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Dir: Michael Bay (12A, interminable mins)
Another entry in this seemingly unstoppable franchise of noise, rapid-fire editing and slo-mo of American flags is born. And it’s more of the same. Bombastic director Michael Bay puts these toys that transform into vehicles into a more mythic dimension: they are part of Camelot and Arthurian legends this time out, greatly aided by Anthony Hopkins doing the exposition. For anyone who cares, Optimus Prime seemed down and out at the end of the last one, if anyone can really remember the plot of it; now he returns to Earth, his circuitry seemingly changed. Can Mark Wahlberg, brainy Brit Laura Haddock and attitude-heavy kid Isabella Moner stop a coming invasion/apocalypse? Incomprehensible action soon follows, with the likes of Stanley Tucci, John Turturro, John Goodman and Ken Watanabe cameoing for cash. If you liked the others, you’ll like this; if not, avoid.
Opens June 23