G.I. Joe: Retaliation Reviews
Common Sense Media
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.
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| Original Score: 3/5
3AW
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.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Laramie Movie Scope
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.
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| Original Score: C+
MovieCrypt.com
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?
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| Original Score: 3.0/4.0
Houston Press
If you went back to 1984 and told me there would be a serious production about toys called "Destro" and "Ripcord," I'd have asked you when lobotomies became mandatory.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
The Ooh Tray
The self-deprecating humour, including what sounds like an in-production bet to place lyrics from Tears for Fears and Queen songs in the mouths of the bad guys, means the film plays like a Bond movie written by Russell T Davis.
Fresno Bee
The plot is not as important as the action that follows. Director Jon M. Chu shows great skill, whether the fights are on city streets or on the sides of mountains.
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| Original Score: B-
Toledo Blade
Perhaps the best compliment for G.I. Joe: Retaliation is that it doesn't drag and it does exactly what you expect it to.
Top CriticWhen 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 ...
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| Original Score: 3/5
Movies.com
Enjoy the stupid; I kind of did.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
Retaliation is less a sequel than an antidote to the calcified mound of crap that ostensibly inspired it.
NECN
Administers exhilaration without a Michael Bay level of enervation.
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| Original Score: B
Beliefnet
As big, dumb, action and explosions and "hell, yeah, ooyah" movies based on toys go, this one is a lot of fun.
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| Original Score: B
The Playlist
...a fun, sweeping and yet understated sequel that should whet the appetites of action fans without overdosing them on pop confectionaries before the summer buffet truly starts.
The List
While GI Joe: Retaliation may still boast an overly indulgent running time and some ridiculous displays of gun fetishism and gung-ho patriotism, it's a fun ride while it lasts.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Film Journal International
Ragged, good-natured blockbuster improves on its predecessor.
Examiner.com
G.I. Joe: Retaliation is practically gushing with overpowered and combustible action sequences, but it doesn't feel like the tribute to its source material that The Rise of Cobra was.
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| Original Score: 6/10
MovieWeb
Jonathan Pryce (The President) and Byung-hun Lee (Storm Shadow) steal the film from the muscled stars without firing a bullet.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Lyles' Movie Files
Not a bad way to save a franchise. 'Retaliation' earns a very enthusiastic 'Yo Joe!' and is highly recommended for fans.
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| Original Score: 8.5/10
A more sure-footed shoot-'em-up that finds some heart, wit and perhaps enough momentum to spawn a formidable action franchise.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
