Blood: The Last Vampire (2009) Review

SYNOPSIS:

On the surface, Saya is a stunning 16-year-old, but that youthful exterior hides the tormented soul of a 400-year-old "halfling." Born to a human father and a vampire mother, she has for centuries been a loner obsessed with using her samurai skills to rid the world of vampires, all the while knowing that she herself can survive only on blood like those she hunts. When she is sent onto an American military base in Tokyo by the clandestine organization she works for, Saya immediately senses that this may be her opportunity to finally destroy Onigen, the evil patriarch of all vampires. Using her superhman strength and her sword, she begins to rid the base of its evil infestation in a series of spectacular and elaborate showdowns. However, it is not until she forms her first human friendship in centuries with the young daughter of the base's general that Saya learns of her greatest power over Onigen may well be her ability for human connection...

Based on the 2000 Japanese anime of the same name, Chris Nahon’s “Blood: The Last Vampire” marks the English-language debut of actress Jeon Ji-hyun, who first rose to International fame in the 2001 South Korean romantic comedy “My Sassy Girl”. Here, Jeon has chosen to use the more International-friendly Gianna Jun in the credits, though I suspect this will be irrelevant to most of the film’s audience. The movie saw limited release in the States, but should have a more robust box office take (or at least DVD sales) in Asian countries based on Jun’s celebrity status. Fans of wild action movies should also take a look at “Blood”, as although it is lacking in most areas, martial arts action is something it has in abundance.

“Blood” has Gianna Jun playing Saya, a half-human, half-vampire half-breed that stalks the dark alleyways and subway cars of Japan looking for demons to slay. Luckily for her, demons seem to be plentiful in this universe. For you see, there has been an ongoing war between the humans and the demons (they are never explicably referred to as vampires, and “blood suckers” is as far as the movie will go to acknowledging their vampire traits), starting when Onigen (Koyuki, last seen romancing Tom Cruise in “The Last Samurai”) slaughtered her way through Feudal Japan many moons ago. Flash-forward to 1970 Japan, where Saya works with a covert cabal known only as The Council to track down, kill, and then erase the existence of the blood suckers.

Saya’s latest job has her infiltrating a school at an American military base, where several deaths have been reported. Quickly, Saya runs afoul of two demons, including the bullying Sharon (Masiela Lusha), but she also meets and befriends rebellious teen Alice McKee (Allison Miller), whose father runs the base. After dispatching of the demons, Saya leaves, but not before intriguing Alice enough that the girl begins her own investigation, which eventually leads her into the heart of the human-demon. And just when Saya’s quest for vengeance against Onigen seems stalled, the mother of all demons herself returns to Japan for one final battle.

Despite clocking in at a breezy 90 minutes or so, “Blood: The Last Vampire” still feels like a 60 minute movie stretched out with 30 minutes of extraneous plotlines. There’s really no reason to make Alice the daughter of the base’s commander, except to give her father something to do. The dad’s investigation into the Council adds an additional 10 minutes or so to the film, time that could have been better spent exploring more of Saya’s past and her centuries-long grudge against Onigen. Instead, the script by Chris Chow tries to involve us in some hackneyed investigation by the elder McKee as he tries to uncover the secrets behind The Council. I don’t know why they bothered. Apparently it’s just one old guy eating soup in a noodle shop. And oh yeah, four guys with silver briefcases armed with liquid solutions that, apparently, can clean up even the worst demons stains. More interesting is the relationship between a Council agent named Michael (Liam Cunningham) and Saya, but it’s never really explored, with most of the attention going to the ridiculously over-the-top Luke (JJ Feild).

The original anime fielded a serviceable plot that involved Saya infiltrating and then working her way through the demons in the military base, which would have been more than enough to write a live-action movie around. Instead, the script abandons the base so fast that you get the feeling the only reason they even introduced it was to justify Gianna Jun wearing a Japanese schoolgirl uniform. Curiously, even though the school only fills up about 10 minutes of the entire movie, Saya continues to run around slaying demons in that same schoolgirl uniform. Mind you, not that I’m complaining, I’m just saying, is there a reason she’s still wearing it despite no longer needing a schoolgirl cover? Maybe she misses her school days back in, er, Feudal Japan? They wore sailor schoolgirl outfits back then, right?

