Parents' Guide to

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

By Mark Raby, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 13+

Movie spin-off with admirable heroes, realistic violence.

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age 8+

Based on 1 parent review

age 8+

An okay movie

The movie was okay, but could have been much better. The sexual content is moderate with one scene in the beginning and some fairly strong violence, but mainly just with the robots. There is a clear line between good and evil, and the autobots are very good rolemodels.

This title has:

Great messages
Great role models
Too much violence

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (1):
Kids say (11):

In Transformers: Dark of the Moon, players control Optimus Prime and his fellow Autobots. Much of the game is spent running around the planet and taking out enemy robots. It is primarily a shooting game with a lot of frenetic action. Because of the larger-than-life robot characters, there is a bevy of explosions and mayhem, which makes it an exciting experience for those who can handle this kind of content.

There is, however, not much variety to the gameplay, and the story feels rushed and is certainly not as compelling as the actual movie it's based on.

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