![]() ![]() Noah (Anthony Ramos), an ex-military Brooklyn electronics expert who is trying to get a job in security and help the medical needs of his nephew, Kris (Dean Scott Vazquez), becomes desperate enough to steal a Porsche which turns out to be the automobile version of jokester bot Mirage (voice of Pete Davidson). Its launch is aided by a couple of savvy and conveniently fearless humans who, over the course of time, learn their inner strengths. Set in 1994 (lots of beeping electronics but no internet, and vintage hip-hop on the soundtrack), this outing is the beginning of a new trilogy. Namely, a story based on the Hasbro toy line about the heroic Autobots battling a malignant plan for world domination. So we know, going in, what to expect from the seventh instalment in the big-screen franchise, “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” (Paramount). Moreover, if you watched the TV cartoons as a child,, you’re likely to be swooning from nostalgia. ![]() and screenwriters Joby Harold, Darnell Metayer, Josh Peters, Erich Hoeber and Jon Hoeber know that viewing their movie should be as soothing a ritual as Sunday dinner at your grandmother’s. One settles in, accordingly, for the wisecracks and the callbacks and the “surprise” cameos as much as for the hyperkinetic fights. By now, a new Transformers film is a comfortable visit with old robot pals. ![]()
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