But never you mind all the above. This is a movie based on a Japanese animated film about a centuries-old vampire in a schoolgirl uniform going around chopping vampires into little pieces with a big ol sword, after all, so one can forgive the live-action version for its meandering and less than spectacular plotting. What the film really gets right is its action, with the highlight being a spectacular, lengthy duel between Saya and a legion of demons in the rain that moves from one series of alleyway to another. Director Chris Nahon knows action, having cut his teeth on the Jet Li actioner “Kiss of the Dragon” and the crime film “Empire of the Wolves”. “Blood” features some surprisingly brutal sword combat, as Saya is quite the proficient killer, hacking and slashing her way through the sea of vampires that stands between her and her immortal foe, Onigen. But have no fear, it’s all done in a very cartoonish style (not to mention filled with ridiculous CGI blood), so you’re liable to chuckle at the excesses of these scenes rather than flinch at their brutality.

Of course, I would be remiss if I didn’t point out the film’s less than stellar CGI work. It wouldn’t be so bad if the CGI was convincing, which they aren’t in the slightest. Really, however much the producers paid to make these creatures move onscreen, they paid too much. Almost nothing about the film’s creature effects are convincing, and it’s even worse when the demons transform into winged flyers and flap around in the air. It kept reminding me that my PS3 games had cutscenes that were more life-like than these gargoyle creatures. Fortunately, Gianna Jun is there to salvage things, even in scenes heavy with these CGI monstrosities. She really is the best thing about the movie, and Nahon should thank his lucky stars that Jun is completely committed to the role and the film’s numerous complex action set pieces. I was unsure how she would fare as an action heroine, but I have to admit, Gianna Jun looks so comfortable in the role that it feels like she’s been doing this type of stunt-heavy work since she got started in the business, which as those familiar with her past works will know, is not the case.

Fans of the original anime by Hiroyuki Kitakubo will probably find Chris Nahon’s live-action adaptation to be on the underwhelming side. The film stays faithful to the anime in the early parts, but the script quickly diverts once Saya is in the American military base. That location is quickly ditched in favor of a road trip of sorts where Saya and Alice flee the authorities and the demons, only to run headlong into – well, let’s just say that the film’s final act is such a mess when it comes to coherent narrative plotting that you’re liable to think “Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li” actually made sense by comparison. There’s also the matter of shoehorning the Alice character into the movie. It doesn’t work, Allison Miller never looks or feels as if she belongs in the film, and everytime Saya hops to the rescue of the American girl, you wonder why she bothers. Is Saya – or, indeed, the audience – really that invested in keeping the hapless teen alive? I don’t think so.

There are two types of people that should grab a copy of “Blood: The Last Vampire” when it hits DVD. Fans of Gianna Jun, who wants to see their favorite starlet take on her first English-language picture, and lovers of crazy, insane limb-slicing action films. “Blood” certainly has you covered on both fronts, with its heavy doses of sword action and Gianna Jun in the middle of it all. There’s also a pretty brutal and incredibly cool sword fight in a flashback sequence that fans of Japanese Chanbara movies should love. I don’t really recommend “Blood” for everyone, but if you happen to fall in those two aforementioned categories, then Chris Nahon’s “Blood: The Last Vampire”, while not a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination, nevertheless delivers the goods where it counts.

BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE (2009)

Starring: Gianna Jun, Masiela Lusha, Allison Miller, Liam Cunningham, JJ Feild, Koyuki

Director: Chris Nahon

Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films

Rating: R (For strong bloody stylized violence.)

Genre: Action / Horror / Thriller

Release Date: July 10, 2009

Official Site: http://www.bloodthelastvampire.co.uk/

Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) Review

SYNOPSIS:

In the highly-anticipated Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, debuting June 24, 2009, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) again joins with the Autobots® against their sworn enemies, the Decepticons®. Michael Bay directs from a screenplay by Ehren Kruger & Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman.

