The highly-anticipated "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" opens for Chinese audiences with a special midnight screening Wednesday, to coincide with the film's global premiere.

Trailers for the sequel to the 2007 blockbuster sci-fi film have boasted a dazzling array of robotic action sequences, along with some Chinese elements that have appealed to local audiences.

In the latest episode, Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg return as director and executive producer respectively, while leading man Shia LaBeouf and actress Megan Fox return as a screen couple caught in the war between Autobots and Decepticons.

The new Transformers film introduces many more robots and the scope has been expanded to numerous countries, most notably France, Egypt and Shanghai, China.