¨Call me JOE¨
As a kid I was a huge fan of the GI Joe
cartoons and had a vast collection of the action figures, but I never thought
it was a very good idea to bring the franchise to the big screen. I didn’t like
the first film despite all the great special effects because the entire concept
was just way too silly, and I didn’t like this film all that much either
despite the fact it had a better story and some more interesting characters.
What really saved this film for me was a ten minute action scene in the
mountains which was pretty amazing and made the entire movie worthwhile. It was
one of the best action scenes I`ve seen all year. This second film was directed
by Jon M. Chu (Justin Bieber Never Say Never and Step Up 2) and the screenplay co-written
by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (Zombieland), but very few actors are back from
the original movie (only five) so this felt like a totally different movie. Retaliation
is much better than Rise of Cobra but it still felt a little light due to the
nonstop action. It’s one of those movies you can enjoy for two hours but forget
about once it’s over. What it does have going for it is that is includes better
action stars like The Rock and Bruce Willis. The Rock is probably one of the
best contemporary action stars and he already brought the Fast and Furious
franchise back alive again. He doesn’t quite do the same with GI Joe, but he
still makes this movie a little more enjoyable than the original one. Despite
all the cheesiness of the plot I still had some fun, and the producers knew
that the premise couldn’t be taken seriously so they just played around with
it.
The Joes continue to serve and protect the
world under the leadership of Captain Duke (Channing Tatum) and his team which
consists of Roadblock (Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock), Flint (D.J. Cotrona), and Jaye
(Adrianne Palicki). They have a couple of successful missions until the team is
betrayed by the US president (Jonathan Pryce) who is actually Zartan (Arnold
Vosloo) infiltrated as him. Thus the Joes are forced to fight enemy forces
inside their own government and are forced to receive help from the only person
they can trust: retired General Joe Colton (Bruce Willis). Meanwhile Storm Shadow
(Byung-hun Lee) has conceived a plan with Firefly (Ray Stevenson) to free their
imprisoned Cobra Commander (Luke Bracey). Snake Eyes (Ray Park) is determined
to stop him with the help of Jinx (Elodie Yung), but the Joes are running out
of time with the President threatening the world with a nuclear war. Will the
Joes be able to stop the Cobra team before they destroy the entire world?
Thanks David. I will check out your blog!
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