All of the fans favorite characters are back in the sequel, and there are some new characters too.  The sequel picks up two years after the original film. Sam Witwicky the lead male character, is heading off to college while his girlfriend Mikaela stays behind and works in a motorcycle shop.  The Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, have partnered with American and British forces to form NEST, a group that seeks out Decepticons who are hiding around the world. Joining Optimus Prime in this mission are Arcee, Jolt, Sideswipe and twins Skids and Mudflap.  There is some opposition to NEST, and not everyone in the American government is convinced that NEST is a good idea. The Decepticon Demolisher is killed by Optimus Prime but predicts that the Fallen will rise up again to try and rule the world. In the meantime a Decepticon named Soundwave has discovered the location of Megatron’s corpse.  Ravage, one of Soundwave’s henchmen, is sent to retrieve Megatron.  Contructicons and a robot surgeon named Scalpel work tirelessly to repair Megatron and ultimately end up bringing him back to life. Megatron is sent to a Decepticon spacecraft hovering around Earth where he meets up with Starscream and the Fallen.

Meanwhile at college Sam Witwicky finds a piece of the shard of AllSpark, which gives the Transformers life.  He begins to have a mental breakdown and sees Cybertronian text everywhere.  Bumblebee and Mikaela try to help him but they are unable to. They do end up saving him from a Decepticon named Alice who tries to get the shard from him. The complicated storyline of the movie continues to follow the main plot of the conflict between Optimus Prime and Megatron but it also contains several different complicated subplots that don’t seem to have a lot of connection to the rest of the movie until the end, when it’s revealed that the Transformers and humans share a common history that has never been revealed. Optimus Prime declares that the robots and the humans need to put aside their differences and live together using their common history as a starting point.

Fans of the original Transformers movie will be happy to see all their favorite robots and humans are back in the sequel, and the new characters provide some interesting new storylines.  Dress up as your favorite Transformer this Halloween and let the world know which side you are on, Autobot or Decepticon.