The biggest movie of the summer is finally here, but that’s the problem with Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - it’s just too bloody big. Epic, spectacular but unfortunately far, far too long; the film proves that when it comes to Michael Bay blockbuster movies, you can have too much of a good thing… [IGN]

Everything from the girls to the action in “Transformers 2” is designed for cheap thrills. Bay aims for every low-brow joke in the book. Racial stereotyping, bad sex jokes, and “hilarious” humping scenes are just a few of the gems he’s able to come up with. These cheap jokes actually went over well with the audience in my screening, but when a movie has three humping scenes and none of them involve an actual human doing the humping there’s something wrong with that… [Blogcritics]

This is all standard negative criticism for Bay movies, however. The question you’re all wondering has yet to be fully addressed: Are the action scenes good? My answer is that yeah, they’re pretty sweet. Bay manages to drop the pretense that he was trying to make a film with plot, and just let giant robots fight near or on pyramids. A special note should be made of their IMAX cinematography. The scale of the Transformers and the picture quality really do add a lot of enjoyment to some scenes, notably the ones where Devastator is involved. The acting even manages to improve a bit from bad comic acting to legitimate moments of care and concern for the characters. There’s not much else to say about this; the action is cool, but trying to describe why it’s cool is kind of a futile pursuit… [ScreenJunkies]

The film should really be called “Transformers: Bigger, Longer, Unintelligent.”
In case you missed the first movie and since both films are nearly the same in execution that isn’t really necessary the good robots, called Autobots led by Optimus Prime (voice of Peter Cullen), fight the bad robots, called Decepticons led by Megatron (voice of Hugo Weaving). A human named Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) gets thrown into the battle as the unlikely savior accompanied by a sexy love interest, Mikaela (Megan Fox). Sam’s parents, Ron (Kevin Dunn) and Judy (Julie White), provide comic relief as does John Turturro as Agent Simmons… [MetroWest]

The biggest movie of the summer is finally here, but that’s the problem with Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - it’s just too bloody big. Epic, spectacular but unfortunately far, far too long; the film proves that when it comes to Michael Bay blockbuster movies, you can have too much of a good thing…read more [IGN]

Transformers is dull, ponderous and overlong, packed to the gills with glamor shots of busy robot designs and Megan Fox, flashes of idiocy (a small robot humping the leg of Fox, who smiles at it fondly) and endless examples of Bay’s increasingly tedious military porn. If summer entertainment is meant to be diverting and imaginative, Revenge of the Fallen succeeds only in that it drove me into periods of catatonic daydreaming, where I imagined watching anything else…read more [/Film]

The human actors are in a witless sitcom part of the time, and lot of the rest of their time is spent running in slo-mo away from explosions, although–hello!–you can’t outrun an explosion. They also make speeches like this one by John Turturro: “Oh, no! The machine is buried in the pyramid! If they turn it on, it will destroy the sun! Not on my watch!” The humans, including lots of U.S. troops, shoot at the Transformers a lot, although never in the history of science fiction has an alien been harmed by gunfire… [Roger Ebert-SunTimes]

Oversexed, underwritten, gun-happy, baffling, and boring as a test pattern, Revenge of the Fallen is little more than an excuse to send robots smashing into each other for an excruciating two-and-a-half hours. There are occasional breaks between explosions for expository soliloquies performed in high-Saturday-morning-cartoon-camp mode. If the rest of the film wasn’t so frantically trying to appeal to adults who ought to know better, this sort of tone would make sense. But by jamming the garbled mythology of a lousy kids’ toy advertisement into a leering, ultra-violent action franchise, the filmmakers create a hybrid monster that at first seems designed to appeal to nobody. But at a time when kids are being pushed to grow up instantly and adults are encouraged to cultivate their arrested development, it makes perfect sense that Michael Bay is waiting for them right in the middle, Happy Meal in hand… read more [Worstpreviews]

Michael Bay’s new “summer-fun” (as he likes to call it) blockbuster Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen starring Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Tyrese Gibson, and Josh Duhamel, is not the roller coaster ride it should be. It starts off with a bang, but ends in a muddle. Although it has many surprises that I did not see coming, because of the excessive use of the same type of explosion over and over again, and the ridiculously long run time, this film is not summer-fun, it’s summer-blah…read more [ScreenCrave]

TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN (2009)

Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro, Rainn Wilson, Isabel Lucas, Matthew Marsden, Darius McCrary

Director: Michael Bay

Studio: DreamWorks Pictures

Rating: PG-13 (For intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, language, some crude and sexual material, and brief drug material.)

