But given that there's a sequel coming out in June entitled Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, of course the battle between good and evil was never that easy.
In the upcoming action film, Shia is reunited with his co-star Megan Fox, who plays Sam's girlfriend Mikaela Barnes.
While happy to play the stunning sidekick again in the Transformers sequel, the 22-year-old actress admits she is growing bored of playing a sex symbol.
She told Empire magazine: 'You can't be [a sex symbol] 24 hours a day. I can't be a professional celebrity or a professional sexpot. I can't do that to myself.
'I just want to work and make the right choices, and study and develop as an actress
'I don't want to be on the cover of every magazine that exists. I want to try not to do that. It's my job to show people something different.'
With only two months to go before the film's eagerly anticipated release, producers have released a list of the new robots which will go head to head with each other in the new movie.
Sam and Mikaela will join forces with the heroic Autobots to stop the Decepticons' mission to rid the world of humans so they can live off Earth's resources.
Among the new robots are mechanical jaguar Ravage, who spies on the Autobots and humans for the Decepticons, and The Doctor, a spider-like droid who tries to extract information from Sam.
Transformers screenwriter Alex Kurtzman told the USA Today newspaper: 'In the spirit of "more than meets the eye," Ravage isn’t just lethal because of his sharp teeth.
Bored: Megan Fox, pictured getting her hair done in LA on Monday, said she's sick of being cast as a sex symbol
Back to the big screen: Megan Fox as Mikaela Barnes in a scene from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and one of the Decepticons (aka the bad guys) called The Doctor, who will torment Shia LaBeouf's character'
There’s actually another skill set Ravage has that didn’t exist before, so there’s going to be a surprise for fans.'
A group of Decepticons also join forces to form The Devastator, who wages mass destruction on a huge scale.
Another screenwriter Roberto Orci said: 'He’s made of vehicles designed to build, and he turns into is someone who loves to destroy. He is an agent of absolute chaos.'
New villain: Mechanical jaguar Ravage works as a spy for the Decepticons
Action man: Shia LaBeouf as Sam by the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt
Director Michael Bay said executive producer Steven Spielberg was blown away by The Devastator.
Bay enthused: 'Spielberg saw it and said, "This is f**king awesome." It's always nice when you can make him swear.
'We have big guys, some little guys. We have a lot of littler ones, too. Little weirder ones. Like the Insecticons, which were giant bugs in the original series and Hasbro toy line, but are now tiny creepy-crawly infiltrator.'
In the film, the Decepticons, desperate for the information, wage war to capture Sam and the climactic battle scene takes place at the Giza pyramid complex in Egypt, where film crew were granted access to the 5,000-year-old site for the first time ever.
He's back: Sam is confronted by Megatron's second-in-command Starscream, an F2 Raptor jet
Egyptian hieroglyphics resembling helicopters in real life were also used, where they will be explained in the film as being depictions of those ancient Cybertronians who visited Earth.
The film’s Army liaison, Lt. Col. Gregory Bishop, said: 'As far as I know, this is the biggest joint military operation movie ever made, in terms of Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines. I can’t think of one that’s bigger.'
Director Bay said: 'In the sequel, humanity is still trying to sort out which Transformers can be trusted and which mean to exterminate humans.
'Authentic military personnel were hired to show just how they might actually handle an over-the-top situation like an alien robot invasion.'
The great escape: Megan, Shia, Josh Duhamel and Tyrse Gibson flee the destruction caused by the Decepticons
Setting the scene: Shia - with his bandaged hand - and director Michael Bay run through a scene
'The Pentagon gave its stamp of approval to the film and allowed production amid the dunes of the Army's New Mexico missile range.'
Shia injured his hand when he was involved in a car crash in July 2008, which disrupted filming of the $200million science fiction blockbuster.
Shia's bandaged hand was subsequently written into the plotline after Sam is left injured after a clash with a Decepticon.
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will be released in the UK on June 24.
Keeping watch: Military officers keep watch for Decepticons activity
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