TRANSFORMERS... THE LAST KNIGHT

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Run for your life as the giant alien robot franchise returns to obliterate the box office. The previous four films have taken nearly £3billion in total, and this wretchedly repetitive and grindingly incoherent episode will probably add considerably more.

Never afraid to do less with more, director Michael Bay takes his £200million budget and adds King Arthur to this mangled mess of globe-hopping machines, endless explosions and terrible bantz. Even the supposedly quiet moments are played with a rock music video intensity.

The plot shamelessly apes that of the most recent Fast and the Furious film. Hero robot Optimus Prime is coerced by a glamorous female villain to turn on his former comrades so she can rule the universe.

As Optimus is a pompous, vain and speechifying dumbbell, it’s a blessing he’s sidelined for long periods.

Mark Wahlberg resumes his role as Cade Yeager, a struggling inventor and now legendary resistance leader. He gamely runs around, shooting at stuff and flirting with Laura Haddock.

The Brit actress has been thrown in to provide a glamorous love interest and