Genre: Action / Adventure

Release Date: June 24, 2009

Official Site: http://www.transformersmovie.com/

Wallpapers of Optimus Prime from Transformers movie

***OPTIMUS PRIME THE LEADER OF THE AUTOBOT***

Optimus Prime is a character in the Transformers universe. He is the commander of the Autobots, a faction of heroic Transformers from the planet Cybertron who wage their battles against the evil forces of the Decepticons for control of their homeworld, and by extension, peace in the universe. Optimus Prime is depicted as a heroic, brave and compassionate character who puts all his talent to use to improve the world around him. Optimus has a strong sense of justice and righteousness, and has dedicated himself to the protection of all life, particularly the inhabitants of Earth; he will battle his foes with unyielding resolve to uphold this belief.

The original Optimus Prime transforms into a cab over semi truck. The truck’s cab transforms into the robot mode of Prime himself, with vast strength and armed with a laser rifle. Contained within his chest is the mystic talisman known as the Autobot Matrix of Leadership (or Creation Matrix), carried by all Autobot leaders and passed down through the ages. The truck’s trailer disconnects and transforms into the Combat Deck, a mobile battle-station/command headquarters with an “Auto-Launcher” robot armed with assorted artillery and beam weapons. It can also serve as a radio antenna for battlefield communications between the Autobots. The Combat Deck can launch Prime’s third component, Roller, a mobile scout buggy that can easily slip behind enemy lines. Optimus’ senses are tied into Roller’s, and can perceive what Roller does. Injury to one component is felt by each of the others, and while Prime could survive the destruction of either, despite the slight degree of autonomy they possess, the Combat Deck and Roller would not be able to survive without him.

Additional powers included (somewhat inconsistently) in the animated series and comics are short-range optic blasts, holographic map projections, a palm mounted, triangle-shaped repulsor projector (similar in function to the Marvel Character Iron Man) and deployable hydro-foils designed by Wheeljack which allowed Prime and the other Autobots to traverse bodies of water with ease. One of Prime’s more memorable abilities from the animated series was the ability to retract his right hand and replace it with a glowing energon axe; although used only once, the axe proved popular enough to be rendered in toy form several times in recent years, and made further appearances in both the Dreamwave Productions and Devil’s Due Publishing comic series, and in the 2007 live action feature film.

Across the assorted continuities of the original Transformers universe, there have been various interpretations of Optimus Prime. One of Prime’s most notable characteristics in any form was his adamant commitment to leadership by example, and avoidance of any hypocrisy in his command, but beyond this, the animated series leaned towards Optimus Prime as a straightforward, wise and essentially upbeat battlefield general. The Marvel Comics series, on the other hand, in addition to these more obvious characteristics, suggested a Prime secretly plagued by self-doubt and, more importantly, a conflicted sense of pacifism that often made him an extremely reluctant warrior. It was occasionally implied that the conflict with the Decepticons lasted as long as it did primarily because of his unwillingness to take a more aggressive stance.

The animated series revealed other minor details about Optimus Prime’s personality and personal life - for example, his dislike of rap music (”Blaster Blues” and “Quest for Survival”), which set him at odds with music-loving characters like Blaster and Jazz. Prime also enjoys televised sports, most notably basketball which he even plays (”The Master Builder”), as well as setting up a basketball court outside the Ark. Though Prime’s personality is like that of a human man age 40-50, he is not above watching afternoon soap operas (in the episode “Prime Target”, he is heard groaning out loud when the soap opera he is watching with the other Autobots gets interrupted for a news report).

Wallpapers of Megatron from Transformers movie

***MEGETRON THE LEADER OF THE DECEPTICON***

Megatron is very powerful and utterly ruthless. His imposing robot form is dominated by his primary weapon - his arm-mounted fusion cannon, capable of leveling a city block in one blast. During one episode of the first series, Megatron fell victim to his own weapon, when Autobot Brawn managed to get a hold of it and fired it at him. He can also sub-dimensionally link the weapon to a black hole, generating even more powerful antimatter blasts (capable of destroying a small planetary body). However, this ability is almost never used, as it leaves him extremely weak and vulnerable.

