Transformers: Age of Extinction
Movie, 2014, The Bay Films, Set in Five years later
Transformers: Age of Extinction is #5 of 9 in release order and #6 of 9 in chronological order in the Transformers.
The story
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.
Transformers: Age of Extinction recap
Five years after Chicago, the government's Cemetery Wind unit, run by Harold Attinger, hunts every Transformer with the help of a bounty hunter, Lockdown, who wants Optimus Prime. In Texas, struggling inventor Cade Yeager buys an old truck that turns out to be Optimus, badly damaged, and the hunters attack Cade and his daughter Tessa. Tessa's secret boyfriend, the racer Shane, helps them escape, and they gather the surviving Autobots. They learn that the tech company KSI, run by Joshua Joyce, is building its own Transformers from Transformium, a metal made from dead robots, including Megatron's head. Galvatron, built with Megatron's mind, takes control. Lockdown captures Optimus, revealing that his masters, the Creators, want him back. Cade frees Optimus from Lockdown's ship.
Transformers: Age of Extinction ending explained
In Hong Kong, the Autobots fight Galvatron's army to protect the Seed, a bomb that turns land into Transformium. Optimus recruits the Dinobots, and Joyce turns against Attinger. Optimus kills Attinger and Lockdown, Galvatron retreats, and Optimus leaves the Autobots to protect Cade's family while he flies into space with the Seed, sending a message that he is going to find the Creators who built him.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch Transformers: Age of Extinction
Transformers: Age of Extinction is streaming on Paramount+, Kanopy, Hoopla, and YouTube TV in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 5.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 18%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Transformers: Dark of the Moon, before Transformers: The Last Knight.
- Chronological order: after Transformers: Dark of the Moon, before Transformers: The Last Knight.
What to watch before Transformers: Age of Extinction
In release order, the essentials before Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) are Transformers (2007), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), and Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011).
Cast
- Mark Wahlberg as Cade Yeager
- Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime (voice)
- Stanley Tucci as Joshua Joyce
- Kelsey Grammer as Harold Attinger
- Nicola Peltz as Tessa Yeager
- Jack Reynor as Shane Dyson
- Frank Welker as Galvatron (voice)
- Sophia Myles as Darcy Tirrel
- Li Bingbing as Su Yueming
- Titus Welliver as James Savoy
- John Goodman as Hound (voice)
- Ken Watanabe as Drift (voice)
Directed by Michael Bay.