Synopsis
Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This forces the G.I. Joes into not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.
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Cast
- Dwayne JohnsonMarvin Hinton / Roadblock
- Bruce WillisJoe Colton
- Jonathan PryceU.S. President
- Adrianne PalickiJaye Burnett / Lady Jaye
- Ray ParkSnake Eyes
- Ray StevensonFirefly
- Elodie YungKim Arashikage / Jinx
- Lee Byung-hunTommy Arashikage / Storm Shadow
- D.J. CotronaDashiell Faireborn / Flint
- Luke BraceyRexford Lewis / Cobra Commander
Recommendations
- 70
The Hollywood Reporter
So fetishistic about high-powered weapons that it qualifies as an NRA wet dream, G.I. Joe: Retaliation pretty accurately reflects the franchise's comic book and cartoon origins, which is both a good and a bad thing: good if you're a 12- to 15-year-old boy, bad if you're just about anyone else. - 70
Village Voice
It's not enough to call this the rare franchise action movie to bring the goods; it's the even rarer one whose creators seem to understand what the goods even are. - 67
The Playlist
Retaliation is no masterpiece, but it’s a movie whose fun doesn’t feel like a four-letter word -- popcorn entertainment that not only rivals what you see during summer, but surpasses what you see from Sommers. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
It's well-executed technocratic action fluff. But it did leave me buzzed rather than drained. - 50
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
It’s a live-action version of on an ’80s cartoon that was designed to sell toys. This is “Transformers” without the Bumblebee Camaro, a lot of action, a few one-liners, and a lot of gunplay. - 50
Slant Magazine
Instead of long takes, which are lovingly utilized in Step Up 3D, Jon M. Chu opts for increasing volatility in the editing room. - 50
Variety
Offering a more straight-faced brand of idiocy than its cheerfully dumb 2009 predecessor, G.I. Joe: Retaliation might well have been titled “G.I. Joe: Regurgitation,” advertising big guns, visual effects and that other line of Hasbro toys with the same joyless, chew-everything-up-and-spit-it-out efficiency. - 40
Empire
Fast Five was a good example of how applying The Rock to a tired series could bring it back to life. G.I. Joe, by opting for self-seriousness instead of knowing daftness, has squandered its secret weapon.
