It's just as you would expect: poorly acted, conventionally written and occasionally fun.
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
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Reviews Counted:146
Fresh:53
Rotten:93
Average Rating:4.7/10
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: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for strong sequences of action violence and mayhem throughout.
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Theatrical Release:Aug 7, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $150,167,630
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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Reviews for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
... it's actually better (again, the wrong word; "not nearly as awful" is closer to correct) than the recent Transformers sequel, and significantly shorter to boot.
Light entertainment with little to call memorable ... but at least therein exists some detectable evidence that the filmmakers had a soft spot for G.I. Joe and simply wanted to deliver its essence to the screen.
expensively produced escapist fantasy designed to protect the delicate sensibilities of the kids while never for a moment taxing their budding critical thinking skills
This is an action film highlight reel, with any sense of story or purpose shoved to the corners.
Loud, shiny, and critic-proof, this franchise launcher is basically Transformers minus the humanity.
There are bound to be some 10-year-olds who will shout a hearty "Yo Joe!" (the G.I. Joe battle cry). The rest of us will more likely be crying, "Say it ain't so, Joe!"
Fans will be disappointed unless they're so desperate that they'll like anything that says it's a G.I. JOE movie.
The folks at Hasbro must be laughing all the way to the bank this summer.
This is my favorite bad movie of the summer. And yes, I realize that's a backhanded compliment. Yo Joe.
[Director] Sommers did the first two chaotic Mummy remakes; those play like Tender Mercies compared to this one.
This isn't G.I. Joe so much as it's C.G.I. Joe, a nonstop orgy of computer imagery and pretty much what we'd expect from the director of the execrable Van Helsing and two dopey Mummy movies.
... marginally better than the Transformers franchise (not that the bar was all that high) ...
So, now you know, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is about as uncomfortable to sit through as running in a marathon with a bad case of the trots - and knowing is half the battle.
Unfortunately, the plot requires Sienna Miller to strike sparks off of Channing Tatum, which is somewhat like smashing granite against wood.
Harks back to the pulpy spirit of 'Doc Savage' adventures and Roger Moore-era James Bond movies...
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