Tagged: Michael Bay

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2010s / Action / War

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)

13 Hours takes place during a volatile time in Libya, shortly after the overthrow and murder of their dictator, Muammar Gadaffi, in 2011. Various factions began their scramble for power, starting with raiding the...

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2010s / Action / Science Fiction

Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

It’s becoming more difficult by this fourth entry in the Transformers series to criticize it when it delivers exactly what its fans expect, namely, incessant explosions, sparkly bits, gratuitous cheesecake, and a plot and dialogue written...

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2000s / Action / Science Fiction

Transformers (2007)

Hasbro’s action figures are dusted off for one more go around for a feature film, with the last effort coming in the animated Transformers: The Movie in 1986, which has gone on to become something of...

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2000s / Action / Science Fiction / Thriller

The Island (2005)

An exciting science fiction premise (possibly lifted from the awful 1979 MST3k lampooned flick, Parts: The Clonus Horror) gets dumbed way down for mass consumption in The Island, the latest film that Michael Bay ruins by...

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1990s / Action / Thriller

The Rock (1996)

Those who read my site regularly will know that I have little respect for Michael Bay’s style of direction and even less for mega-producer Jerry Bruckheimer’s bloated, mind-numbing, explosion-ridden action flicks.  You may be surprised...

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2000s / Action / Comedy / Thriller

Bad Boys II (2003)

Although I am not a fan of any other Michael Bay mega-blockbusters, I did enjoy the original Bad Boys, mostly because it did manage to make me laugh quite a bit.  Even so, I came...

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2000s / Romance / War

Pearl Harbor (2001)

Considering the track record to date between producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay, I was a bit leery about the prospects of sitting through three hours of over-produced, directorial masturbation that has been...

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1990s / Action / Science Fiction

Armageddon (1998)

The plot:  An asteroid the size of Texas is hurtling towards Earth, which will surely result in the termination of all life on the planet. The high-ups in NASA devise a plan to split...

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1990s / Action / Comedy / Thriller

Bad Boys (1995)

Bad Boys is a movie at odds with itself. The part of it that tries to be a comedy is a smashing success, with Martin Lawrence at his best, delivering line after funny line amid a...