The early “Transformers” films — in fact, just about all the “Transformers” films — were two things at once. They were industrial showroom expos of chop-shop magicianship, with cars and trucks and ...

Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback, plus a few old Transformers and some wild-animal new ones, minus Michael Bay's overkill, equals the kind of fun you don't have to hate. The film was directed by ...