G.I. Joe: Retaliation

PG-13

3/29/20131h 50m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Heroes are made in America. ~

Overview:

Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This forces the G.I. Joes into not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.

Director:

Jon M. Chu

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$130,000,000.00

Revenue:

$371,900,000.00

Key words:

rescue
assassin
technology
missile
warhead
president
conspiracy
explosion
battle
surveillance
cobra

Cast

Dwayne Johnson

~ as ~

Marvin Hinton / Roadblock

Bruce Willis

~ as ~

Joe Colton

Jonathan Pryce

~ as ~

U.S. President

Adrianne Palicki

~ as ~

Jaye Burnett / Lady Jaye

Ray Park

~ as ~

Snake Eyes

Ray Stevenson

~ as ~

Firefly

Élodie Yung

~ as ~

Kim Arashikage / Jinx

Lee Byung-hun

~ as ~

Tommy Arashikage / Storm Shadow

D.J. Cotrona

~ as ~

Dashiell Faireborn / Flint

Luke Bracey

~ as ~

Rexford Lewis / Cobra Commander

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Reviews (2)

JPV852
Written 4 year(s) ago
6
This is actually the third time seeing this, not because I liked it nor am that big of a fan of the toy line it spawned from, but saw this in the theaters, then again on Blu-ray and now on 4K Ultra HD, the latter two times for review. I had doubt this third viewing would make much of a difference and while I found it entertaining and perhaps a slight upgrade in rating (2.75 vs 3.0) and that it was better assembled compared with The Rise of Cobra, including visual effects that was a massive improvement over the video game-y crap in that film), it's still not all that great.

I liked the cast including Dwayne Johnson and cutie Adrianne Palicki; while Bruce Willis was alright, albeit phoning it in (I assume he needed to pay off his mortgage to appear in this as the 'Joe' of GI Joe). Doubt there will be a fourth time outside of the "Extended Action Cut" (not included in the 4K Ultra HD set unfortunately), but it's a non-descript and somewhat forgettable popcorn sci-fi action-thriller. 3.0/5
GenerationofSwine
Written 2 year(s) ago
10
Well, it wasn't great, but it was leagues above the first outing.

Dwayne Johnson wasn't exactly the articulate chef with the heavy machine gun that we all knew and loved, but the story behind and the characters seemed a lot more like the GI Joe of the comic books, the GI Joe of the cartoons.

It seemed more like early GI Joe, and early Larry Hama, it seemed more like the era where he was writing a military comic book for a military toy geared towards little boys, rather than the over-the-top gadgets that came in the early 90s.

But the main draw is that the characters seemed more keyed to the comic books, more keyed into the file cards, they seemed to have more of a personality than the last installment, and that is what made Joe fun.