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Michael Bay - news / articles


  • Michael Bay takes aim at complaining actors in scathing blog post - 18 October 2012
    -Transformers director Michael Bay appears to have taken aim at Hugo Weaving in a scathing blog post after the actor confessed his work as the voice of robot villain Megatron was "meaningless" to him - but promptly removed the online item.-The Matrix star revealed th


  • Armageddon director Michael Bay remembers Michael Clarke Duncan - 4 September 2012
    -Armageddon director Michael Bay will always have fond memories of the film's star Michael Clarke Duncan, revealing the actor cried at his first audition because he was so "proud" to be picked as a candidate for the movie.-Duncan, a former bodyguard, died on Monday (


  • Bay signs on for new Transformers sequel - 14 February 2012
    -Director Michael Bay is revving up for a fourth installment of the Transformers franchise.-The filmmaker announced on Tuesday (14Feb12) that he had signed a two-picture deal with Paramount Pictures, which will include a new take on the Transformers brand - although

Michael Bay - what members say


  • Armageddon
  • Armageddon review by from Redditch England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Grrrrrreeeat! 16 January 2004
    ...st remember its not real...... honestly some people. Pure entertainment. All of Michael Bay pictures should be like this, just not the same storyline....ahem! you know wha...   Read customer review
  • Pearl Harbor
  • Pearl Harbor review by from England
    Rated - 1.0 stars Pearl Jam 25 April 2005
    ... being patronising, is what the producer/director team of Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay (The Rock, Armageddon) always misjudge. But this time it's serious. ...   Read customer review
  • The Rock
  • The Rock review by movielover1971 from
    Rated - 4.0 stars Rock solid 9 September 2012
    ...Another one of the nineties action movies. This one set on alcatraz. Like all Michael Bay films its good but a bit too long, Despite that its fantastic entertainment....   Read customer review

