Look, if you're a parent wondering whether your teen can watch this: no. Just no. This is Michael Bay's id unleashed—a two-hour explosion reel where civilian deaths are punchlines and consequence-free murder is presented as heroism.

Even for adults, the critical consensus is clear: it's technically impressive but emotionally hollow, morally bankrupt, and exhausting. The 36% Rotten Tomatoes score and 2.5/5 Letterboxd rating tell the story—this is dumb-fun action taken to such an extreme that it stops being fun.

If you have a 17-year-old who's seen R-rated action before and you want to use this as a teaching moment about what NOT to do with violence in storytelling, fine. Otherwise, there are dozens of better action movies that don't require you to explain why glorifying extrajudicial murder is problematic.