These are 'Transformers' movies, after all, so the likes of Optimus Prime always have to get the spotlight over anyone else. Perhaps it shouldn't come as much of a surprise. 2014's 'Age of Extinction' teased the appearance of Dinobots, but similarly, they don't appear until much later in the film despite being teased in the title. Granted, this isn't the first time the 'Transformers' movies have underutilized some new robots. And since 'Rise of the Beasts' supposedly takes place in the same timeline as the Michael Bay 'Transformers' movies, it does beg the question of why they weren't there to save the world all those times. Even after the climactic fight that sees the Autobots emerge victorious, the Maximals just kind of shuffle off to not be heard from again. It's hard to see a scenario where the Maximals truly 'rise' in the film because, as it stands, they're there mainly to serve as reinforcements when the Autobots attack the army led by Scourge (Peter Dinklage).
