

Not only does it leave the audience uncomfortable and questioning why the law exists, it is entirely unnecessary. This particularly contrived back and forth ruins the movie and boggles the mind by its very existence. This is called the Romeo and Juliet law, and Dyson proves the legality of his relationship by producing a copy of the law he worryingly carries on his person. However, several states have a law to protect relationships between consenting minors and adults.

With Tessa being a minor, the relationship falls into the bracket of statutory rape. When Cade finds out, he is rightly concerned about their age difference, with Dyson being 20 and Tessa 17. Playing into the stereotypical father/daughter dynamic, Transformers 4 reveals that Tessa has been secretly dating Shane Dyson (Jack Reynor), an Irish rally car driver.
