{year}=2018
{quality}=HD
{duration}=1h:53mn
Summary of the story
On the planet Cybertron, the Autobots, under the leadership of Optimus Prime, are on the brink of defeat in their war against the Decepticons and are making preparations to evacuate the planet. During their evacuation, the Decepticon forces, led by Starscream, Soundwave, and Shockwave, intercept the Autobots. In response, Optimus Prime dispatches Autobot scout B-127 to Earth in an escape pod to establish a base of operations while he remains behind to confront the Decepticons. B-127 successfully reaches Earth and crash-lands in California in 1987, disrupting a training exercise conducted by Sector 7, a covert government agency responsible for monitoring extraterrestrial activity on Earth. Colonel Jack Burns, the commanding officer of Sector 7, perceives B-127 as a hostile entity and orders his troops to attack the Autobot. B-127, in turn, scans a Willys MB jeep and escapes to a nearby mine, where he is ambushed by the Decepticon Blitzwing. Despite Blitzwing's attempts to extract information about Optimus Prime's whereabouts, B-127 refuses to divulge any information, prompting Blitzwing to remove his voice box and damage his memory core. In response, B-127 eliminates Blitzwing with one of his own missiles before scanning a nearby 1967 yellow Volkswagen Beetle and collapsing from his injuries.
Meanwhile, Charlene "Charlie" Watson, who is grieving the loss of her father and resentful of her mother Sally's relationship with her new boyfriend Ronald, discovers the Beetle in a local scrapyard owned by her Uncle Hank, who presents it to her as an 18th-birthday gift. Unbeknownst to Charlie, her attempts to start the vehicle activate a homing signal that is detected by the Decepticons Shatter and Dropkick while they are interrogating and killing Cliffjumper on one of Saturn's moons. The two Decepticons travel to Earth, adopt human-made vehicle forms, and encounter Sector 7. Pretending to be peacekeepers, they persuade the agency to assist them in capturing B-127, despite Burns' objections.