Thistheatricalmoviebasedonthetelevisionseries(whichwasalsobasedonapopularmultiformrobottoyline)didnotgooververywellattheboxoffice.Themovietakesplacein2005,twentyyearsafterthetelevisionseries,andchroniclestheeffortsoftheheroicAutobotstodefendtheirhomeworldCybertronfromtheevilDecepticons.Bothfactionsareseethingwithanger,andthathatredhasblindedthemtoahideousmenaceheadedtheirway.ThathideousmenaceisthecolossalplanetknownasUnicron,whohasbeenreadytoconsumeanythingthatstandsinitsway.TheonlythingthatcanstopUnicronistheAutobotMatrixofLeadership,whichispossessedbytheAutobotsandwhichtheDecepticons,throughUnicron’sorders,plantotakeawayfromthem.WrittenbyChristopherE.Meadowscmeadows@nyx.cs.du.edu