Not Approved

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Decepticon forces return to Earth on a mission to take Sam Witwicky prisoner, after the young hero learns the truth about the ancient origins of the Transformers. Joining the mission to protect humankind is Optimus Prime, who forms an alliance with international armies for a second epic battle.
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Dove Review

This film makes the mistake of overkill. It lasts two and a half hours and could and should be trimmed down to ninety minutes. There are way too many fights and battles as well. I know a lot of young people and “Transformers” fans enjoy the battles, and the special effects in this film are amazing, but seldom, if ever, does a battle begin and work its way up to intensity. Most of them are in-your-face battles which continue on for too long, then you have a brief break, and then it’s back to new drawn out battles again. Shia LaBeouf is funny as always but unlike the first film, which just missed receiving our Dove Seal due to excessive language, this one not only has a ton of language but is stronger in the sex content than its predecessor.

The film does nicely feature the theme of loyalty in relationships, but we regret that due to the sex and language categories listed below, as well as the drug category, we are unable to award our Dove “Family-Approved” Seal to this movie.

Dove Rating Details

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Faith

None

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Integrity

Explosions and battles; girl hit by car but not graphic; the bots fight; some people are killed; a ship is sunk; much of the violence is cartoon like with little if any blood; a bot's tentacles go up a character's nose and in his mouth; several characters are tasered; a man accidentally tasers himself; a man slaps an hysterical man to get him to calm down.

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Sex

Sexual innuendos and comments; reference to masturbation; close-up on girl's rear; scenes of dog humping other dog; passionate kissing; one girl is persistent in trying to get boy to cheat on girlfriend; reference to oral sex; girls dance suggestively; one woman under the influence of the enemy tells a professor that she would do anything for an A; a small bot humps a woman's leg.

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Language

J-2 (possible one other one); A-13; D-3; S-2; G/OMG-20; Holy Mother-1; SOB-1; B-3; H-4; P-2; Slang for female genitalia-1; Frick, Fricking and Frickin-7; the F word is almost used about three time but comes across as F'ing; Moron-1; Slang for testicles-3; S-3; S*cks-1

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Violence

Explosions and battles; girl hit by car but not graphic; the bots fight; some people are killed; a ship is sunk; much of the violence is cartoon like with little if any blood; a bot's tentacles go up a character's nose and in his mouth; several characters are tasered; a man accidentally tasers himself; a man slaps an hysterical man to get him to calm down.

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Drugs

Bar scene; some drinks; wine consumed; a marijuana brownie is eaten by a character and she gets high.

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Nudity

Girl wears short shorts; posters displayed of girls in bikinis; poster of nude girl from the waist up with her hair covering her breasts; cleavage; an extreme close-up of man in his underwear from the rear.

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Other

Teacher claims to be Alpha and Omega; dead pigs are seen in meat locker.

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