Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight is a 2017 American science fiction action film based on Hasbro's Transformers toy line. It is the fifth in the Transformers film series. The film was directed by Michael Bay and written by Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, and Ken Nolan. It stars Mark Wahlberg reprising his role from Age of Extinction, while Josh Duhamel, John Turturro and Glenn Morshower reprising their roles from the first three films. Stanley Tucci returns as a different character after also appearing in Age of Extinction, with Anthony Hopkins joining the cast. In the film, inventor Cade Yeager is gifted a Talisman by a dying Transformer knight, and is soon recruited by an eccentric British professor to save the world from the impending threat of a Cybertronian Sorceress.

Transformers: The Last Knight premiered on June 18, 2017, at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in London and was released in the United States on June 21, by Paramount Pictures. The film received generally negative reviews from critics, and grossed $605 million against a production budget between $217–260 million and losing Paramount an estimated $100 million on the theatrical release. It was followed by a prequel, Bumblebee, in 2018.

Plot

In 484 AD, Merlin finds the Knights of Iacon, a group of Transformers hiding on Earth, seeking their help to aid King Arthur and his knights. They hand him a staff and help Arthur defeat the Saxons, but warn Merlin to hide the staff.

In the present day, following the events of Hong Kong, Optimus Prime arrives on the ruins of Cybertron and meets the Cybertronian goddess Quintessa, who brainwashes him into becoming Nemesis Prime and sends him to Earth to retrieve Merlin's staff, which will restore Cybertron by taking Earth's energy core.