The second half of the 20th Century was largely defined by the seemingly intractable struggle between the world's two post-WWII superpowers, the Soviet Union and America, with nuclear arsenals backing up incompatible ideologies. The Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, though, and of course, nothing translates better than giant extraterrestrials beating the hell out of each other. Transformers: Dark of the Moon held its premiere the Moscow International Film Festival last week, and it was the biggest premiere in Paramount's history. Luckily, there's a video of the event, including appearances from Shia LaBeouf, Michael Bay, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, and Tyrese Gibson, and more, along with plenty of new footage mixed in for good measure.
Linkin Park, who contributed signature songs to all three Transformers films, performed at the premiere in Red Square of all places. Snippets of the performance are, of course, included in the video below.
How far we've come since the height of the Cold War. How far we've come.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon also stars Josh Duhamel, Frances McDormand, Patrick Dempsey, Ken Jeong, Alan Tudyk, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, and John Turturro.
The film begins its showings in 3D and IMAX 3D tonight at 9:00 pm, with 2D screenings starting tomorrow, June 29th.
