10 Movies That Were Blatant Apologies

10. Bumblebee

The Transformers series was in a rather odd place in 2018.

A year earlier, the latest chunk of mindless blockbuster action by the name of The Last Knight had been pumped into existence to the sound of generally weak reviews. Yet, the fifth Michael Bay Transformers entry still managed to bring home a staggering $605 million at the box office.

Even with that financial success, though, many had grown tired of the bombastic and often senseless action-obsessed outings that relied more on painfully unfunny humour and pleasing randy teenage lads than delivering a heart-warming tale for youngsters - you know, like the OG franchise was initially designed to do?

That all thankfully changed with the creation of spin-off prequel Bumblebee; a film lovingly crafted by Travis Knight that centres around Hailee Steinfeld's Charlie Watson as she stumbles upon the titular bright yellow Autobot in the late '80s.

Infusing some joyfully vibrant action with the sort of heart that has largely gone missing in the prior five soulless creations, Bumblebee very much felt like Paramount Pictures' way of offering a robotic olive branch to those who had been longing to see the true spirit of the Transformers realised on the big-screen.

And it's little surprise it sits as the highest-rated film of the series so far...