There have been several interpretations of his character; some see Megatron as a strategic leader who calls the shots from afar, whilst others see him as a tactical battlefield commander who leads by brutal example. Unlike many other villains in popular fiction, Megatron was not generally depicted as overly chaotic or insane (at first). He was highly aggressive and a megalomaniac, but there was usually a consistent rationale behind his actions, albeit that Megatron was often the only one who could perceive this.

There have been some sparing occasions where Megatron displays a personal sense of fair play and even honor, a complexity that is most evident in his complicated relationship with Optimus Prime. There is an unspoken mutual respect between the two leaders, born of each knowing the other better than anyone else. Megatron at times seems to derive enjoyment from the perpetual conflict that exists between them — the pleasure of ending the life of Optimus Prime will be Megatron’s and Megatron’s alone, and to ensure this, he has aided Prime in the face of greater threats, such as the Combaticons or Jhiaxus’s second generation Cybertronians. In instances such as these, the two have come to face the fact that were it not for their diametrically opposed ideology and views, in another life, the two could be comrades — a fact that Optimus Prime views as a tragedy, but which provides Megatron with amusement.

Originally, Megatron was able to transform into a Walther P38, delivering more focused energy blasts. He can shrink and reduce his mass as he transforms, assuming sizes that comfortably allow either another Transformer or even a human being to wield him. In one instance (the episode Dinobot S.O.S.), he retained his full size and connected to jet-mode Starscream’s underside.

He has a secondary weapon barrel mounted on his back, and can retract and replace his right hand with an energy flail. He can fire electrical blasts from his hands, laser blasts from his eyes on at least one occasion (The Autobot Run) and can reprogram computers with a port in his head.

According to his original tech spec, Megatron has no known weaknesses. This does not, however, spare him from defeat at the hands of his enemies. For all his famed battle prowess and tactical ability, Megatron’s complacent overconfidence often causes him to overlook some vital strategic detail. Also, he has a bad habit of ordering a retreat at the first sign that the tables have turned against his side in battle (even when the Decepticons still maintain the overall strategic advantage). Another factor that could contribute to his losses is his rough relationship with some of his own troops (most specifically Starscream). Despite his lust for galactic domination, one of Megatron’s key priorities remains the safety and health of Cybertron; and from his viewpoint, the best way to accomplish that is for him to conquer it.

Wallpapers of Bumblebee from Transformers movie

***BUMBLEBEE MEMBER OF THE AUTOBOT***

Bumblebee (known as Bumble in Japan, Moscardo in Portugal, Űrdongó in Hungarian) is the “little brother” of the heroic Autobot faction, constantly striving to prove himself in the eyes of the taller, stronger robots that he respects - especially his leader, Optimus Prime. So strong is this admiration toward others, he takes risks that put him in danger. Although a bit of a wise-cracker, he is a capable and reliable messenger and spy, his small size allowing him to go places that his larger comrades cannot. He is highly fuel efficient, has great visual acuity, is particularly adaptable to undersea environments and transforms into a Volkswagen Beetle. He was later reconstructed in a stronger, more mature form as Goldbug.

Bumblebee is established as the smallest of the first year Autobots, but his actual size varies greatly in the various media, ranging from the same size as other Autobot cars to barely taller than a human. His only official height was in an early issue of the Marvel comics where it is stated he is 15 feet tall.

Bumblebee’s primary function in the original Transformers animated series and comics was to serve as the “young” character with whom the youthful viewing audience could identify, and he would befriend the Autobots’ primary human ally - the young son of the Witwicky family (Buster in the Marvel comic - see issue #1 - and Spike in the cartoon) - to this end, a concept that persists into the 2007 live-action film. Although a well-known character because of this, Bumblebee is quite unusual in that, unlike many other Transformers, his name has not been re-used and applied to unrelated characters throughout the ensuing twenty years of Transformers media, due to the loss of the trademark until recently. His role as the “young yellow character”, however, has inspired other Transformers characters with the same role such as Cheetor and Hot Shot.

Wallpapers of Ratchet from Transformers movie

***RATCHET MEMBER OF THE AUTOBOT***

In the 2007 live action film, Ratchet appears as a Search and Rescue Hummer H2. As always, Ratchet is the medical officer of the Autobots. According to the official movie site, Ratchet believes the conflict can be solved peacefully, without any violence. However he still carries out Optimus Prime’s orders, even if it means use of force.

