Transformers (2007)
Adventure, Science Fiction, Action • 2h 24m
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Mark Ryan, Peter Cullen, Hugo Weaving, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Charlie Adler, Rachael Taylor, Anthony Anderson, Jon Voight, John Turturro, Michael O'Neill, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, Amaury Nolasco, Zack Ward, Luis Echagarruga, Patrick Mulderrig, Brian Shehan, Michael Trisler, Ashkan Kashanchi, Rizwan Manji, William Morgan Sheppard, C.J. Thomason, Bernie Mac, Carlos Moreno Jr., Johnny Sanchez, John Robinson, Travis Van Winkle, Peter Jacobson, Glenn Morshower, Frederic Doss, Charlie Bodin, Joshua Feinman, Chris Ellis, Steven Ford, Michael Shamus Wiles, Craig Barnett, Brian Prescott, Scott Peat, Colleen Porch, Brian Stepanek, Jamie McBride, Wiley M. Pickett, Andy Milder, Brian Reece, Samantha Smith, Ravi Patel, Rick Gomez, Andy Dominguez, Mike Fisher, Colin Fickes, Tom Lenk, Jamison Yang, Esther Scott, Madison Mason, Jeremy Jojola, Jessica Kartalija, Andrew Altonji, Andrew Lewis Caldwell, J. P. Manoux, Pete Gardner, Sophie Bobal, Laurel Garner, Chip Hormess, Ray Toth, Michael Adams, Ron Henry, Michael McNabb, Jason White, Adam Ratajczak, Maja Kljun, Michelle Pierce, Odette Annable, Bob Stephenson, Mason Rock Bay, Darius McCrary, Robert Foxworth, Jess Harnell, Jimmie Wood, Reno Wilson, Michael Bay, Colton Haynes, Omar Benson Miller, Robert Gerrits, Chester the Chihuahua, James Hunter
Best English-friendly & video release · updated 1 year ago
Overview
Young teenager Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of transforming robots – the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Sam holds the clue to unimaginable power and the Decepticons will stop at nothing to retrieve it.
Theatrical Cut: Paramount 4K Blu-ray
Original AR: Paramount 4K Blu-ray
IMAX AR: Paramount 3D Blu-ray
Sources: tfwiki.net (opens in a new tab)
Paramount 4K Blu-ray
Alternate version: iTunes stream
Target Exclusive Blu-ray has exclusive extras
The film has several changes internationally and on digital platforms: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_The_Last_Knight_(film)#Other_editions
Hound's crosses were red on the theatrical cut, but blue on home video and digital platforms.
Director: Michael Bay
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
(A 4K version was possibly restored in 2025)
Alleycat's extended restoration better
Director: Michael Bay
Director: Michael Bay
Director: Michael Bay
Director: Tony Scott
The 70mm 6-track mix has a higher bitrate on the Paramount 1998 DVD, but is more limited than on the THX LaserDisc The Paramount 1998 DVD also has open matte versions in fullscreen 1.33:1 and widescreen 2.00:1 instead of the theatrical aspect ratio of 2.39:1, but the 2.00:1 widescreen presentation is non-anamorphic. The THX LaserDisc is available in both fullscreen 1.33:1 and widescreen 2.00:1 variants.
Director: Terrence Malick
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Lovely underlying remaster by Criterion and Resillion but encode is sadly low-pass filtered by Pixelogic, and even then, the encode is still less than ideal. Still easily obliterates any prior disc release, but certainly wouldn't hurt to have a UK or German label take a crack at this same master.
Director: Peter Faiman
Australia Cut: Australia Fox DVD
International Cut: Paramount Blu-ray
Encore Cut: Germany Winkler Film 4K Blu-ray, censored but good encoding
Sources: movie-censorship.com (opens in a new tab)
US Paramount 4K Blu-ray, is the International US Cut and not the Encore Cut
Australia Cut: Laserdisc
The film exists in three versions:
- the original Australian cut (~104 minutes at 24fps/~100 minutes at 25fps);
- the American/international version (~98 minutes at 24fps/~94 minutes at 25fps) trimming some exposition in the Outback first half of the film and some shorter extensions of a few seconds in the New York section, altering some of the dialogue – including censoring a "fuck" to "screw" – but featuring one additional dialogue extension not in the Australian version (a comparison of the two cuts can be found at Movie Censorship);
- the Australian Encore Cut (~95 minutes at 24fps/~91 minutes at 25fps) which uses the international version source so it already has those alterations but also removes approximately three minutes consisting of parts of two scenes featuring Mick grabbing the crotch of a cross-dressing prostitute and a later sequence when he does the same thing at a party to a woman with a deep voice (a comparison of the international version and the Encore Cut can be found at Movie Censorship).
3D version: Paramount 3D Blu-ray
Paramount 4K Blu-ray on October 26 2026
Director: Billy Wilder
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Paramount 4K Blu-ray. See caps
HDR/grading: nice, but some blown out
Encoding: inconsistent, smeared motion
DNR: inconsistent, frozen
Old Paramount Blu-ray is arguably a solid alternative choice
Paramount 4K Blu-ray mono
Paramount 4K Blu-ray mono is different version of the Blu-ray mono from the same old 2000 DVD transfer.
The 5.1 remix on the 4K Blu-ray is an appalling remix done by going wild with artificially generated stems from Park Road Post who were given the surviving mono to separate. The experience is jarring and fidelity to original mix in terms of level balance, directionality and impact is nonexistent. Not only does this sound painfully weird, but the Paramount mixers then did whatever they wanted in terms of LFE, sound pans and effect changes.
The original mono mix was not restored and still needs it badly. The 4K master is filled with frozen grain examples coming and going plus some HDR issues in addition to the usual Paramount problems. It is simultaneously better and worse than the Blu-ray master.
Director: Robert Altman
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for Dec 2026 release
Director: Richard Linklater
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
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