The Big Picture Michael Bay’s explosively chaotic Transformers films introduced a new generation to Hasbro’s iconic robots in disguise. Spanning the original film and its four sequels , the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons was fought in high-octane, visual effects splendor across cities, deserts and everywhere in between.
'Bumblebee' Makes the Transformers the Stars Unlike most other iterations of the franchise, the stories of the Bay films never truly belonged to the Transformers themselves as they were supplanted by their human counterparts. However, the 2018 soft-reboot Bumblebee delivered the screen back into the cybernetic hands of the should-be robotic stars.
The film opens on Cybertron during a pivotal moment of the war where, like in the original 1984 animated series, the Autobots must escape their home world after it has become fully overthrown by the Decepticon menace. Bumblebee is sent to scout ahead for a possible new home for his team, where he is met with opposition in the form of the military and a Decepticon spy.