A badly needed reboot that will reinvigorate the franchise into a brilliant future for fans of those irresistible robots in disguise, regardless of their age.

There are, happily, no human characters in this film. What a smart move this is for “Transformers One.” The terrific animation makes that possible for this reboot (and, I hope, for the sequels that soon will follow.

As origin stories go, director Josh Cooley's breezy, action-packed genesis tale reintroduces Optimus Prime, Megatron and the rest of the Transformers gang, without any pesky humans hanging around the edges of the frame to muck things up.

Paramount’s Transformers One releases its final trailer ahead of the official release this Friday. The animated film explores the history between Optimus Prime and Megatron before their rivalry. The movie features an all-star cast.

"It's a great kind of tragic arc–a Shakespearian arc–and I knew if we could sell that friendship in the beginning, it would [payoff for audiences] knowing that it's not gonna last." But seeing where these characters end up is just the bottom end of the sandwich,