At the same time, at a museum on Ellis Island, Fishback’s Elena is fighting to prove herself as an artifacts expert who’s knowledgeable beyond her years. This includes his adorable younger brother, Kris ( Dean Scott Vazquez), who’s suffering from a chronic illness. Whatever it is, it takes place in a grungy, pre-Giuliani New York City where Ramos’ Noah Diaz is a former military electronics expert looking for work to support his family. This isn’t exactly a sequel to “Bumblebee,” but it does begin soon afterward in 1994 and before the events of the first “ Transformers.” So it’s sort of a prequel and sort of a reboot. The screenplay, credited to five people, gives the likable Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback the opportunity to create characters we might even care about.Īnd yes, it does sound inherently contradictory to say: “I would like more humanity in my movie about otherworldly beings pretending to be cars and trucks.” But that’s what makes “Rise of the Beasts,” and Travis Knight’s ‘80s-set “Bumblebee” stand out.
That’s a rarity in this series, known more for the bland types and groan-inducing banter of the Bay movies. They’re all in pursuit of the same ancient, McGuffiny doohickey which is super powerful and can cause massive damage.īut what makes “Rise of the Beasts” palatable for everyone else is the fact that it demonstrates surprising care with the human beings trapped in the midst of this epic battle between good and evil.
Besides the Autobots-led as always by Optimus Prime and voiced by Peter Cullen with his signature gravitas-“Rise of the Beasts” also features Maximals from the “Transformers: Beast Wars” TV series and various intergalactic villains doing the bidding of the planet-gobbling Unicron ( Colman Domingo). Longtime fans will probably revel in the childhood nostalgia of seeing these beloved characters come to life once again.
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