for voicing the Fallen. Charlie Adler voices Starscream,[39] the air commander who transforms into an F-22 Raptor. He flew into space at the end of the previous film, and returns bearing Cybertronian symbols on his body and commanding a new Decepticon army.[64] Chris Mowry, writer of the comic book prequels, stated Starscream differs from his 1980s incarnation because "His motivations are more for the species. He's definitely at odds with what Prime and Megatron have been doing. He thinks that they've both been consumed with greed, for their own selfish reasons, but as he finds out, his plans start to fall through as he’s kind of becoming overwhelmed with the same greed that they had."[65] However, Orci explained that Starscream would have more dialogue than in the 2007 film,[66] and that dialogue additions during post-production edged Starscream closer towards his 1980s counterpart.[67] Frank Welker voices Soundwave, Megatron's Communications Specialist.[68] In the movie he doesn't adopt any robot or vehicle modes and is only seen in what the toy line calls "satellite mode", which he uses to attach himself to a military satellite to coordinate the Decepticons' movements around the world. His toy version, however, apart from this mode, has a proper robot mode and transforms into a Cybertronian craft.[64] The concept artists also designed an Earth form of a Chevrolet Silverado for him to upgrade into, which Orci stated was dropped.[69] The filmmakers had tried to work Soundwave into the 2007 film twice, and these roles eventually evolved into Blackout and Frenzy. The latter character was particularly thought to be too different from the original.[70][71] Ravage, a minion of Soundwave that resembles a large one-eyed jaguar.[34] In the movie, Ravage is seen deploying a load of marble-sized bots that adopt an intermediate bug-like robot form, and end up grouping together to form a razor-thin robot named Reedman (vocal effects provided by Frank Welker).[72] Isabel Lucas plays Alice, a Pretender who stalks Sam by pretending to be a co-ed of his. Though not covered in the film, the novelization and comic adaptation explain her adopted earth mode as her duplicating the appearance of a theme park animatronic figure of Alice in Wonderland. John Di Crosta voices The Doctor (known as Scalpel in the toy line), a small spider-like robot who turns into a microscope. He is a medic and scientist equipped with tools he is seen using to extract information from Sam's brain. The packaging of his Scout-Class figure details he is skilled in dissecting and rebuilding almost any living organism.[34][73] Tom Kenny also voices Wheelie, a blue radio-controlled toy monster truck. Wheelie initially serves the Decepticons just because he is scared by them, but during the film, upon learning that Jetfire had switched sides, he allegedly chooses to do so himself.[74] He is called "Wheels" in the film novel. Frank Welker also voices Grindor, a robot transforming into a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter.[75] Both his vehicle and robot mode are greatly similar to Blackout's from the 2007 film, being the main differences a lighter coloring, different head model, and the Super Stallion being missing the nose radar bulb seen in Blackout's Pave Low. The Constructicons, a Decepticon sub-faction of robots that transform into construction vehicles. Calvin Wimmer voices Demolishor,[64] who transforms into a white and red Terex O&K RH 400 hydraulic mining excavator.[76] In robot mode, his treads turn into huge wheels, enabling him to roll either on the two of them, or only on the front one, with the rear one lifted behind his head. During production, the film writers simply called him "Wheelbot",[47] and he is erroneously listed by that name in the film's credits. Also, he is referred to as "Demolisher" in the film novel. Mixmaster,[77] who transforms into a black and silver Mack concrete mixer truck. He is briefly seen to have a third "battle mode" which appears to be a gun emplacement.[78] According to his toy bio, he is an expert in chemistry and explosives who makes explosives and poisons for the other Decepticons' weapons.[79] Long Haul,[77] whose alternative mode is a green Caterpillar 773B dump truck. Long Haul's robot mode was designed by freelance artist Josh Nizzi as fan art of the original character, by the time Revenge of the Fallen had just been greenlit. The fan art impressed Bay enough to hire him on to the film.[80] Although in the movie Long Haul's alt mode is a Caterpillar 773B, a relatively small truck, Nizzi had originally meant Long Haul to be a Caterpillar 797, one of the largest dump trucks in the world.[81][82] Kevin Michael Richardson also voices Rampage,[77] who transforms into a red Caterpillar D9L bulldozer. His robot mode resembles an upright-standing snake with his treads coming out of his hands, which he uses as whips. In the toy line, this mode is called "jackhammer mode", with his actual robot mode resembling a centaur with four spider-like legs.[83] Due to the fact that he moves around by jumping, during production he was known as "Skipjack",[84] and is erroneously listed by that name in the film's credits. Scrapper,[64] a robot that turns into a yellow Caterpillar 992G scoop loader. He is seen to be able to use one of his arms as a chain mace similar to the one seen in Megatron in the 2007 movie. Frank Welker also provided vocal effects for Devastator, a 46 feet (14 m) tall (hunched over) massive robot formed by several combining construction vehicles, who walks in a four-legged fashion resembling a gorilla.[60] He is physically unable to stand upright, but would be 100 feet (30 m) to 120 feet (37 m) tall if he did.[59] His jaws can open up to form some sort of suction vortex, and he seems to have grappling hooks he is seen using to climb a pyramid.[11] In the 2007 film, the name "Devastator" was mistakenly given to Brawl, a tank. Although Devastator was originally conceived to be made up of the other Constructicons (which is also reflected in the toy line) in the film Devastator was made to be independent from them, and his components are never seen to adopt any individual robot modes. As a result of this change, Overload was dropped as a robot, only his once-intended vehicle mode being seen in the movie.[85] The vehicles that make up Devastator are:[85][86] A black and silver Mack concrete mixer truck forms the head. Called Mixmaster in the toy line. A red Terex O&K RH 400 hydraulic mining excavator forms the torso. Called Scavenger in the toy line. A yellow Caterpillar 992G scoop loader forms the right arm. Called Scrapper in the toy line. A yellow Kobelco CK2500 crawler crane forms the left arm. Called Hightower in the toy line. A red Komatsu HD465-7 articulated dump truck forms the rear torso. Called Overload in the toy line. A green Caterpillar 773B dump truck forms the right leg. Called Long Haul in the toy line. A yellow Caterpillar D9L bulldozer forms the left leg. Called Rampage in the toy line. An unnamed Decepticon appearing to be Bonecrusher—who was one of the Constructicons in the original series—is also seen during the battle in Egypt, despite seemingly having been killed in the 2007 film. Sideways, a silver Audi R8 hiding with Demolishor in Shanghai, China until he is discovered by the Autobots.[72] Scorponok, a giant robotic scorpion. After the events of the 2007 film, it appears that Scorponok hid in the desert and repaired his tail. The film features other minor robots, including unnamed Decepticons with no earth modes, some unnamed Constructicons, Insecticons, and some kitchen appliances from Sam's kitchen brought to life by the AllSpark shard.[87] Among these kitchen bots, is a pyromaniac toaster bot, named Ejector in the toy line,[88] who had also appeared unnamed in Mountain Dew commercials tying in to the 2007 Transformers film.[89]