Transformers: Age of Extinction
Transformers: Age of Extinction is a 2014 American science fiction action film based on Hasbro's Transformers toy line. It is the sequel to Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) and the fourth installment in the Transformers film series. Like its predecessor, the film is directed by Michael Bay and written by Ehren Kruger. It stars Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Sophia Myles, Bingbing Li, Titus Welliver, and T.J. Miller. It does not feature the original human cast from the previous three films, and instead introduces a new human cast and many new Transformers, including the Dinobots. Set five years after the events of Dark of the Moon, struggling inventor Cade Yeager and his daughter Tessa must join forces with Optimus Prime and the Autobots against the ruthless bounty hunter Lockdown and a new breed of man-made Transformers, as they battle to uncover a powerful Cybertronian artifact and to save Earth from extinction.
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Directed by | Michael Bay |
Written by | Ehren Kruger |
Based on | Transformers by Hasbro |
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Cinematography | Amir Mokri |
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Music by | Steve Jablonsky |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 165 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $210 million |
Box office | $1.104 billion |
It was released in the United States on June 27, 2014, by Paramount Pictures. The film received generally negative reviews from critics for its runtime and direction, and grossed over $1.104 billion worldwide against a $210 million production budget, making it the highest-grossing film of 2014, the only film in 2014 to gross over $1 billion, and the tenth-highest-grossing film of all time at the time of its release. It was followed by Transformers: The Last Knight in 2017.