G.I. Joe Retaliation Movie Reviews

The Joes get sent to Pakistan to retrieve nuclear warheads but it all goes horribly wrong with the 'enemy' possibly being their own President. But why would he do that, right? Anyway, the survivors return, with Roadblock (Johnson) taking charge of the severely depopulated unit comprising Lady Jaye (Palicki) and Flint (D J Cotrona). Gen Joe Colton (Willis) reluctantly pitches in along with G.I Joe Snake Eyes and new recruit Jynx, bringing them closer

For three decades G I Joe toys have been a must-have in every boy’s toy collection. So the first film Rise of the Cobra (2009) was loved by the teenybopper audience, but there were many who hated it and had good reasons to do so. Playing it safe, director Jon M Chu has retained just a few of the characters and adopted a fresh stylistic approach to the screenplay. And does he succeed in pulling it off? Quite admirably. While many action enthusiasts

The good news about 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' is that it kicks some a$$ - some, being the operative word here. Its action bits are bang on and there's wit aplenty. And while that is not enough to completely overlook the hammy dialogue and predictable plotline, rest assured that this film is more about heroes than Real American Zeroes. The elite G.I. Joe fighting squad contains all the usual suspects - pretty boy commander (Channing Tatum), fatherly figure

Between The Rock and the Die Hard hero, place a sexy guntotting PYT. That takes care of the poster. You already have the brand name advantage - the G.I. Joe films are based on a line of bestselling toys - so a ready market exists. To fill 110-odd minutes, just insert a workable plot meant to maximise the action-SFX impact. G.I. Joe: Retaliation is your typical mainstream Hollywood extravaganza in that sense. Just like the first film

If a big, dumb action movie knows it’s a big, dumb action movie and revels in that fact, is that preferable to a big, dumb action movie making the mistake of thinking it’s significant, relevant art? That’s the question to ponder — if you can think straight and your ears aren’t ringing too badly — during G.I. Joe: Retaliation. This sequel of sorts to the 2009 blockbuster G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra seems to have some cheeky fun with itself

It’s epic. It’s everything one wants to see in a GI Joe movie. It genuinely feels like the director has brought your childhood action figure battle between good guys and baddies to life on the big screen. But when this scene ends, so does everyone’s effort into making the movie. GI Joe Retaliation tries to be a sequel and a reboot at the same time by desperately trying to extinguish our memories of the terrible first film. When The Rock was cast

Coming from the writers of Zombieland, one would have expected G.I. Joe: Retaliation to be filled with smart lines and sardonic wit. Or maybe not, considering the sequel to 2009 G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra, like the Transformer movies, is based on a toy. So there is wall to wall action, adrenalin and testosterone, hunks galore, enough weaponry to blow up the world many times over and also a kind of strip tease slyly thrown in

If a big, dumb action movie knows it’s a big, dumb action movie and revels in that fact, is that preferable to a big, dumb action movie making the mistake of thinking it’s significant, relevant art? That’s the question to ponder — if you can think straight and your ears aren’t ringing too badly — during G.I. Joe: Retaliation. This sequel of sorts to the 2009 blockbuster G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra seems to have some cheeky fun with itself

Many believe that hiring Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock, to star in 2011's 'Fast Five', was the genius idea that salvaged a flagging franchise. The same trick, however, doesn't work for 'GI Joe: Retaliation' which, as it turns out, is even more awful than 2009's disappointing 'GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra'. While you can't really be surprised by the absence of compelling characters or the lack of emotional depth in the story - given that the GI Joe films

Roadblock, Duke, Jaye, Flint, Storm Shadow, Flint, Jinx, Snake Eyes, Cobra Commander, Zartan, Destro. You can only be grateful the US President is called just that, the President. It is hard to keep track of the above randomly named men, in masks and faces that could well be one, battling each other to save the world against backdrops chosen to impress; but then yours is not to question why. Even as to what geopolitical logic propels them across the globe

A sequel to G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, the 2009 toy line based G.I. Joe flick, G.I Joe: Retaliation ranks with last week’s Olympus Has Fallen among the worst films of the year (so far). To begin with, it’s almost impossible to figure out what the heck is going on. It doesn’t help that the film’s release was delayed by almost a year, ostensibly to allow for 3D conversion. Sorry to say, but the move was unwarranted. Director Chu, whose previous credits include