INTENSE from beginning to end! It was kind of nerve-racking, not knowing what could happen in certain scenes...but THAT makes for a great movie experience. I felt that certain characters didn't have enough of a role, Arcee for example. One of my complaints about the first film was that there wasn't enough brawling between Autobots and Decepticons. "Revenge..." flips that around, there are fantastic and violent fight scenes-a-plenty in this one! Fans of the Transformers G1 cartoon will enjoy this movie. Don't listen to the critics! They OVER-analyze films. Watch it in IMAX, it's worth it!