His weapons include a rotary saw that emerges from his left arm, and can transform his right arm into a machine gun. Ratchet also has an assortment of other tools at his disposal; in the movie, he uses a red laser to scan and try to calibrate Bumblebee’s voicebox as they are introduced to Sam Witwicky and Mikaela Banes. He has enhanced senses, as he reveals Sam’s desire to “mate” with Mikaela by sensing his pheromone levels by using his nose. According to the book Transformers - Meet The Autobots by Jennifer Frantz, Ratchet has X-ray vision. According to the Transformers UK magazine Ratchet can produce a “chameleon” effect with his surface photo-electric cells allowing him to blend with his environment.

According to an early interview with Michael Bay Ratchet stands about 24 feet tall (8m) [1], but the scale of his Voyager class toy suggests he stands 19 feet tall. The official guide to the Transformers video game says he’s 20 feet tall. The Transformers UK magazine states he is 20 feet 1 inch tall, weighs 6.7 tons and has a maximum speed of 230mph. It also states he can “haul/push 20 times his own weight”, which is 134 tons. Another DVD interview states that Ratchet is the only car to have been built from an original model.

Wallpapers of Starscream from Transformers movie

***STARSCREAM MEMBER OF THE DECEPTICON***

Due to his treachery and personality, he has become a fan favorite and has had many future characters within the franchise to bear his name, some of which share his desire to become leader of the Decepticons. Starscream has, at some points, had control over the Decepticons, but his actions usually lead him to being defeated, or overruled by the more powerful Megatron. Starscream makes no secret of his ambition to overthrow Megatron as Decepticon leader. He is more intelligent than the average Decepticon, ruthless, and cruel, but he is also unlikely to directly act on his ultimate ambition without assurance of conditions favorable to his ascension. He considers himself vastly superior to other Decepticons, and looks down on Megatron for being antiquated in his military strategy and tactics. Starscream believes that the Decepticons should rely more on guile and speed rather than brute destructive force to defeat the Autobots, though, even when given the chance to strike out on his own, he is equally as successful as Megatron. Megatron frequently overlooks the potential threat that Starscream represents. However, Starscream often exhausts Megatron’s patience quickly; violent-yet-brief verbal and/or physical conflicts are not uncommon between the two. Usually, these result in Megatron treating Starscream in a humiliatingly dismissive manner and in two cases actually resulted in his banishment: once to Guadalcanal in the South Pacific and once to a desolate asteroid in deep space.

Wallpapers of Blackout from Transformers movie

***BLACKOUT MEMBER OF THE DECEPTICON***

Early leaked scripts of the 2007 live-action film had a Decepticon helicopter named Vortex, after the Generation 1 Combaticon. Possibly due to Hasbro’s lack of a trademark on the name Vortex, they changed the name to Blackout. Blackout has had various different names before being finalized—Soundwave, Vortex and Incinerator; all names have been used on a Transformers toy at some point before. Leaked concept art for the character had the name “Incinerator” on it.

Blackout transforms into an MH-53M Pave Low IV helicopter. According to screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, Blackout is the largest Decepticon, (while Blackout is about 33 feet tall, Megatron, visually, appears larger than any other Transformer in the movie) serving as transportation for the other group members. He is armed with arm-mounted Gatling cannons, an M134 gatling gun used on the Pave Low helicopter. And an energy cannon and missile launchers, and has the ability to disrupt electronic devices via EMP blasts. He is also able to detach and wield his tail rotor blades as a close-combat weapon and when out of vehicle mode his main rotors fold into two sets of three onto his back, giving him the appearance of wings. When in helicopter mode he can simulate the appearance of a human pilot, the same holographic model (referred to as “Mustache Man” on-set and in the credits) that “pilots” Starscream and “drives” Barricade. Blackout carries Scorponok on his back, as seen in both the film and the game.

According to his profile in the second issue of the UK. Transformers magazine, Blackout stands 33 feet 5 inches tall, weighs 2.9 tons and has a maximum speed of 800 mph. The official guide to the Transformers video game says he’s 33 feet tall. Both of these heights are much smaller than his alternate mode would suggest. However, in the video game’s profile for him, it states that he is often seen “silently looming over Megatron’s shoulder” indicating that he would have to be taller than Megatron, and therefore taller than 33 feet. His exact height seems to be a mystery. As size calculations from the toy suggests, his height should be about 55 feet tall.

