Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a science fiction action film based on Hasbro‘s Transformers toy line, released on June 24, 2009 in United States. The film is the second installment in the Transformers film series and the sequel to Transformers (2007). The film is directed by Michael Bay and written by Ehren Kruger, Roberto Orci, and Alex Kurtzman.
Taking place two years after the previous film, the story revolves around Optimus Prime (voiced by Peter Cullen), Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf), and the Autobots allying once again in the war against the Decepticons, led by Megatron (voiced by Hugo Weaving). An ancient Decepticon named the Fallen (voiced by Tony Todd), seeks revenge on Earth and intends to find and activate a machine that would destroy the Sun and all life in the process.
With deadlines jeopardized by possible strikes by the Directors Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild, Bay managed to finish the production on time with the help of previsualization and a scriptment. Shooting took place between May and September 2008, with locations in Egypt, Jordan, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and California, as well as air bases in New Mexico and Arizona. It is the last film in the series to star Megan Fox.
It premiered on June 8, 2009, in Tokyo and was released on June 24 in the United States. The film received generally negative reviews from critics. It won three Golden Raspberry Awards at the 30th Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony and became the highest-grossing film to win the Worst Picture award. The film surpassed its predecessor’s box office gross worldwide with $836.5 million, making it the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2009.
It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing, at the 82nd Academy Awards. With over 11 million home media sales in 2009, it was also the top-selling film of the year in the United States. It was followed by Transformers: Dark of the Moon in 2011.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Album is a compilation album of various artists’ music from the 2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The soundtrack album was released on June 12, 2009 (UK), and in June 23, 2009 in the (US). The official single is “New Divide” by Linkin Park. It was rumored that Dead by Sunrise would be releasing a track called “Crawl Back In” for the soundtrack. However, Chester Bennington said he decided not to include it. Similarly, Tyrese Gibson, who plays Sgt. Epps in the movie, said that he would be in a duet track with Jewel (produced by Babyface), titled “Make It Last”, which he had hoped would appear in the film’s soundtrack, but ultimately did not. The album charted at #7 on the US Billboard 200 album chart.
Tracklist:
- Linkin Park: New Divide
- Green Day: 21 Guns
- Cavo: Let It Go
- Taking Back Sunday: Capital M-E
- The Fray: Never Say Never
- Nickelback: Burn It To The Ground
- The Used: Burning Down The House
- Theory Of A Deadman: Not Meant To Be (Not used in film)
- The All-American Rejects: Real World (Not used in film)
- Hoobastank: I Don’t Think I Love You (Not used in film)
- Staind: This Is It
- Avenged Sevenfold: Almost Easy
- Cheap Trick: Transformers: The Fallen Remix (Not used in film)
