If the Transformers franchise needed a jump-start after the second disastrous movie, this latest effort completes the resurrection started by Dark of the Moon in 2011.
No longer is it good enough to have endless mechanical fight scenes and constant transformations of the robots.
A strong storyline, plausible characters and action are the keys to turning good into great.
Transformers: Age of Extinction is a cracker ride as the Autobots fight back from virtual extinction to help humanity one last time.
Following the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons that levelled Chicago in Dark of the Moon, there is a new fear of these mechanical Goliaths.