“Rating” of the best films of Michael Bay: “Two Rebel Cops”, “The Rock” or “Armageddon”?

Just as the thought of American film director Zack Snyder brings up many images in super slow motion when it comes to his compatriot Michael Bay (b. 1966), bright action scenes and a handful of explosions easily come to mind. Because it is very clear that he likes a lot. Just look at his filmography to be sure of it.

Although he has made more music videos than feature films since 1989, since 1995 he has been able to enter the big screen storytelling, and since 2003 he has not stepped foot on the set for anything else. With about $4,100 million in international collections, this 7th highest grossing director. Although his six nominations for the Razzie Awards and his two Golden Raspberries are not taken away by anyone.

As Michael Bay himself said USAToday in June 2009 as a child I rented houses and put firecrackers on a toy train.. “I even set fire to my room once,” he admitted, amused. “The fire department has arrived. It was a little Super 8 movie where we were invaded by aliens.” And he finished: “It was not fun. I was punished. Two weeks”.

The opinion of profile critics about the work of Michael Bay

This is ranging Michael Bay films according to information provided in the field rotten tomatoes for critics:

1. Rock (1996): GPA 6.7 out of 10 in 68 reviews.
2. ER: Escape Plan (2022): average 5.8 in 216 reviews.
3. transformers (2007): average 5.8 in 227 reviews.
4. 13:00: Secret soldiers of Benghazi (2016): average 5.5 in 223 reviews.
5. Pain and money (2013): average 5.4 in 204 reviews.
6. Island (2005): average 5.4 in 201 reviews.
7. Armageddon (1998): average 5.3 in 122 reviews.
8. Two police hooligans (1995): average 5.1 in 64 reviews.
9. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011): average 5 in 263 reviews.
10. 6 in the shade (2019): average 4.8 in 96 reviews.
11. Pearl Harbor (2001): average 4.5 in 193 reviews.
12. Two rebel cops 2 (2003): average 4.3 in 184 reviews.
13. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009): average 4.1 in 250 reviews.
14. Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014): average 4 in 214 reviews.
15. Transformers: The Last Knight (2017): average 3.5 in 256 reviews.

Moviegoers Opinion Rotten Tomatoes

Anonymous users who vote for rotten tomatoes leave us this Michael Bay result:

1. ER: Escape Plan: average score 4.4 out of 5 with over 1000 votes.
2. Rock: half 4.1 with over 250,000 votes.
3. transformers: half 4.1 with over 250,000 votes.
4. 13:00: Secret soldiers of Benghazi: half 4.1 with over 25,000 votes.
5. Two police hooligans: half 3.9 with over 250,000 votes.
6. Two rebel cops 2: half 3.9 with over 250,000 votes.
7. Armageddon: half 3.8 with over 250,000 votes.
8. Pearl Harbor: half 3.6 with over 250,000 votes.
9. Island: half 3.5 with over 250,000 votes.
10. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: half 3.5 with over 250,000 votes.
11. 6 in the shade: half 3.4 with over 2500 votes.
12. Transformers: Dark of the Moon: half 3.3 with over 250,000 votes.
13. Transformers: Age of Extinction: half 3.2 with over 100,000 votes.
14. Pain and money: half 3.1 with over 50,000 votes.
15. Transformers: The Last Knight: half 2.9 with over 25,000 votes.

The opinion of IMDb moviegoers about the movie Michael Bay

On the other hand, here are the numbers he gives us IMDb on what the public thinks of Michael Bay films:

1. Rock: average score 7.4 out of 10 with 332,439 votes.
2. 13:00: Secret soldiers of Benghazi: half 7.3 with 137,708 votes.
3. transformers: half 7 with 626,239 votes.
4. Two police hooligans: half 6.8 with 259,383 votes.
5. Island: half 6.8 with 313,294 votes.
6. Armageddon: half 6.7 with 418,595 votes.
7. Two rebel cops 2: half 6.6 with 246,635 votes.
8. Pain and money: half 6.4 with 214,027 votes.
9. ER: Escape Plan: half 6.2 with 24,699 votes.
10. Pearl Harbor: half 6.2 with 327,544 votes.
11. Transformers: Dark of the Moon: half 6.2 with 402,224 votes.
12. 6 in the shade: half 6.1 with 168,426 votes.
13. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: half 5.9 with 402,398 votes.
14. Transformers: Age of Extinction: half 5.6 with 310,189 votes.
15. Transformers: The Last Knight: half 5.2 with 147,989 votes.

FilmAffinity, the opinion of moviegoers

And finally, this is the information about Michael Bay that he gives us. FilmAffinity:

1. Rock: average score 6.8 out of 10 with 58,802 votes.
2. Island: half 6.2 with 55,695 votes.
3. 13:00: Secret soldiers of Benghazi: half 6.2 with 9305 votes.
4. Pearl Harbor: half 6.1 with 73,911 votes.
5. Pain and money: half 5.8 with 18,754 votes.
6. Two police hooligans: half 5.8 with 53,473 votes.
7. Armageddon: half 5.7 with 91,770 votes.
8. transformers: half 5.7 with 53,939 votes.
9. Two rebel cops 2: half 5.6 with 27,025 votes.
10. ER: Escape Plan: half 5.5 with 1094 votes.
11. Transformers: Dark of the Moon: half 5.3 with 27,814 votes.
12. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: half 5.2 with 35,125 votes.
13. 6 in the shade: half 5 with 7429 votes.
14. Transformers: Age of Extinction: half 4.5 with 13,164 votes.
15. Transformers: The Last Knight: half 4.3 with 5909 votes.

Conclusions on the best and worst about Michael Bay

Both professional critics and moviegoers voting on the IMDb and FilmAffinity platforms, but not on the Rotten Tomatoes platforms, believe that Rock Michael Bay’s best pyrotechnics movie. However, for dissidents ER: Escape Plan, the last of his hits in theaters. However, it is quite possible that as they vote, their average score will drop.

What there is no doubt about is which film by the Californian director should be singled out as the worst. Both critics and users of the three pages decided to note Transformers: The Last Knightfifth on alien robots, which was commissioned before Travis Knight did spin off bumblebee (2018). absolute unanimity.