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Transformers: The Last Knight

Age rating, content warnings & parent guide

2017

Is Transformers: The Last Knight appropriate for your child? See the reviewed age guidance, content cautions, positive themes, and supporting evidence below.

Humans and Transformers are at war. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Saving our world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager; Bumblebee; an English Lord; and an Oxford Professor.

Ages 13+Source checked

Why this age? Frequent intense robot and military combat, peril, explosions, deaths, frightening threats, and destruction are presented in a PG-13 action style. The mythology and complicated plot also suit teens better than young children. This is guidance, not a safety guarantee; reading level and family context may differ.

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Age guidanceAges 13+
Strongest cautionsViolence 5/5 · Death of a character 4/5 · Frightening scenes 4/5
Strongest positivesCourage & resilience 4/5 · Creativity & curiosity 3/5
Recommendation2.8/5

Courage & resilience; strongest caution: violence.

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What parents should know

Frequent intense robot and military combat, peril, explosions, deaths, frightening threats, and destruction are presented in a PG-13 action style. The mythology and complicated plot also suit teens better than young children. This is guidance, not a safety guarantee; reading level and family context may differ. Courage & resilience; strongest caution: violence.

Readiness snapshotAge guidance: 13+Main watch-out: Violence 5/5
Recommendation 2.8/5

Editorial rating

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Recommended age13+

Strongest cautions

  • Violence5/5
  • Death of a character4/5
  • Frightening scenes4/5

Strongest positives

  • Courage & resilience4/5
  • Creativity & curiosity3/5
  • Diverse representation2/5

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What’s in it?

Products & advertising4/5
Why this rating?

The film is explicitly based on Hasbro's Transformers toy line, with extensive branded robot characters and franchise merchandising appeal.

Death of a character4/5
Why this rating?

Deaths and apparent deaths occur, including a dying Transformer and Burton's fatal shooting; death is part of the wartime stakes.

Graphic injury2/5
Why this rating?

Robots suffer damage with mechanical fluids, but there is minimal organic gore.

Strong language2/5
Why this rating?

Occasional profanity, insults and suggestive remarks occur, but strong language is not a central feature.

Religious themes2/5
Why this rating?

Arthurian mythology, Merlin, Excalibur, an ancient order and a goddess-like being are important story elements, though not real-world religious practice.

Romance2/5
Why this rating?

Mild romantic tension between the lead human characters.

Frightening scenes4/5
Why this rating?

Frequent intense battles, giant robots, hunted refugees, brainwashing, deaths and threats to destroy Earth may frighten younger viewers.

Sexual content & nudity2/5
Why this rating?

Contains mild innuendo and suggestive framing of characters.

Alcohol or drugs1/5
Why this rating?

Limited adult social drinking or references may appear; substance use is not central or glamorized.

Violence5/5
Why this rating?

Violence is central and frequent: military combat, robot battles, weapons, explosions, attacks, executions, and large-scale destruction.

What’s good in it?

Courage & resilience4/5
Why this rating?

Characters repeatedly confront overwhelming danger, invasion, manipulation, and possible planetary destruction to protect others and both worlds.

Creativity & curiosity3/5
Why this rating?

The film strongly uses imaginative ideas such as hidden Transformer history, Arthurian mythology, transforming robots, Cybertron, and inventive technology.

Diverse representation2/5
Why this rating?

Diverse cast is present, though character depth varies.

Educational value1/5
Why this rating?

Loosely incorporates Arthurian legends and history, though in a highly fictionalized, inaccurate way.

Kindness & empathy2/5
Why this rating?

Cade shelters Transformer refugees, and humans and Transformers eventually cooperate, showing empathy and care amid the conflict.

Positive messages2/5
Why this rating?

The story supports cooperation across differences, protecting vulnerable beings, resisting control, loyalty, sacrifice, and defending the wider community.

Good role models2/5
Why this rating?

Protagonists show courage, but behaviors are often reckless in the face of chaos.

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  2. How did the story handle conflict or violence? Did the characters have other choices?
  3. Which choice in Transformers: The Last Knight would you have made differently, and why?
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