Transformers: Regeneration (Film)

Transformers: Regeneration is an American animated TV movie and remake of the 1986 Transformers movie. It is based on the Transformers: Generation One TV series. It was followed by Transformers: Regeneration.

Plot
Twenty years after the end of the G1 TV show, the Autobots have been living in peace on Earth in their giant city, Metroplex. The Decepticons have not been seen since their self-imposed exile into space. An Energon mine has been discovered on the moon and is mined by both the Autobots and their human allies, led by a now adult Jesse Pinkman, who is married to Whitney Miller and has a son named Sidney. Elsewhere in the Galazy, the small, peaceful world of Lithone is devoured by the planet eating god Unicron.

Optimus Prime sends Ironhide with Ratchet, Prowl and Brawn to the moon to pick up another Energon batch. While en route, they become in the icy tail of a comet and don't see something approaching the rear of the ship. Suddenly, the hull explodes and Megatron barges in, followed by his Decepticon crew. They make short work of massacering the Autobots, revealing to the dying Ironhide thei plan to slip past Autobot defenses and invade Metroplex.

On Earth, just outside of Autobot City, Sidney is trying to teach Hot Rod to fish, but to no avail. They decide to move to another position and watch the shuttle landing together, but Hot Rod spots the tear in the hull and sees the Decepticons hiding inside. Hot Rod opens fire, initially angering Kup until the Decepticons leap out of the ship and begin their assault of Metroplex.

A brutal siege ensues, as the city is turned into a battle fortress while the Decepticons try to infiltrate it. They eventually wear down the defenses and storm the city, claiming many Autobot lives. Optimus arrives and heads for the battle, determined to stop Megatron at all costs.

Optimus finds Megatron plundering the city amidst the chaos and confronts him. A vicious brawl ensues between the two, culminating in Optimus being shot and Megatron suffering a fatal fall. Starscream orders Astrotrain to get them out of the city, dragging the wounded Megatron with them.

In the aftermath of the battle, Optimus is dying of his wounds, so he hands off the Matrix of Leadership to Ultra-Magnus, but is so weak that he drops it, and Hot Rod catches it. After Optimus dies, Ultra-Magnus becomes the leader. As they consider their next move, they receive word of the disappearance of Lithone. Ultra-Magnus gravely narrates the legend of Unicron and fears that if he is not stopped, he will reach Earth and consume it too.

Meanwhile, Astrotrain demands that they jettison some weight, so the Decepticons decide to launch their wounded into space, with Starscream personally kicking Megatron out. As they drift through space, they encounter Unicron, who transforms Megatron into Galvatron and orders him to destroy the Autobot Matrix, as it is the only thing capable of stopping him. But first, Galvatron returns to the Decepticons ship, Nemesis, and kills Starscream, taking leadership back. He sends a squadron to Earth to locate Ultra-Magnus in the fallen Metroplex and retrieve the Matrix. Shockwave leads the platoon.

Both Galvatron and the group in Autobot City witness Unicron's arrival into the solar system and his destruction of Earth's moon. In spite of Sidney's pleas as his father is on the moon, the Autobots decide to escape via the ground bridge. As the group enters, the damage done to the ground bridge in the battle renders it unstable, and they are seperated. Hot Rod, Kup and the Dinobots find themselves on Quintessa. They are divided and Hot Rod and Kup are brought before a Quintesson judge while the Dinobots find a small Autobot named Wheelie, who assists them. Hot Rod and Kup are sentenced to be executed and are dropped in a pit of Sharkitcons, but manage to defeat them and escape. The Dinbots then arrive and rescue them, freeing those who were wrongfully imprisoned by the Quintessons, and they drop the judge into the Sharkticon pit. The group commandeers a Quintesson cruiser to escape the planet.

Meanwhile, the other group find themselves on Junkion, and are pursued by Galvatron. Ultra-Magnus forces the others to take cover while he faces Galvatron. He tries to open the Matrix and unleash it's power, but to no avail. Galvatron then coldly executes him and once he has the Matrix, leaves. The remaining group, while mourning Ultra-Magnus' death, are ambushed by a group of Junkions, but the second group arrives and saves them. The Junkions then team up with them to stop Galvatron and Unicron.

The group receives a message from Autobot City, which informs them of the attack but tells all Autobots spread across the galaxy to regroup there. They deduce that it is a trap; the Decepticons are waiting in Metroplex and the remaining Autobots are in danger. They set course for Earth to save them.

Meanwhile, Galvatron confronts Unicron, planning to open the Matrix and use it's power to control Unicron, and then use him to conquer Earth. Unicron laughs this threat off; as Galvatron is not the true leader of the Autobots, he cannot open the Matrix. Unicron then decides to destroy Earth is retaliation.

As Unicron transforms and begins his assult, the Decepticons and Autobots, who are now both in Autobot City, decide to team up to fight him. Hot Rod flies the cruiser towards Unicron but the ship is damaged and the group are swallowed. Hot Rod finds himself inside of Unicron's stomach, while the others wind up in his head. Sidney finds and rescues his father and the others Autobots who survived the moon's destruction.

Hot Rod is confronted by Galvatron, who tells him that they have to stop Unicron. However, Unicron uses mental torture to get Galvatron to attack Hot Rod. During the fight, Hot Rod grabs the Matrix, which is chained around Galvatron's neck, and activates it. He opens it and hears Optimus' voice, telling him that he is now Rodimus Prime. Rodimus throws Galvatron through a wall and sends him hurtling through space. He then unleashes the Matrix's full power and Unicron begins to explode. He and then others escapes through Unicron's eye just before the villain is destroyed, leaving only his head, which becomes Earth's new moon.

As the Autobots set about rebuilding Metroplex, Rodimus gives a rousing speech about moving forward into a new era of peace and prosperity. The film ends as he holds the Matrix aloft and shouts "Til All Are One!"

Autobots
Neil Patrick Harris - Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime

Michael Dorn - Optimus Prime

Ron Perlman - Ultra-Magnus

Ed Asner - Kup

Grey DeLisle - Arcee

Decepticons
Christopher Judge - Unicron

David Sobolov - Megatron

Lance Henricksen - Galvatron

John Kassir - Starscream

Peter Jessop - Soundwave

Jason Isaacs - Shockwave

Humans
Jesse McCartney - Sindey Pinkman

Loren Lester - Jesse Pinkman

Vanessa Marshall - Whitney Pinkman