Eric Stevenson
I saw the original live-action "G.I. Joe" and honestly? I barely remember a thing about it. I remember that I thought it was just okay and easy to forget. If you want to see the best movie that represents "G. I. Joe", watch the 1987 animated movie. The plot of this movie is that a member of Cobra has infiltrated the White House disguised as the President. He frames G. I. Joe for the assassination of the leader of Pakistan.The movie stars Dwayne Johnson, who is honestly a good actor. Bruce Willis also appears, but he doesn't have that much of a role. The movie gives us plenty of explosions and clichés about betrayal and stuff. It's mostly pointless. I'll at least give it credit for being better than most of the Transformers sequels. There's just so much better stuff out there. **
tughan_a
This movie is so crappish...Please do not waste any of your time with this garbage...There is absolutely no story...no story at all... Too many discrepancies with dialog, scenario and action.. Uff it is just awful to watch such shitty movie... First movie was a real GI-Joe movie despite the fact that it got poor ranking at least it had some kind of integrity in between its dynamics and a lot of entertainment meanwhile... Story was much better and directed much better also.. This follow-up is just unbearable to watch, Bruce Willis, sir sorry to say that but even you cannot save this movie from oblivion....1/10
FilmBuff1994
G.I. Joe: Retaliation is a brutal movie with a very poorly developed plot and a cast that seem to have no interest beyond getting their paycheck. It really had nothing that grabbed me in anyway beyond the charisma of Dwayne Johnson, who steals every scene as a result of being the only performer who seemed passionate about this project. Joining The Rock are the likes of Channing Tatum, Walton Goggins, Adrianne Palicki and Bruce Willis, all delivering some of their worse work. There really is nothing about this movie that worked out practically, the visual effects are completely ineffective, looking lazily rendered and thrown together. As well as that, the action sequences are completely uninspired, without anything unique or unexpected occurring throughout. In terms of plot, it did not have a high standard to follow after Rise of the Cobra, and yet it still managed to pass it out in terms of poor quality writing. Nothing happens in the story throughout that surprised me in any way, each plot point is predictable and the dialogue is simply cringe to listen to on several occasions. Unexceptional from start to finish. Partially saved by Dwayne Johnson's natural screen presence, but he deserved so much better than this, G.I. Joe: Retaliation should be avoided by everyone. An imposter posing as the US President tries to wipe out the GI Joe soldiers. Best Performance: Dwayne Johnson / Worst Performance: Bruce Willis
patriceangela
Well the movie opened up very interestingly, with the characters rescuing a north Korean deserter. The movie carried out very well i should admit, but unfortunately it didn't bold well as a sequel to the original movie, "G. I Joe: rise of cobra". The movie lacks several characters from the original movie, Instead chose to use the movie to introduce new characters rather than focusing on the older ones which the director has chosen to kill off one by one. The movie also tends to deal with the sudden death of duke from the previous movie and how his death brings about the new upbringing of the new G. I. Joe team. Overall, in my honest unbiased opinion, this movie would rather serve better as a stand alone movie instead of a sequel to the rise of cobra.
AD