Michael Bay - filmography


  • The Purge (2013)
    Starring: Lena Headey,  Ethan Hawke,  Tony Oller
    Director: James DeMonaco
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    If on one night every year, you could commit any crime without facing consequences, what would you do? Over the course of a single night, a family will be tested to see how far they will go to protect themselves when the vicious outside world breaks into their home.
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 3 members
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  • A Man's Story on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Giorgio Armani,  Wolfgang Puck,  Laurence Fishburne
    Director: Varon Bonicos
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Varon Bonicos directs this documentary about fashion designer Ozwald Boateng. The first black tailor to open a shop on London's Savile Row, as well as the youngest, Boateng soon became world famous for his trademark colourful suits. The film follows Boateng from the late 1990s, a low point in his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 78 members
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  • A Nightmare on Elm Street - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Kyle Gallner,  Clancy Brown,  Thomas Dekker
    Director: Samuel Bayer
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Music video director Samuel Bayer helms this remake of Wes Craven's 1980s slasher horror classic. A group of suburban teenagers - Nancy (Rooney Mara), Quentin (Kyle Gallner), Jesse (Thomas Dekker) and Alan (Clancy Brown) - all attended the same nursery school when they were toddlers. Several of ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 3,665 members
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  • Horsemen of the Apocalypse on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Eric Balfour,  Lou Taylor Pucci,  Peter Stormare
    Director: Jonas Akerlund
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Thriller starring Dennis Quaid as Aidan Breslin, an embittered detective struggling to maintain a relationship with his two young sons after the premature death of his beloved wife. When he is assigned to investigate a brutally violent serial killing spree apparently based on the Biblical prophecy ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 4,462 members
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  • Horsemen of the Apocalypse - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Eric Balfour,  Lou Taylor Pucci,  Peter Stormare
    Director: Jonas Akerlund
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Thriller starring Dennis Quaid as Aidan Breslin, an embittered detective struggling to maintain a relationship with his two young sons after the premature death of his beloved wife. When he is assigned to investigate a brutally violent serial killing spree apparently based on the Biblical prophecy ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 1,536 member
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  • Transformers - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Megan Fox,  Anthony Anderson,  Peter Cullen
    Director: Michael Bay
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The children's cartoon sci-fi series from the 1980s is brought bang up-to-date in this big-budget, live-action blockbuster with all the essential, state-of-the-art effects you could possibly want. Long ago, on the planet of Cybertron, an alien race divided into two camps - the Autobots, and the ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 7,684 members
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  • The Island on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Ewan McGregor,  Djimon Hounsou,  Michael Clarke Duncan
    Director: Michael Bay
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Thriller starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson. Lincoln Six-Echo (McGregor) and Jordan Two-Delta (Johansson) are among hundreds of residents of a contained facility in the mid-21st century. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully controlled environment, everything about their day-to-..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 105,633 members
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  • The Amityville Horror on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Philip Baker Hall,  Jimmy Bennett,  Jesse James
    Director: Andrew Douglas
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Horror based on a true story. On November 13, 1974, Suffolk County Police received a frantic phone call that led them to 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, Long Island. Inside the large Dutch Colonial house, they discovered a horrific crime scene that shattered the landscape of the typically peaceful ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 23,035 members
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  • The Island - Blu-ray (2005)
    Starring: Ewan McGregor,  Djimon Hounsou,  Michael Clarke Duncan
    Director: Michael Bay
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Thriller starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson. Lincoln Six-Echo (McGregor) and Jordan Two-Delta (Johansson) are among hundreds of residents of a contained facility in the mid-21st century. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully controlled environment, everything about their day-to-..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 4,726 members
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  • Bad Boys 2 on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Yu,  Jordi Molla,  Martin Lawrence
    Director: Michael Bay
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The original team from the first film return (Will Smith, Martin Lawrence and director Michael Bay), now having established their movie careers. This time around narcotics detectives Lowrey (Smith) and Burnett (Lawrence) are investigating an ecstasy drug ring on the streets of Miami after being ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 37,379 members
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  • Pearl Harbor on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Ben Affleck,  Kate Beckinsale,  Jon Voight
    Director: Michael Bay
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Jerry Bruckheimer's sprawling tale of love blossoming amidst the chaos of war. Rafe McCawley (Ben Affleck) is a gung-ho US pilot whose determination to fly against the enemy leads him to Europe and active service in the Battle of Britain. His girlfriend Evelyn (Kate Beckinsale) is left waiting at ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 10,988 members
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  • Pearl Harbor - Blu-ray (2001)
    Starring: Ben Affleck,  Kate Beckinsale,  Jon Voight
    Director: Michael Bay
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Jerry Bruckheimer's sprawling tale of love blossoming amidst the chaos of war. Rafe McCawley (Ben Affleck) is a gung-ho US pilot whose determination to fly against the enemy leads him to Europe and active service in the Battle of Britain. His girlfriend Evelyn (Kate Beckinsale) is left waiting at ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 2,751 members
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  • Armageddon - Blu-ray (1998)
    Starring: Charles Stewart,  Bruce Willis,  Michael Clarke Duncan
    Director: Michael Bay
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Blockbuster producer Jerry Bruckheimer ups the disaster movie ante by envisaging the destruction of the entire earth by an asteroid the size of Texas. NASA's attempt to avert global catastrophe involves sending a motley crew of oil drillers, led by Harry Stamper (Bruce Willis), into space, where ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 2,542 members
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  • Armageddon on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Charles Stewart,  Bruce Willis,  Michael Clarke Duncan
    Director: Michael Bay
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Blockbuster producer Jerry Bruckheimer ups the disaster movie ante by envisaging the destruction of the entire earth by an asteroid the size of Texas. NASA's attempt to avert global catastrophe involves sending a motley crew of oil drillers, led by Harry Stamper (Bruce Willis), into space, where ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 32,606 members
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  • The Rock - Blu-ray (1996)
    Starring: Bokeem Woodbine,  Claire Forlani,  Sean Connery
    Director: Michael Bay
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    The safety of San Francisco hangs in the balance when General Francis X. Hummel (Ed Harris) and his renegade squad of US Marines take over the abandoned Alcatraz prison and threaten to launch a poison gas attack on the city if their demands are not met. The FBI's response is to call in Stanley ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 3,437 members
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  • The Rock on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Bokeem Woodbine,  Claire Forlani,  Sean Connery
    Director: Michael Bay
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    The safety of San Francisco hangs in the balance when General Francis X. Hummel (Ed Harris) and his renegade squad of US Marines take over the abandoned Alcatraz prison and threaten to launch a poison gas attack on the city if their demands are not met. The FBI's response is to call in Stanley ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 37,547 members
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  • Bad Boys - Blu-ray (1995)
    Starring: Martin Lawrence,  Will Smith,  Tea Leoni
    Director: Michael Bay
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Detectives Lowrey (Will Smith) and Burnett (Martin Lawrence) must catch the thief who stole $100 million worth of confiscated heroin from under their noses, or their department will be closed down by the FBI. Beautiful, sexy, but not altogether trustworthy witness Julie (Téa Leoni) comes forward to ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 2,440 members
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  • Bad Boys on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Martin Lawrence,  Will Smith,  Tea Leoni
    Director: Michael Bay
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Detectives Lowrey (Will Smith) and Burnett (Martin Lawrence) must catch the thief who stole $100 million worth of confiscated heroin from under their noses, or their department will be closed down by the FBI. Beautiful, sexy, but not altogether trustworthy witness Julie (Téa Leoni) comes forward to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 29,092 members
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Michael Bay facts

5 most recent films

Pain and Gain - 4.0 stars
The Purge - 2.0 stars
Transformers 3 - The Dark of the Moon - 3.5 stars
Transformers - Dark Of The Moon - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Transformers - Dark Of The Moon - 3D Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Rock - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Transformers - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Bad Boys - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Transformers - 3.5 stars
Armageddon - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Purge - 2.0 stars
Pain and Gain - 4.0 stars
A Nightmare on Elm Street - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The Beginning - 3.0 stars
Horsemen of the Apocalypse - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Michael Clarke Duncan - 8 times - show films
Steve Buscemi - 8 times - show films
Tyrese Gibson - 7 times - show films
Will Smith - 7 times - show films
Josh Duhamel - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Marcus Nispel - 3 times - show films
Jonas Akerlund - 2 times - show films
James DeMonaco - 1 times - show films
Jonathan Liebesman - 1 times - show films
Samuel Bayer - 1 times - show films