The last thing that Noah (Anthony Ramos) expects to deal with when he steals a car in 1994 Brooklyn is, well, for it to be alive. But after he hops into the Porsche for his attempted getaway, the car soon transforms into a robot called Mirage (Pete Davidson). From that moment on, Noah becomes wrapped up in the world of the Transformers. The same goes for Elena (Dominique Fishback), who’s working at a museum when she discovers a mystical key that can open portals in space and time — launching her into a war for the prized artifact between two factions of Transformers: the human-protecting Autobots and the evil Terrorcons. The Autobots must keep the key away from the Terrorcons’ planet-eating boss, Unicron (Colman Domingo). Can Noah, Elena, and the Autobots save humanity? Read on for everything you need to know about director Steven Caple Jr.’s (Creed II) Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, the 2023 time-bending thrill ride, streaming now on Netflix.
The film is available to stream now on Netflix.
Noah (Ramos) is an electronics expert struggling to make ends meet. But when he’s convinced by a friend to steal a Porsche, he discovers that it’s the Autobot Mirage (Davidson), a robot from the planet Cybertron. Noah’s at the wrong place at the wrong time, and is subsequently roped into Mirage’s mission to find an ancient Transformers artifact that’ll help the Autobots return to their home planet.
Coincidentally, elsewhere in New York, museum worker Elena (Fishback) discovers said artifact — the Transwarp key, which can open space-time portals. When released, the key radiates energy that can be felt by the Autobot leader, Optimus Prime (Cullen), who calls in a gang of Autobots to recover the key. But that same force also attracts their enemies, the Terrorcons, leading to a fight outside the museum that Elena gets mixed up in.
The Autobots join forces with the Maximals, another faction of Transformers, to fight the Terrorcons — and both Noah and Elena dedicate themselves to helping the anti-Terrorcons crew attempt to restore the key to its rightful place, and thus both save humanity and get the Autobots home.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is based on the toy line created by American company Hasbro and Japanese company Takara Tomy in 1984. The Transformers line first began with the Autobots and the Decepticons, alien factions at war with each other who can transform into things like animals and vehicles. The toys then grew into a media franchise, which includes animated series, comic books, movies, and video games.
Yes, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is a sequel to director Travis Knight’s 2018 film Bumblebee, which itself is a prequel to Michael Bay’s first film in the franchise, Transformers (2007). Bay followed up the original film two years later with 2009’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), and Transformers: The Last Knight (2017).
Yes, there are multiple animated series in the Transformers franchise, including Transformers: War for Cybertron Siege, Transformers: War for Cybertron Earthrise, Transformers: War for Cybertron Kingdom, Transformers: BotBots, and Transformers: Earthspark. Stream them all on Netflix now.
The film takes place in New York City.
