We pit this summer’s blockbusters in an epic, box-office box-off, with heavyweights Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Terminator Salvation, starring knockout beauties Megan Fox and Moon Bloodgood—two of this season’s sexiest starlets—squaring off in the main event. The undercard features middleweights Public Enemies and Angels and Demons. Step right up, fight fans!
In this corner: A beloved franchise known for its great stamina (“I’ll be back”) and massive, metallic biceps. The film’s business is also likely to be boosted by the fact that everybody on the planet listened to Christian Bale’s on-set freakout when it went viral last winter. (A savvy producer would license one of those dance versions for the end-titles.) But can director McG get the moribund story in fighting trim? And will it work sans Schwarzenegger?
Master exploder Michael Bay has large trunks to fill—his own—as he follows up his 2007 summer colossus. There’s also the chance that last year’s writer’s strike put the kibosh on script tweaks. But so long as Bay’s formula hasn’t radically changed (it’s still about giant robots, right?), he should be able to deliver the goods. Special effects will no doubt be top-notch once again, and Bay has a genuine knockout punch in the delectable Megan Fox.
Michael Bay and Transformers, by KO.
On the Next Page: The Middle Weights with Public Enemies vs. Angels & Demons
