Having encountered The Asylum's TRANSMORPHERS, a TRANSFORMERS rip-off that was terrible in every respect, I had low hopes for this sequel, which turns out to be a prequel charting the rise of the machine menace. To my surprise this one turned out to be mildly entertaining, as long as you'd happy to overlook the continued and continuous flaws and problems. There's a lot of robot CGI here and it's a little better than in the first film, but the main improvement is the story itself. Scenes of characters being killed by their A.I. satnavs are a real hoot and the narrative does well to adopt a journey narrative with our hero characters striving to fight back against overwhelming odds. There's even an old timer, Bruce Boxleitner, who pops up in the cast. Bizarrely, the film was written by and stars none other than Shane Van Dyke, grandson of Dick, and it seems to be a labour of love for him. I'm not saying it's great, because it isn't, but it is better than expected.
Review of Transmorphers: Fall of Man
