This past weekend, ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts‘ catapulted its way to the top of the global box office, racking up an impressive US$171 million at the worldwide box office. In the Philippines, the latest installment in the Transformers saga rocketed to number one, capturing a significant portion of the market on its five-day opening weekend.

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The seventh film in the Transformers franchise, Rise of the Beasts, witnesses the beloved Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, forming a new alliance with the Maximals to save Cybertron and Earth from the menacing Unicron and the Terrorcons. According to Rotten Tomatoes, viewers are loving the film, giving it an 88% audience score, as of this article.

Local reviews for “Rise of the Beasts” have largely been enthusiastic, particularly in terms of the fresh direction it takes the franchise and the standout characters such as the Maximals and humans Noah and Elena. 

“The Rise of the Beasts continues on the path that Bumblebee started, and tries to bring a bit more sense and story into the Transformers universe. For the most part, it does,” writes Manila Bulletin. “Also, you can’t really go wrong with Optimus Prime commanding the Autobots to ‘Roll Out!,’ and Optimus Primal calling for the Maximals to ‘Maximize!’ It is a definite crowd pleaser.”

Says Manila Times, “It’s light like Saturday morning cartoons back in the day. It’s got comedy, a family angle, action and clever, lovable, noble robots fighting bad robots.”

The Fanboy SEO especially likes the new human characters. “I did like the new take on the human characters for the film in the form of [Anthony] Ramos’ Noah Diaz and Dominique Fishback’s Elena who all have their own plot lines that also gets resolved in a satisfying manner at the end of the film,” he says. “Great choice for giving us Elena, a believable ‘geek’ rather than an unbelievable supermodel who also has multiple PHDs.”

“Malinis at hindi nakakalito o nakakahilo ang labanan sa pelikulang ito,” shares ABS-CBN online. “Doon pa lang, panalo na kaagad ang Rise of the Beasts.”

“While the story is slow-building, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts ends up mind-blowing,” writes Philstarlife. “That final scene is one for the books.”

“Transformers: Rise of the Beasts”, directed by Steven Caple Jr., stars Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback. The film offers viewers a throwback adventure set in the ’90s, featuring Autobots and the newly introduced Maximals working together in the ever-continuing battle for Earth. Released in theaters on June 7, the film brings back the action and spectacle that has enthralled audiences around the world.

The screenplay is by Joby Harold and Darnell Metayer & Josh Peters and Erich Hoeber & Jon Hoeber, story by Joby Harold, based on Hasbro’s Transformers™ Action Figures.

Produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Tom DeSanto & Don Murphy, Michael Bay, Mark Vahradian, Duncan Henderson.

The film stars Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Tobe Nwigwe, Peter Cullen, Ron Perlman, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, Liza Koshy, John DiMaggio, David Sobolov, Michaela Jae Rodriguez, Pete Davidson, Cristo Fernández.

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is distributed in the Philippines by Paramount Pictures through Columbia Pictures. Connect with #Transformers #RiseOfTheBeasts and tag @paramountpicsph

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