4.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 4.1
Overview
As humanity picks up the pieces after the battle of Chicago, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history…while an ancient, powerful new menace sets Earth in its crosshairs. With help from Cade Yeager, Optimus Prime and the Autobots rise to meet their most fearsome challenge yet.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
Overview
As humanity picks up the pieces after the battle of Chicago, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history…while an ancient, powerful new menace sets Earth in its crosshairs. With help from Cade Yeager, Optimus Prime and the Autobots rise to meet their most fearsome challenge yet.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film critiques both government overreach and corporate greed, but champions individual heroism and the protection of family against institutional failures, aligning with a right-leaning skepticism of established power.
The movie features a predominantly white main cast, with some visible diversity in supporting roles, but without explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white characters. The narrative does not critically portray traditional identities, instead offering a neutral to positive framing of its white male protagonist and other traditional roles.
Secondary
Transformers: Age of Extinction does not include any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on heterosexual relationships and family dynamics, with no representation of queer identities or experiences throughout the film's plot or character arcs.
The film "Transformers: Age of Extinction" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Therefore, there is no portrayal to evaluate regarding transsexual identity.
The film features female characters, but none engage in direct physical combat where they defeat one or more male opponents through skill, strength, or martial arts. Their roles do not involve close-quarters fighting victories.
All major and legacy characters in "Transformers: Age of Extinction" maintain their established gender from previous iterations or source material. No character canonically established as one gender is portrayed as a different gender in this film.
The film introduces an entirely new human cast and storyline, with no returning human characters from previous installments or adaptations of established human characters from other Transformers media whose race was altered. The alien robot characters do not have a human race to swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.6
6.0
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1.8
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