this movie is the answer to the ultimate question... "Can Michael Bay Become More Michael Bay Than Michael Bay Is Michael Bay?"

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

"You ever wonder what it would be like to do the thing you were put on this Earth to do?"

Exploding plastic inevitable. The greatest, tackiest, most reprehensible lizard-brain dipshit maximalist action epic in I can't even tell you forever how long. I could barely tell you what happens in it. Bay has surpassed himself. Pretty much what movies are for.

94

Much more than 'Bayhem', which usually consists of sustained formalistic excess within wonky, poorly-paced narratives of childish escapades, casual racism, and river streams of vulgarity. This has all that, don't worry, but it's within a plot structure of a tightly wound, often unbearably breakneck adventure. This puts the pedal to the metal from frame fucking one and never, not once, lets up, even if it thinks that it's slowing down (spoiler: it's not). Bay's plasticity finally meshes with a story that is just as meaningless as the deployed destruction. Every moment is Maximum Bay, built to ceaselessly, viciously entertain as it rummages through covert capitalist institutions and the ultimate fallibility of the American military state. Often veers past genre stylists like Mann and Tony Scott to ultimately find an experimental, off-hand pace similar to Late-Malick. Think Knight of Cups but with Parkour, magnet technology, cars and bodies and buildings being endlessly mangled, and more sunglasses. A flunked-out crazy-pants masterpiece.

This is the first Michael Bay film I've really liked. Incredible stunts and VFX. And Reynolds is charming and funny as always. It is shot by the incomparable Bojan Bazelli. And Lorne Balfe's score is solid.

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Watched on Netflix of course

Grotesque in most every way! And yet...yum yum I ate the trash and now I am full!

a gloriously crass, lurid sometimes beautiful clusterfuck. bay is so formally tapped into this reprehensible american id that was dated in 2006 it's somehow almost convincing; try and not be mesmerized by this ludicrously expensive, scumbag men-on-a-mission movie that doubles as vulgar, plastic cocktail of muse needle-drops, parkour, cartoon blood squibs, dubstep remixes, screeching tires, troop porn, shattered bodies, practical explosions/vehicular chaos, eminem references, disgusting slomo gore gags and awful, bro-y attempts at wit all blended into an incomprehensible, over-saturated music video about an american billionaire/redbull stuntman heroically pulling off a righteous coup in the middle east. ryan reynolds literally gaddafi's a guy right before hugging all his homies and walking off into the sunset with them. insanity. it defies bad taste

In the opening 20-minute-long action sequence Michael Bay destroys much of Florence, Italy, has his heroes injure multiple innocent civilians, and features a bloody human eyeball (with extremely long optic nerve) as a key prop.

This is pure, uncut Michael Bay, with all the good and bad that entails.

(also I paid $20 to see it in a theater)

People keep falling over themselves to call Michael Bay an auteur and there’s something really funny about how removed from that conversation he’s obviously been. This movie feels like Bay watched Deadpool and said “this was great but it had some medium shots. I will fix this” and then he just started walking towards Ryan Reynolds like the It Follows sex monster.

this man straight up ripped the
spice girls straight out the stereo.

Typical Michael Bay movie. Feels like Mission Impossible with a comedy twist.

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Hollow, flashy bullshit

Or otherwise what I like to call “how many different songs can we play in a single action sequence”

Even though the lack of continuity is quite apparent and the plot is kinda questionable, i love the found family trope and this film delivers on that. The characters are all charming in their own way and that’s the reason this movie gets four stars bc i love the characters so much :’)

Hey Mr. Bay, you forgot to remove the left side mirror on the car after you destroyed it with a truck during the car chase in the beginning scenes.

The first half consists of interesting camera work, brilliant lighting and backstory. The second half, action and explosion with a forced narrative. The two combined create a very enjoyable movie.
And... Ryan Reynolds

Yea, worth a watch

i can only say more product placement, faster cars, more neon, more explosions, and longer car chases

Netflix: alright michael, here’s a blank check. make your dream movie
Michael Bay: grip it and rip it, what’s the catch?
N: no catch, make whatever you want
MB: sick, lot of explosions and shit
N: yeah exactly!
MB: cars, planes, guns, and ladies?
N: yes, give the people what they want
MB: how bout a white guy saving the middle east from a dictator?
N: um... might continue to perpetuate some problematic stereotypes, but sure, we said blank check
MB: how much product placement we talkin?
N: none man, like we said, blank check
MB: ok cool so throw like 30 minutes of commercials in there? off the top of my head i’m thinking red bull, lavazza, aviation gin, bugatti, ford, and chevy
N: no really, you don’t have to do that
MB: *pumps shotgun* fuck yeah, we’ll do 45

Perfect mix of comedy and action. Also, Ryan Reynolds...

Worth a watch

Omg how did I forget to rate this?? We were intoxicated and only somewhat paying attention. Something to do with magnets?? 🧲 😂 lol idk

 ..Oh, Michael Bae. What is it that keeps me coming back to you? Am I chasing the dragon of seeing Transformers as a teenager? Maybe..

About as bad as you might expect