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G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation 2012

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The sequel to 2009’s The Rise of Cobra, based on Hasbro’s militia merchandise, with two new colossal additions: Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson. When the Joes are framed as traitors by an imposter President and attacked by their own nation's forces, they set out to track down the original G.I. Joe, General Joseph Colton (Willis). Colton joins forces with Roadblock (Johnson), Flint (D.J. Cotrona), Lady Jaye (Adrianne Palicki) and Snake Eyes (Ray Park)  to clear the Cobra infiltrators out of the White House before the Cobra Commander can tighten his grip on world power. More

From the writers of Zombieland and the director of Step Up 3D. Hide

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190 votes / 34 comments The Talk

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    • clabe

      i'll wait for the DVD, the first one ruined it for me!

    • Sam

      Looks way better than the last one! Bit more serious, rugged and not for teenagers!

    • sms

      looks great much better than the first one,cant wait to see it

    • Kirk

      Bruce Willis and The Rock can't save this franchise.

    • Hodstar

      Man the President is a cold hearted Beeeaaarch! I think we saw the whole movie in this clip!

    • Kip

      Man this looks mean! The Rock lol cool!!

    • KatieF

      Gold. Need to watch the first one now

    • Greg

      Lets hope the basic laws of physics don't change for this movie like they did for the last.

    • james

      Bruce willis and the rock two big action stars in on e movie awesome

    • Eve-Melville

      A real shame some of the original characters are missing, Bruce is getting a little too old for this though

    • adamatdramatrain

      The first one stank. This's directed by the guy who gave us "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never" - so what could possibly go wrong!?!!

    • Timos

      Whats with the techo wolfmother track???

    • Roo

      Pretty sure I have seen this movie, The Losers revisited is it??

    • bruce

      willis doing his last dash it seems

    • ak47

      there is one man

    • ROXY1013

      CAN'T WAIT LOOKS MEAN!!!!!

    • motetava

      katoa kau eti faiva koeni ....mate katoa....

    • Community

      where the f*" did this come from? !! worth seeing on the big screen

    • love

      love

    • rock

      can't wait

    • ice

      looks great

    • D F Stuckey

      A sequel that actually follows on and ties up loose ends - unusual. Worth seeing just for that :)

    • Berta

      am so gonna see this movie

    • ice

      great movie

    • Chris

      We've got to wait two months longer than the rest of the world to see this? ...I'm down loading a screener in June instead.

    • Craig

      Can't do that now Chris...GI Joe delayed till March 2013 for 3D conversion. F8ck Paramount. The worst move in studio history.

    • Craig

      After a crapload of marketing and a very solid looking recent trailer, I think people were starting to get hyped for this...not anymore.

    • Nick

      Bruce Willis HELLS YES

    • John

      O yeah! kick ass movie...

    • movie master

      Epic

    • duncan

      awesome

    • slychick

      Looks a lot better than the last G.I Joe movie

    • CAP

      def better than last, but they have a lot to learn about doing it properly

    • Glen3

      this is so bad i cant beleve they did this to this film the first on is wow this ones a flop

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Dominic Corry Flicks Writer

Brand-driven filmmaking is so pervasive in modern event cinema, it can be very difficult to set corporate agendas aside and simply enjoy a movie as an escapist piece of entertainment. Opening as it does with a giant 3D Hasbro logo, G.I. Joe: Retaliation really had its work cut out in this regard. But wow – this movie is awesome. Evoking a sense of fun that is all too rare in modern blockbusters, this film delivers a bevvy of awesome set-pieces and cool character moments that may not win it any awards, but that render it a hugely entertaining watch. More

The signs didn't look good when the film was delayed from last year, and the first trailer made it look like a total reboot. Thankfully, this can still very much function as a sequel to its underrated predecessor. Although I missed Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marlon Wayans and Dennis Quaid (not to mention those awesome power suits), the film benefits greatly from Dwayne Johnson's addition to the cast. His He-Man-esque frame fits perfectly into the toy-influenced world. He is truly a real-life action figure.

The Snake Eyes/Storm Shadow storyline is further developed, and the cliffside ninja set-piece is the best example of 3D action filmmaking this side of Avatar. Its only one of many action scenes that are executed with stylistic aplomb by director John M. Chu, whose background in dance movies lends a balletic grace to all the whizzing swords and bullets.

This probably won't convince anyone out to prejudge a movie based on a toy line, but the makers of the Transformers films should be looking to this for inspiration in how to make such a movie so rad. Hide

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Empire (UK)

The first film you could at least laugh at. This takes all its silly ingredients and smushes them down flat. Full review.

Total Film (UK)

Everything in Retaliation is calibrated to snare a 13-year-old's attention span and the story, such as it is, acts as little more than a limp washing line on which to peg those incendiary set-pieces. Full review.

Urban Cinefile

Channelling my inner 18 year old, the first word that hits my keyboard is - awesome! G.I. Joe is about big boys' toys and high calibre action. Tick and tick. Full review.

Entertainment Weekly (USA)

It's well-executed technocratic action fluff. But it did leave me buzzed rather than drained. Full review.

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. Full review.

Time Out New York

Plays like a tiresomely extended evening of channel surfing. Full review.