Transformers: Age of Extinction

Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) shifts the franchise's epic scope to the personal, focusing on Cade Yeager, a young inventor who uncovers an ancient Autobot, leading to a clash with a shadowy human organization and a formidable new threat. Amid the rubble of Chicago, Optimus Prime and his allies rally to confront an adversary that threatens not just Earth but the very course of human history. Director Michael Bay's trademark spectacle and kinetic action return, but the fourth installment feels increasingly disconnected from the mythos it seeks to expand.