Wallpapers of Frenzy from Transformers movie

***FRENZY MEMBER OF THE DECEPTICON***

Frenzy appears in the 2007 live-action Transformers movie directed by Michael Bay. He takes on the stealth spy role that was originally Soundwave’s. The movie’s creators have stated that the character design had evolved too far from being Soundwave.

In the film, Frenzy is small, and very thin, standing at 1.2 m (around 4 feet) tall. It is implied that he is also lightweight, given the ease with which a stewardess on Air Force One is able to pick him up while in his alternate mode. His alternate mode is shown as a silver GPX boombox, with round speakers and blue diode-lights. At one point, he is decapitated and survives as just his head, scanning a mobile phone belonging to Mikaela to continue his task. His weapons include a small automatic weapon on each hand and CD-like shurikens that fire out of his chest. His character is manic (living up to his name), sometimes comedic, and he is the only Decepticon with blue colored optics, rather than the usual red.

Although his small size makes him useless in battle against the Autobots, Frenzy proves irreplaceable to the Decepticons as he single-handedly found the All Spark and reported its location to the other Decepticons. The character is thus given a great deal more screen time than the other Decepticons. However, he constantly speaks in fast Cybertronian, and is often damaged in battle.

According to the voice actor, these were the only English words spoken by Frenzy in the film, although he can be heard saying a few other intelligible English words throughout the movie (eg. “Megatron melting!”, “Witwicky”, “Megatron! Megatron! Megatron!”, “oh shit”). Michael Bay also stated on the DVD commentary most of Frenzy’s words are “Tutankhamen” said very fast.

Wallpapers of Ironhide from Transformers movie

***IRONHIDE MEMBER OF THE AUTOBOT***

In the 2007 Transformers live action film Ironhide appears as a modified GMC Topkick C6500 pickup truck. [1], replacing Arcee in the cast list. Peter Cullen, who provided the voices for both Optimus Prime and Ironhide in the original animated series, does not voice Ironhide in the film. Ironhide is described as being Prime’s oldest friend and the weapons specialist of the team. He is a tough soldier who has sustained many injuries. His right eye has a large scar surrounding it. Before arriving on Earth, he sustained a broken ankle. According to the tech specifications of his toy, he was built during the Battle of Tyger Pax and is one of the oldest Autobots. His weapons include laser cannons mounted on each forearm with missiles connected around the outside of the right forearm laser cannon. In the video game adaption, he has a machine gun and a plasma cannon.

According to an early interview with Michael Bay Ironhide stands at 26 feet tall, but the scale of his Voyager class toy would suggest he stands closer to 21 feet tall. The official guide to the Transformers video game says he’s 22 feet tall. The Transformers U.K. magazine states he stands 22 feet 5 inches tall, weighs 3.8 tons and can travel up to 180 mph. He has a California liscense plate number 4PCI382.

Ironhide’s weapons have over 10,000 pieces each. According to an interview with Industrial Light and Magic, Ironhide’s guns alone have more pieces than some of the other Transformers in the film.

Wallpapers of Jazz from Transformers movie

***JAZZ MEMBER OF THE AUTOBOT***

Jazz is the “very cool, very stylish, very competent” member of the Autobots in the Transformers television and comic series based on the popular toy line produced by Takara and Hasbro. His original vehicle mode is a Martini Porsche 935 Turbo racing car. Self-possessed, calm, and utterly collected, Jazz is head of Special Operations, with his own dedicated roster of agents. He often gives the most dangerous assignments to himself. It’s not a matter of ego—he just really is the coolest head for the toughest missions. Jazz’s ease extends to whatever environment he finds himself in, no matter how weird or wonderful. He effortlessly tunes in to the local culture, assimilating and improvising, and making creative command decisions, making him an indispensable right-hand bot to Optimus Prime.

Jazz remains one of the more popular and well-remembered characters from the original series. Because of problems with trademarking the name Jazz, some later releases of Jazz are called Autobot Jazz.