G.I. Joe: Retaliation
MPAA Rating: PG-13In Theaters: March 28th, 2013
Runtime: 1 hour 39 minutes (99 minutes)
Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
No
Go,
Joe.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation Review
- What's Good:
- Few action sequences, vfx -- it is indeed superior to its predecessor.
- What's Bad:
- Continuous action -- we also love action, but this goes overboard and hits the roof! Its dull, humourless and aggressive. This movie had no logic in the plot. Storm is alive when he should be dead and there is no explanation. A fleet of joes went to only 20-30 then to only 3? no sense. The camera was too close for fight scenes. No back stories, No explanations for anything. The cast from the prequel is gone with no explanation for the introduction of new cast.
- Verdict:
- It's a brainless popcorn entertainment. It's as if movie execs gave rock a big gun and expected it would make up for everything.
- Watch or Not:
- Watch it if you're are a die hard fan of action stars in the movie!
Audience Ratings for G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Plot Summary
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. A follow-up to the 2009 release of G.I. JOE: RISE OF THE COBRA, which grossed over $300M worldwide, Paramount Pictures, MGM and Skydance Productions, in association with HASBRO and di Bonaventura Pictures, commences production on G.I. JOE: RETALIATION. 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. The film stars D.J. Cotrona, Byung-hun Lee, Ray Park, Adrianne Palicki, Jonathan Pryce, RZA, Ray Stevenson, Channing Tatum with Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson. Directed by Jon M. Chu, and produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Brian Goldner, from a screenplay by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick based on Hasbro's G.I. Joe(R) characters, the film is scheduled to be released on June 29,2012.
Critics Reviews for G.I. Joe: Retaliation
22 Critics like this movie.
Reviews Counted: 27 | Positive Review: 6 | Negative Review: 21 | Average Rating: 2.2/5When 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 ...
Critic Score: 3/5
Plays like a tiresomely extended evening of channel surfing.
Critic Score: 2/5
No go, "Joe."
Critic Score: D
Retaliation is less a sequel than an antidote to the calcified mound of crap that ostensibly inspired it.
What's the difference between an action figure and an action star? Very little in G.I. Joe: Retaliation, which features no performances of note, even from such combat-tested thespians as Bruce Willis, Jonathan Pryce and Dwayne Johnson.
There should be a "Fans Only" sign at the door of every theater.
Critic Score: 2/5
I won't pretend that I had a great time watching "G.I. Joe: Retaliation."
Ever played a video game with a friend and had to sit there while he hogged it, leaving you to do nothing but watch for what seemed like hours?
Critic Score: 2.5/5
Good luck recalling any other would-be set pieces a couple of days after you've seen Retaliation.
People may flock to G.I. Joe: Retaliation despite its inert illogic. But don't say you weren't warned. As a wise man once said, "knowing is half the battle."
Critic Score: 1.5/4
To borrow from Jack in the Box, "G. I. Joe: Retaliation" is one hot mess.
Critic Score: 2/5
Unmitigated nonsense to anyone but diehard fans.
Critic Score: 1.5/4
Like a Dumpster bin behind Tiffany's, this contains nothing but well-packaged garbage.
Critic Score: 1.5/4
A more sure-footed shoot-'em-up that finds some heart, wit and perhaps enough momentum to spawn a formidable action franchise.
Critic Score: 2.5/4
Everything in G.I. Joe: Retaliation is perfunctory - technically proficient but soulless. It's not exciting. It's boring.
Critic Score: 1.5/4
It's well-executed technocratic action fluff. But it did leave me buzzed rather than drained.
Critic Score: B-
That's not to say that this G.I. Joe is good, aside from a couple of dazzling action set pieces, but at least it's efficient in its muscular mindlessness.
The G.I. Joe team is back, and most of their sophomore movie adventure, G.I. Joe Retaliation, is as bland as their name and as subtle as an exploding tank.
Critic Score: 2/5
It's like a giant explosion on a distant planet, observed but not felt.
Critic Score: 1.5/4
"G.I. Joe: Retaliation" has enough hoo-ah to bring a satisfying blast of blockbustery summer to dreary March.
Critic Score: 2.5/4
As for plot and character development, well, um ... did I mention the picture has a lot of guns?
Critic Score: 1.5/4
The junky pleasures of the first installment now just seem like junk in this noisy, nonsensical, lead-footed sequel.
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.
The directive behind this sequel, clearly, was non-stop action. Let's think about that phrase a second. Do we really want our action movies to deliver action that does not stop? Ever? I get a little tired of action sequences that won't stop.
Critic Score: 2/4
Retaliation makes any number of ham-fisted bids for topical relevance, and naturally almost every one of them represents an affront to good taste.
Good if you're a 12-15-year-old boy, bad if you're just about anyone else.
It looks as though some bright spark at Joe HQ decided that what the series needed was to lose its fun, post-'Team America' self-awareness and replace it with unironic jingoism, military-fetish hardware and heavy-handed nods to real world events.
Critic Score: 2/5
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Adrianne Palicki at 'G.I. Joe Retaliation' Premiere in Sydney
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Adrianne Palicki at 'G.I. Joe Retaliation' Premiere in London
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Adrianne Palicki at 'G.I. Joe Retaliation' Premiere in Hollywood on March 28, 2013
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Gina Gershon at Killer Joe Premiere - 10th March, 2012
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Camila Alves at Killer Joe Premiere - 10th March, 2012
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Emma Roberts at Glamour Presents These Girls at Joe's Pub in NY on May 20, 2013
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Ashley Tisdale Leaving Trader Joe's in Toluca lake - June 26, 2011