In the beginning, the Allspark created the first 13 Transformers -- The Primes. They needed more energy, so they created the Matrix of Leadership. This was used to power a device that extracts energy from suns. The Primes search the galaxy for suns, vowing not to destroy a sun if it provided life to worlds around it.
The Primes came to Earth and saw early man and invoked the rule. The Fallen chose to rebel as he wanted the Matrix for himself. The Twelve hid themselves and the Matrix away in a tomb. The Fallen in space searches for it, and only one being can stop him -- the last remaining Prime, Optimus.
SHANGHAI.
NEST (Nonbiological Extraterrestrial Species Treaty) continues to track down Decepticons -- a human/Autobot alliance. Ironhide, Epps, Lennox, Sideswipe, Optimus and the Twins are here. They're tracking Demolisher's signal, and when they're
close he transforms (as seen in the trailer). Optimus and Ironhide take down Demolisher by knocking him on his side.
Sideswipe takes out Sideways. Demolisher dies and with his last breath mentions The Fallen.
SAMS HOME.
TV coverage of Congressional hearings about Mission City.
They blame a robotics company, keeping the incident covered up. Sam, Mikaela and his parents know the truth. Sam is packing for college, when Mikaela calls. She's uneasy about long distance dating. Sam is making a long distance relationship kit and that's why he has his shirt from the first movie. The shard falls out of his pocket and burns a hole in the floor down to the kitchen. 6 or so devices animate -- a microwave fights a cell phone and tosses the cell inside and nukes it to kill it. They run upstairs and go after Sam when Bumblebee charges out and destroys them and
part of the house. Cue the scene from the trailer.
Sam gives Mikaela the shard to keep safe. She puts it in a safe at her dad's motorcycle shop. wheelie is spying and overhears his and plans to steal it.
NEST HQ.
Optimus debriefing about Demolisher. NSA Advisor Galloway doesn't trust Autobots. Says Decepticons are here because of the Autobots, asks if they'll leave if the President asks.
The Autobots don't know what the Fallen is, since all their history was contained in the Allspark. Soundwave is listening in on the debriefing and learns of Megatron's location as a result.
Soundwave dispatches Ravage who later breaks in with the Doctor and steals the fragment at NEST HQ.
COLLEGE.
Sam's roommate Leo is a conspiracy nut. He totally believes in the Transformers existence. He's always being scooped by another online website run by someone named Robo Warrior.
Leo's website is the one on the back of the shirt in the trailer (realeffingdeal -- or as the junior novel says the- totally-real-deal ) Leo has hacked the database and arranged for all the hot girls to live on their dorm floor. Cue Alice who introduces herself.
Sam and Leo go to a party. Sam keeps seeing symbols, starts drawing them on cupcakes at the party. Alice tries to get Sam to dance when he hears a familiar car alarm outside. He
leaves to meet Bumblebee and Alice is in tow. She gets in, and Bumblebee ends up slamming on the breaks, dousing her in antifreeze, etc. Sam is embarassed. She leaves and walks home. Bumblebee takes Sam to a cemetary where Optimus is waiting. They warn him that the Allspark shard was stolen --
Sam is frustrated when they ask him to speak on their behalf. He just wants to live a normal life. Optimus believes in him. He apologizes but is firm, he doesn't know what he can do if Optimus can't convince them. Ravage and Doctor go to the bottom of the ocean and insert the shard into Megatron who reboots.
COLLEGE. Rainn Wilson, the professor starts teaching. Sam opens his book and starts speed reading, absorbing it all. He starts freaking out in class, ranting about how Einstein was wrong and going on about galactic convergences, etc. Sam ends up in the library after getting kicked out of class and sees a book on his grandfather.
SPACE.
Megatron in Cybertronian jetform leaves Earth for (presumably Mars) He finds the Nemesis with Starscream waiting. Very cool interactions between the two. They took fan feedback to heart definitely. Megatron goes to speak with the Fallen, who claims the ship as his own. Very Emperor/Vader vibe from their interaction. Fallen says there's another way to create the Allspark. Megatron says the Allspark was destroyed. Fallen says 'So were you.' Fallen says the boy has absorbed the location and dispatches them to find him. Megatron wants the power of the Primes, which Fallen promises him. 15 Decepticons leave with Megatron and Starscream for Earth saying Sam is already under observation.
MIKAELA'S MOTOR SHOP
She finds Wheelie sneaking around. Wheelie is a pushover and confesss he's trying to get the knowledge hidden in the shard because the Fallen commands it. He's smitten by Mikaela calling her a Warrior Goddess.
SAMS COLLEGE.
Alice corners Sam alone in his room, starts putting the moves on him. Mikaela is on the way and shows up just as Alice is about to kiss Sam. Leo, in the lobby sees an animatronic robot on TV that looks like Alice. It's an Alice in Wonderland robot from Disneyworld. Mikaela walks in as a 5
foot tentacle comes out of Alice's skull and strangles Sam. She hurls the box containing Wheelie at Alice who's head goes 360 degrees. She sheds her skin and reveals a robot underneath. Leo shows up as well to warn Sam and they all run from Alice. They get in a car, Alice slams onto the hood.
Leo makes a joke asking why they're so calm.. are they from the future? Did he send them back in time to save him from robots? (Terminator joke) They ram a telephone pole and run over Alice. They drive off only to get picked up by a unnamed helicopter Decepticon.
FACTORY.
