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G.I. Joe - The Rise Of Cobra [Blu-ray] [2009]
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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
The Rise of Cobra is not your grandfather's G.I. Joe. It's more like C.G.I. Joe with explosive special-effects action sequences that provide the film with a surplus of "Boom Boom Pow" (to quote the Black Eyed Peas song that drives the end credits). This blast from the summer past is very much like the metal-munching nano-mite missiles a (literally) mad Doctor (Joseph Gordon-Levitt cashing in some of his indie cred) and McCullen, a Scottish weapons dealer (Christopher Eccleston), threaten to unleash upon the world. It never stops. Ever. The original G.I. Joe action figure was an all-American hero. These Joes are--all together now--"the best of the best," an elite multi-national squad. Two soldiers, Duke (a buff Channing Tatum), an "on the ground, in the fight" kind of guy, and Ripcord (Marlon Wayans), his wisecracking best friend, are rescued by the Joes after they are ambushed while transporting the missiles. These are no ordinary Joes. Snake-Eyes (Ray Park) is a silent ninja, Stella (Rachel Nichols) a bodacious brainiac, Heavy Duty (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) the imposing weapons specialist, and Breaker (Said Taghamaoui) the techie. They are led by gruff Gen. Hawk (Dennis Quaid), who barks out lines like, "When all else fails, we don't," with polish. Duke and Ripcord are recruited to join the classified unit after Duke discovers that Ana (Sienna Miller), his former fiancée, is in cahoots with McCullen and now sports the sinister moniker the Baroness, not to mention killer cleavage-enhancing latex outfits. This being the first in a budding franchise, there is much backstory to cover. Flashbacks date back to 1641! But the order of the day is underground military command centers, underwater evil lairs, gleaming high-tech weaponry, breakneck chases, and cool gadgets, such as a speed-accelerating hydraulic suit. It's enough to make you want to dust off your original Hasbro action figures or, the studio no doubt hopes, buy the new ones. --Donald Liebenson
It's based on toys! Come on!
Review date: 2010-07-25 Rating: 8 out of 10
People whinning this film is gibberish and a CGI-slam fest should know better. After all, being based on action toys naturally asked for over-the-top acting and ludicrous setups. You can't ask for deep involvement, or thought-provoking, when the main leader of the "Joes" goes around saying one-liners like "...knowing is half the battle." or "...when all else fails, we don't."... Please!
OK, enough. Without any high hopes, the movie entertained, with good pacing, and giving the number of characters that needed to be introduced, the background story was nicely meshed into the movie, and with enough material to work on a sequel.
A good sunday afternoon popcorn movie!
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Reviews
Possibly the stupidest film i have ever seen!!!
Review date: 2010-06-20 Rating: 2 out of 10
Load, noisy, full of terrible cgi oh look another Stephen Sommers film! Idiotic waste of time!
Mindless fun
Review date: 2010-05-27 Rating: 8 out of 10
I'm not usually one for mindless bangs and action, but I have to admit this film was a guilty pleasure.
I was expecting a Michael Bay style yawnathon and instead found myself entertained and cheered by the cacophony of pops and whistles. The acting was par for the course, with a truly terrible turn by Channing Tatum, but still way ahead of say other game/toy cross overs like Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter - but to be entirely honest I wasn't paying much attention to any of that I was laughing like a hyena through an increasingly ludicrous (and wholly predictable) tour de force of CGI madness.
Truly this film gets 4 stars for entertainment value, not because it's a great movie, not because it's particularly inspired in its plot or character development, but just because it didn't stray too far from the source material and delivered a comic book style romp of cheesey comic asides and gun shows.
G I Joe
Review date: 2010-05-23 Rating: 8 out of 10
Found item to be most watchable and entertaining without need to delve too deeply into the plot. Action packed adventure film which keeps up a good pace. Well worth a watch.
G.I. JOE
Review date: 2010-05-23 Rating: 10 out of 10
I totally enjoyed it i have watched it three times now the Action was brilliant very Good special affects and the fight scenes are really good worth watching
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Dennis Quaid
Marlon Wayans
Christopher Eccleston
Channing Tatum
Creators:
Dennis Quaid (Primary Contributor)
Channing Tatum (Primary Contributor)
Stephen Sommers (Writer)
Bob Ducsay (Producer)
Brian Goldner (Producer)
David Elliot (Writer)
Michael Gordon (Writer)
Paul Lovett (Writer)
Stuart Beattie (Writer)
Director(s):
Recording label: Paramount Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment
EAN: 5051368211534
Binding: Blu-ray
Number of items: 1
Format: Anamorphic, PAL,
Release date: 2009-12-07
Aspect ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Running time: 118 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2009
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: English (Audio Description)