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Transformers One

Transformers One

Animation · Science Fiction · Adventure · 2024

The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.

Movie details

Transformers One

“Witness the origin.”

2024 Animation · Science Fiction · Adventure 1h 44m

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TMDB

8.0 / 10

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The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Josh Cooley

Written by

Gabriel Ferrari · Eric Pearson · Andrew Barrer

Chris Hemsworth

Chris Hemsworth

Orion Pax / Optimus Prime (voice)

Brian Tyree Henry

Brian Tyree Henry

D-16 / Megatron (voice)

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson

Elita-1 (voice)

Keegan-Michael Key

Keegan-Michael Key

B-127 (voice)

Jon Hamm

Jon Hamm

Sentinel Prime (voice)

Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi

Starscream (voice)

Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne

Alpha Trion (voice)

Court is in session

Put Transformers One on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.