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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)

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Reviews Counted:144

Fresh:52

Rotten:92

Average Rating:4.6/10

Consensus: While fans of the Hasbro toy franchise may revel in a bit of nostalgia, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is largely a cartoonish, over-the-top action fest propelled by silly writing, inconsistent visual effects, and merely passable performances.

Rated: 12A [See Full Rating] for strong sequences of action violence and mayhem throughout.

Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:07-08-2009

Synopsis: Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, whose previous collaboration was the worldwide blockbuster “TRANSFORMERS,” join forces with Spyglass Entertainment for another extraordinary action-adventure “G.I.... Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, whose previous collaboration was the worldwide blockbuster “TRANSFORMERS,” join forces with Spyglass Entertainment for another extraordinary action-adventure “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.” From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos. “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” is directed by Stephen Sommers (“The Mummy,” “The Mummy Returns”). --© Paramount [More]

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Marlon Wayans

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ray Park, Christopher Eccleston, Brendan Fraser, Rachel Nichols, Jonathan Pryce, Arnold Vosloo, Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje, Said Taghmaoui, Karolina Kurkova, Byung-hun Lee

Director: Stephen Sommers

Director: Stephen Sommers
Screenwriter: Stuart Beattie
Story: Stephen Sommers
Producer: Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Bob Ducsay, Brian Goldner
Composer: Alan Silvestri
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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This is a militaristic, borderline-fascistic movie, the kind of thing that makes the Pentagon seem as threatening as the pentagram.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment 2 Comments
08/11/09
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

It is impossible to care for the Joes, so cursory is their characterisation, so bland are the actors. It is all so uninvolving, and for that the computer-generated effects are greatly to blame.

Full Review Source: Sunday Times (UK) | comment Comment
08/11/09
Tim Nagle
Tim Nagle
Sunday Times (UK)

It's big, it's dumb and its cast won't be winning any acting awards, but for all that, the film delivers a two-hour blast of fun sure to delight the kid in all of us.

Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment 4 Comments
08/11/09
David Edwards
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]

The filmmakers have harvested the coolest elements from blockbusters over the past five or six years

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
08/11/09
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Coming after Michael Bay's terrifyingly psychotic Transformers sequel, it's a relief to have a lowbrow fantasy actioner that's lively and busy without being crushingly relentless.

Full Review Source: SFX Magazine | comment Comment
08/11/09
Andrew Osmond
Andrew Osmond
SFX Magazine

'GI Joe’ is big, dumb, loud and utterly relentless: basically, everything you could ever want from a summer blockbuster.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment 1 Comment
08/07/09
Tom Huddlestone
Tom Huddlestone
Time Out
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A tornado of vacuous heroes, moustache-twirling villainy and underwhelming spectacle.

Full Review Source: Digital Spy | comment Comment
08/07/09
Simon Reynolds
Simon Reynolds
Digital Spy

Puppet satire Team America got there first, on a fraction of the budget and with more animated performances.

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08/07/09
Mark Samuels
Mark Samuels
Heat Magazine

Sommers bucks the bad buzz with a throwaway blast of solid, stupid fun. You laugh at it rather than with it, but a sequel would be worth it just for more of Gordon-Levitt’s one-eyed dramatics.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
08/07/09
Matthew Leyland
Matthew Leyland
Total Film

Overlong, boringly vacuous and pointlessly noisy, but I am not this movie's target audience. At least it isn't as pretentious as Watchmen.

Full Review Source: Daily Mail [UK] | comment 6 Comments
08/07/09
Christopher Tookey
Christopher Tookey
Daily Mail [UK]

Only those of you young enough to be playing with action figures will have the imagination required to believe in this nonsense.

Full Review Source: Sun Online | comment Comment
08/07/09
Sun Online

There is an inertia born of ceaseless, stupefying animation.

Full Review Source: Financial Times | comment Comment
08/07/09
Nigel Andrews
Nigel Andrews
Financial Times

I was more excited by last week’s G-Force 3-D, if only because the guinea pigs give the better performances.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
08/07/09
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Independent

You wonder how the actors kept straight faces making this shameless codswallop.

Full Review Source: Daily Express | comment 1 Comment
08/07/09
Allan Hunter
Allan Hunter
Daily Express

It’s noisy, fast-paced and stuffed with special effects. The screenplay? You’ve got to be joking!

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
08/07/09
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobblers, as it must now be known, is a 118-minute war crime that does for the army what Steve Martin's Inspector Clouseau did for the French police force - except with more fake-looking explosions.

Full Review Source: News of the World | comment 1 Comment
08/07/09
Robbie Collin
Robbie Collin
News of the World

GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra plays out like someone bought the remake rights to Team America: World Police without realising it was a joke.

Full Review Source: Scotsman | comment 1 Comment
08/07/09
Alistair Harkness
Alistair Harkness
Scotsman

It's complete nonsense but absolutely marvellous nonsense.

Full Review Source: Sunday Mail [UK] | comment Comment
08/07/09
Sunday Mail [UK]

The pile-up of effects is like watching someone else playing videogames; neat moves, but where's the fun?

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment 5 Comments
08/06/09
Cath Clarke
Cath Clarke
Guardian [UK]
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A trashy but nonetheless hugely enjoyable action-adventure with superb effects, exciting action sequences, likeable characters and a neat line in techno-gadgetry.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment 1 Comment
08/06/09
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon
 
 
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