Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a 2009 American science fiction action film directed by

Michael Bay and based on the Transformers toy line. It is the sequel to 2007's Transformers, as
well as the second installment in the live-action Transformers film series. Taking place two years
after its predecessor, the plot revolves around Sam Witwicky, who is caught in the war between
two factions of alien robots, the Autobots, led by Optimus Prime and the Decepticons, led by
Megatron. Sam is having strange visions of Cybertronian symbols, and being hunted by the
Decepticons under the orders of an ancient Decepticon named The Fallen, who seeks to get
revenge on Earth by finding and activating a machine that would provide the Decepticons with
an energon source, destroying the Sun and all life on Earth in the process. Returning
Transformers include Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Ratchet, Megatron, Starscream, and
Scorponok.

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 by his writers David Marconi, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and series newcomer
Ehren Kruger. Shooting took place from May to September 2008, with locations in Egypt,
Jordan, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and California, as well as air bases in New Mexico and
Arizona. This was the last film in the series to star Megan Fox, and was also the last film in the
series to be co-produced by DreamWorks Pictures, leaving Paramount Pictures as the sole
distributor of its future films, starting with Dark of the Moon.

Revenge of the Fallen premiered on June 8, 2009 in Tokyo and was released on June 24, 2009 in
the United States. Critical reception was widely negative, and the film is considered inferior to
the first film. Critics panned the film's script, humor, characters, performances, and runtime
while some positive mentions were given to the effects, action, score, and Peter Cullen's
performance. Metacritic said the film received "generally unfavorable reviews";[3] the Rotten
Tomatoes consensus says it is "a noisy, underplotted, and overlong special effects extravaganza
that lacks a human touch".[4] The film 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 at the box office, grossing a total of $402.1 million in
the US and Canada and $434.2 million in other territories, for a total of $836.3 million
worldwide. It was the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2009, 32nd domestically and fourth-
highest of the year worldwide. 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 Dark of the Moon in 2011,
Age of Extinction in 2014, and The Last Knight in 2017.