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Transformers: The Last Knight

Don't let any review - including this one - lull you into a false sense of security on this one; it really is as bad as they say... I'd warn about major spoilers from the outset, but if I assume that you've seen the trailers and TV spots then there's little else to spoil (even worse than  Dark of the Moon 's trailer reveal of Prime's knuckleduster slamming through Shockwave's Decepti-kidneys.   Worse. ).  Anyway, still: SPOILERZZZZZZZZZZ So.  Ten years deep into this franchise and what do we have to show for ourselves?  At this point, nothing but a yawning abyss of madness.  Truly, the touch of the Chaos-bringer is felt. The plot (well, its trace fossil outline at least) reads thusly, as far as I can tell: Transformers have been coming to and from Earth for millennia, and are inextricably linked with all Human history.  Why?  (This question does get answered... in a way?  I guess?)  Following the end of the last film, Optimus Prime i...