This is a militaristic, borderline-fascistic movie, the kind of thing that makes the Pentagon seem as threatening as the pentagram.
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08/11/09
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.
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.... [More]
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Marlon Wayans
Director: Stephen Sommers
Reviews for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
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.
08/11/09
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.
08/11/09
The filmmakers have harvested the coolest elements from blockbusters over the past five or six years
08/11/09
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.
08/11/09
'GI Joe’ is big, dumb, loud and utterly relentless: basically, everything you could ever want from a summer blockbuster.
08/07/09
Top CriticA tornado of vacuous heroes, moustache-twirling villainy and underwhelming spectacle.
08/07/09
Puppet satire Team America got there first, on a fraction of the budget and with more animated performances.
08/07/09
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.
08/07/09
Overlong, boringly vacuous and pointlessly noisy, but I am not this movie's target audience. At least it isn't as pretentious as Watchmen.
08/07/09
Only those of you young enough to be playing with action figures will have the imagination required to believe in this nonsense.
08/07/09
There is an inertia born of ceaseless, stupefying animation.
08/07/09
I was more excited by last week’s G-Force 3-D, if only because the guinea pigs give the better performances.
08/07/09
You wonder how the actors kept straight faces making this shameless codswallop.
08/07/09
It’s noisy, fast-paced and stuffed with special effects. The screenplay? You’ve got to be joking!
08/07/09
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.
08/07/09
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.
08/07/09
It's complete nonsense but absolutely marvellous nonsense.
08/07/09
The pile-up of effects is like watching someone else playing videogames; neat moves, but where's the fun?
08/06/09
Top CriticA trashy but nonetheless hugely enjoyable action-adventure with superb effects, exciting action sequences, likeable characters and a neat line in techno-gadgetry.
08/06/09
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