Every Michael Bay Movie, Ranked From Worst to Best
Michael Bay cannot be stopped. Though the filmmaker has hinted Transformers: The Last Knight "might" be his final Transformers film as director, he surely isn't done calling "Action!"
To date, Bay's feature films have grossed $2.2 billion domestically, a staggering number that makes him Hollywood's second-most-commercially successful director of all time.
But Bay has been derided by critics, who have taken his films to task for bombast. A survey shows Bay's average Metascore as a director is a weak, yellow-bordering-on-red 44.7. (His overall average career Metascore, including his credits as producer, is even lower: 42.)
Here's a film-by-film look at Bay's work as a director, from his most critically loathed work to the surprising entry that won over most reviewers.
An "intense" take on the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, this 2016 ensemble film, featuring a beefed-up John Krasinski, earned solid marks for its battle scenes, but elicited barbs for its "dramatic shortcomings."
“There’s a real story of American heroism somewhere in here, but it’s diluted by Bay’s worst tendencies.” —Kevin P. Sullivan, Entertainment Weekly