It’s only taken sixteen years but Transmorphers: Mech Beasts the sequel to Transmorphers, one of The Asylum’s first mockbusters has arrived. The film opens with a brief recap of the first film along with the news that the defeated Transmorphers contained alien nanobots which were waiting for the right time to regroup and attack.
That time is the year 2324 when a firewall breach is discovered at the New Los Angeles Power Station. This isn’t just any breach, it causes the generators to turn into a giant robotic lion, that can fire a death ray from its mouth. It also causes the techs at HQ to start uncontrollably screaming technobabble at each other.
It’s a good thing that Mark (Todd Karner, The Critic, Triassic Hunt) and Agnes (Jolene Andersen, 2025 Armageddon, Captive) have discovered another bunker full of weapons left over from the war. Also in the bunker are her two teenagers, Trevor (Matthew Gademske, Colored White) and Reena (Geena Alexandra, Never Quit, Kiss and Tell) and Colonel Wilks (Chad Ridgely, 6:66 PM, Amityville Hex) who’s there to bravely sacrifice himself when the mechanical lion turns up.