So it turns out that it doesn't
matter that all the promo material on the film — TV ads, trailers, everything — reveals the
story's twist — Lincoln and Jordan and all their fellow citizens aren't survivors
of a global disaster but rich people's insurance
policies — because all that happens after the secret is revealed is that Bay can finally get down to doing what he loves to do: Stomp and crash and burn and destroy
as Lincoln and Jordan escape into the real world — just 20 minutes into our future — and must be recaptured.