Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

    Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
    2021

    Synopsis

    After saving the life of their heir apparent, tenacious loner Snake Eyes is welcomed into an ancient Japanese clan called the Arashikage where he is taught the ways of the ninja warrior. But, when secrets from his past are revealed, Snake Eyes' honor and allegiance will be tested – even if that means losing the trust of those closest to him.

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    Cast

    • Henry GoldingSnake Eyes
    • Andrew KojiTommy / Storm Shadow
    • Haruka AbeAkiko
    • Úrsula CorberóThe Baroness
    • Samara WeavingScarlett
    • Takehiro HiraKenta
    • Eri IshidaSen
    • Iko UwaisHard Master
    • Peter MensahBlind Master
    • Steven AllerickFather

    Recommendations

    • 80

      Variety

      Snake Eyes, as directed by Robert Schwentke (“The Divergent Series: Insurgent”), has style and verve, with a diabolical family plot that creates a reasonable quota of actual drama. The movie is also a synthetic but infectiously skillful big-studio hodgepodge of ninja films, wuxia films, yakuza films, and international revenge films.
    • 67

      The A.V. Club

      Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins doesn’t reach the giddy, earnest heights of something like Aquaman or a Wachowski project. It methodically sets up sequels—to be recast and released around 2030, judging by the Joes’ cinematic track record so far. But the dubiousness of its present-day achievement, the sheer ludicrousness of making the best G.I. Joe movie in 2021, is part of the dumbfounding fun.
    • 60

      Los Angeles Times

      Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins ends up having enough good-time action sequences to make it worth the popcorn money.
    • 60

      Screen Rant

      With energetic and thrilling action, Snake Eyes is a fun summer blockbuster, even if the movie's haphazard franchise setup leaves much to be desired.
    • 60

      The Hollywood Reporter

      As shamelessly corporate popcorn movies go, Snake Eyes is better than most. That’s not high praise, but considering the film’s dopey pedigree, it’s not nothing.
    • 50

      IndieWire

      The action scenes are so inexplicably painful — and the character work in “Snake Eyes” is so unexpectedly strong — that your heart sinks whenever the swords come out.
    • 40

      The Guardian

      The script’s attempts at wisdom amount to little more than dime-store platitudes, and the internecine turmoil of the Arashikage clan never comes close to anything like emotional heft.
    • 40

      Screen Daily

      Slavishly obeying the rules of a would-be franchise starter — including crafting an open-ended finale that leaves room for sequels — Snake Eyes features plenty of martial-arts mayhem but very little actual excitement.