Starscream slices the car in half (see trailer) Megatron says "Remember me? I remember you." They start torturing him, Doctor moving in with a hacksaw to get the info out of Sam's brain. Optimus and Bumblebee crash in to save Sam, Leo and Mikaela. Megatron knocks Prime out of the factory towards the forest scene from the trailer. Prime asks who the Fallen is, Megatron says you'll find out when he arrives. Prime manages to take on all three, until Megatron spears him from behind and takes him out. He urges Sam to go with his last breath. Ironhide, Ratchet and the Twins show up and blast Megatron who leaves.
They regroup. Another great interaction between Megatron and Starscream at this point as well. They can't find Sam, who the Autobots have hidden, so they decide to contact Soundwave. Soundwave broadcasts a message from Megatron to everyone in the world. Transformers are definitely out in the open now.
He tells everyone they have a solar cycle to find him or they'll destroy city after city. Sam's parents vacationing in France see this and freak out.
NEST HQ.
Prime being evacuted. NSA guy disbands NEST. Sam feels guilty. Feels he should have listened to Prime. He thinks about turning himself in. He's still drawing symbols. The Twins recognize it as the language of the Primes. "Old school, way far back." Leo chimes in and says he saw the
symbols on Robo Warriors website.
They contact Robo Warrior, who's revealed to be Simmons, forcibly retired and disgruntled working his mom's deli. Simmons says Transformers have been here for a long time.
Sams says Megatron is convinced of another energy source on Earth. Autobots can't help since it pre-dates them. Mikaela mentions the Decepticon they have (Wheelie) who they can get info from.
Wheelie mentions Seekers. Old Transformers. He doesn't know what they're looking for. Says they're not Autobot or Decepticon. He locates 10 such Seekers on Earth, the closest one in Washington DC.
WASHINGTON DC.
They use the shard to locate the Seeker, who turns out to be Jetfire in a museum. He transforms. Doesn't remember where he is and forgot what he's looking for. They offer to help
him remember if he helps them. Jetfire disappointed to hear the war is still going on, says it's why he defected to the Autobots. Wheelie is excited since he didn't think it was possible. Sam mentions the Fallen, which triggers Jetfire's memory.
Sam draws the symbols which translates into directions. Jetfire gathers everyone and opens his own black hole/teleportation portal. He says it's discontinued in later models for fear of catastrophic failure. Nice way to explain that one away writers Jetfire teleported them to Egypt. Tells them the history of the Fallen and the device to destroy the sun to collect the energy. He says only a Prime can defeat the Fallen. One orphan was hidden away though -- Optimus. Fallen tried to find him by waging war on Cybertron. Sam asks if the Matrix can heal Prime. Jetfire thinks so. Sam gets a message to Lennox via his wife to bring Optimus to the coordinates he gives. Sam passes past a security camera and Soundwave now knows where Sam is. Lennox once airborne gives a message to be delivered to some Admiral for naval support. He dispatches a leet to the coordinates.
Sam and Mikaela talk under the stars, which helps Sam solve the riddle of where the Matrix is located. They go to the tomb only to find nothing. In the junior novel, Simmons and Leo go at it and accidentally throw a rock which makes a hole in a wall revealing Cyberglyphs. In the other novel, it's the Twins that do this. The Matrix is behind the wall. This is what those pics that surfaced earlier were.
Sam reaches out for the Matrix which collapses into dust once it hits the air. He scoops it up and puts it in a sock, determined to save Optimus' life.
Naval ships and Decepticons arrive in the area at the same time. Soundwave has shut down communications in the area. He gives the naval commander a false feed, so they're waiting on
Lennox to make a signal that never comes. Sam and Mikaela run across rooftops towards Optimus' body, dodging Starscreams attacks.
The Fallen makes his appearance and teleports to the top of the pyramid.
Admiral realizes something is up and sends a spy plane to survey the area.
Constructicons form Devastator. The Twins recognize him and say his name. Megatron says he found the device for the Fallen. Fallen asks about the Matrix which he needs to power it.
Devastator climbs the pyramid, smashing it to reveal the device, sucking up the debris. Simmons recognizes the device from Jetfire's speech and tries his cellphone hoping the EMP pulse is gone. He contacts the naval ship, telling them he'll give them coordinates. They have a Mach 7 firing capable rail gun on board. Admiral realizes they're being tricked and mobilizes everyone.
Sam gets near Optimus but gets nearly blown up and is knocked out. He meets the Primes who say they've been watching him and give some destiny speech. For his courage in saving their
descendant, they give him the Matrix. He wakes and sees the Matrix reform from the dust he collected. It's the Dagger shaped picture we saw earlier.
Mikaela thinks he's dead and says she loves him. Sam wakes and says he loves her too and rushes to plunge the Matrix into Optimus's chest. All of his memories from the Allspark are
also transfered. Optimus is still weak. The Fallen teleports and takes the Matrix, teleporting back to the top of the pyramid. Jetfire knows it's time and sacrifices himself to help Optimus. He
volunteers his parts and passes away. Ratchet facilitates the repair and Optimus emerges anew.
Megatron, Starscream and The Fallen are at the top of the pyramid. Simmons gets the coordinates to the ship who fires at Devastator who breaks back into his components. Prime flies in as the device fires. He deflects part of it which hits Megatron and Starscream.
The Fallen asks who dares, that he is a Prime. Optimus says he gave up that name when he murdered his brothers. Megatron and Starscream flee as Optimus takes parts of the device and
starts smashing the Fallen head with the shards. The Fallen opens a wormhole to escape. Optimus uses the Matrix to close it and opens a new wormhole which he tosses the Fallen into.
The wormhole sizzles shut with a flash. Everyone regroups. They find Sam's parents inside of
a Decepticon (the one Bumblebee fights in the desert)
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