G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
Average Rating: 4.5/10
Reviews Counted: 153
Fresh: 43 | Rotten: 110
Though arguably superior to its predecessor, G.I. Joe: Retaliation is overwhelmed by its nonstop action and too nonsensical and vapid to leave a lasting impression.
Average Rating: 4.4/10
Critic Reviews: 30
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 24
Though arguably superior to its predecessor, G.I. Joe: Retaliation is overwhelmed by its nonstop action and too nonsensical and vapid to leave a lasting impression.
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In this sequel, the G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence. -- (C) Paramount
Cast
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D.J. Cotrona
Flint -
Byung-hun Lee
Storm Shadow -
Adrianne Palicki
Jaye -
Ray Park
Snake Eyes -
Jonathan Pryce
President -
RZA
The Blind Master -
Ray Stevenson
Firefly -
Channing Tatum
Duke -
Elodie Yung
Jinx -
Bruce Willis
General Joe Colton -
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Roadblock -
Walton Goggins
Warden Nigel James -
Luke Bracey
Cobra Commander -
Arnold Vosloo
Zartan -
Joe Mazzello
Mouse -
Nick Erickson
President Picture Doubl... -
Naim Alherimi
Pakistani President -
Ravi Naidu
Chief Advisor -
Matt Gerald
Havoc -
Douglas M. Griffin
Doctor -
Joe Chrest
Chief of Staff -
James Carville
James Carville -
Ryan Hansen
Grunt -
DeRay Davis
Stoop -
Nathan Takashige
Young Storm Shadow -
Joanna Leeds
Intern -
Elana Justin
Intern -
Ilia Volok
Russian Leader -
Dikran Tulaine
U.K. Leader -
Robert Catrini
Israeli Leader -
Marcelo Tubert
French Leader -
James Lew
Chinese Leader -
Ajay Mehta
Indian Leader -
Augustus Cho
North Korean Leader -
Raja Chandra Deka
Indian Expert -
Tiffany Lonsdale
British Expert -
Terrence Parks
Greeter -
Jun Hee Lee
North Korean Captain -
Afemo Omilami
Chairman Joint Chief of... -
Dante Won Ha
Kim Jong's Nephew -
Carrie Wong
Jhankri -
Ben Blankenship
Systems Officer -
Jim Palmer
Clutch -
Amin Joseph
Cobra Secret Service -
Rey Hernandez
Cobra Secret Service -
Grant S. Goodman
First Son -
Mikal A. Vega
Arch Angel Jones -
Luis Echagarruga
Arch Angel Jones -
Brelyn Plumbar
Roadblock's Daughter -
Amaya Plumbar
Roadblock's Daughter -
Dustan Costine
Cobra Trooper -
Michael Howe
Cobra Trooper -
Geoffrey Howe
Cobra Trooper -
Erik Howsam
U.K. Staff -
Timothy Bruns
Honor Guard
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All Critics (153) | Top Critics (30) | Fresh (43) | Rotten (110)
The filmmakers appear to have handed a dozen or so G.I. Joe dolls to a 9-year-old, watched him play for 110 minutes, and then shot a scene-for-scene remake.
What a blast G.I. Joe: Retaliation is! And then another blast, and another, in a series of concussive jolts that shred any conventional sense of story as thoroughly as anything since the last Michael Bay film.
When it comes to big and loud, this is the movie to beat for at least this week; what makes it entertaining is its unabashed wallow in these qualities ...
Plays like a tiresomely extended evening of channel surfing.
No go, "Joe."
Retaliation is less a sequel than an antidote to the calcified mound of crap that ostensibly inspired it.
Has a great deal more grace and goodwill than its predecessor. It moves well, offers up the occasional surprise, and never takes itself too seriously.
Dumb, hyperkinetic fun.
I was prepared for the expected amount of flag-waving nonsense in this film, but one sequence with a Cobra member posing as the President of the United States is so offensive, it seems like it was an outtake from Team America: World Police.
Dizzyingly entertaining celebration of fireballs, wire-assisted martial arts and high-calibre firepower has more grace and poise than Die Hard 5...will surely make up for those disappointed with the so-so 2009 film.
While it might be the height of critical cliché (and analytically wrong) to call G.I. Joe: Retaliation "a real American Zero," if the combat boot fits...
Explosions and action figures.
This film had no use of the 3D.
Retaliation isn't hatefully dumb - it's entertainingly dumb. But even after the umpteen millions it cost to make, it never comes close to capturing the imagination like three 3/4" action figures can.
Marries the steroidal firepower of the US armed forces with the narrative sense and technical elegance of a twelve year old playing with his action figures.
Tea Party paranoia about Obama's alien identity and fascist agenda apparently motivated this disappointing sequel, which pits the Joes against an impostor U.S. president (Jonathan Pryce) working for the evil forces of Cobra.
As to be expected, Johnson actually imbues his character with some humanity, but in the cacophony that is this movie, this doesn't really amount to much.
Routine action adventure but that mountainside battle is one for the record books.
The plot is just a thin outline providing opportunities for lots of shootouts, explosions, chases, kung-fu fighting and massive destruction (including the destruction of a major world city). But that is what you buy your ticket to see, after all.
Dwayne Johnson and Bruce Willis provide performances that should be in the hall of shame under the category "Best example of going through the motions for a paycheck."
There's a decent attempt to humanize the characters and make them more than mere fighting machines...but there are also potholes in the logic of the screenplay, by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.
This movie never realizes how ridiculous anything it does truly is, right up to the last-second promise of another sequel.
It's like the childhood dream of the president of the National Rifle Association.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation is such a craven and relentless onslaught of obsessive gun fetishization that you half expect to see the NRA's logo appear alongside Paramount and Hasbro.
Folks, we'd all love to see a hard-line G.I. Joe film where everything is realistic, but when was the show ever realistic?
If you played with G.I. Joe action figures...any crazy storyline you came up with is probably less silly than this.
Audience Reviews for G.I. Joe: Retaliation
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- Cobra Commander: The Cobra Revolution has begun.
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- Cobra Commander: I want it all!
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- Cobra Commander: Destro, you're out of the band!
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- Firefly: Let me see that face!
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- Duke: Hell yeah!
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- Firefly: Boom!
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Foreign Titles
- G.I. Joe 2: Die Abrechnung (DE)
- G.I. Joe: Retaliation (UK)










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