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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
From the director of The Mummy is this actioner adapted from the line of Hasbro toys (originally created in the 60s). The film is an origin story, charting the rise of the evil Cobra Organisation and the formation of team G.I. Joe – which includes Dennis Quaid as General Hawk, Channing Tatum as Duke, Marlon Wayans as Ripcord and Sienna Miller as The Baroness.
Starring Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Sienna Miller, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Saïd Taghmaoui, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Directed by Stephen Sommers ('The Mummy', 'Van Helsing')
Written by Stuart Beattie, David Elliot, Paul Lovett
Science Fiction, Adventure, Action | 1hr 51mins | Rated (M) | contains violence | Origin: USA | Official Site »
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For the most part, G.I. Joe is jam-packed with exciting and coherent action sequences. Director Stephen Sommers keeps a short leash on his effects team, while the script allows room for genuine characterisation and the cast seem perfectly suited to their parts. Put simply, this film begins as a blockbuster that exceeds expectations.
When the third act arrives though, the film falls apart under its own weight. Take our advice: leave the theatre when you see the CGI-created polar bear. Its appearance marks the turning point where a once-fun movie becomes a noisy monotonous mess of submarines and explosions. Set in the murky depths of the Arctic from then onwards, it becomes awfully hard to understand who's firing at whom. The actors, no doubt surrounded by green screens while they filmed this skirmish, make no effort to hide their apparent boredom. Easily distracted kids mightn't notice the tonal shift, but you can bet their parents will.
The Rise of Cobra is a patchy way to start a franchise, but there's enough potential here to inspire some really fun sequels.
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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Certainly better than "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen." How so? Admittedly, it doesn't have as much cleavage. But the high-tech hardware is more fun to look at than the transforming robots, the plot is as preposterous, and although the noise is just as loud, it's more the deep bass rumbles of explosions than the ear-piercing bang of steel robots pounding on each other.
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Empire (UK)
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Bond without the style and Team America without the bellylaughs. The moronic script and nonsensical plot are good for a snicker, though.
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Hollywood Reporter
After nearly two hours of nonstop mayhem, the film ends on a surprisingly muted note, though pains have been taken to make sure that the hoped-for sequel has been carefully set up.
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Los Angeles Times
The action is mostly brisk and bracing and the battleground, particularly Cobra's headquarters -- a vast network of tunnels under the polar ice cap -- are wonderfully imagined, as are the futuristic machines at the Joes' disposal. Basically, the Joes are not bad, it's just that they could have been much better with a little less conversation, a little more action.
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New York Times
This pricey, juiceless pulp could never have been killed by critics, simply because it was already dead.
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NZ Herald (Russell Baillie)
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The second big screen toy story of the year is better than some might expect.
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Variety (USA)
While thesping is not the main game here, having a cast of bright young things certainly helps, and Quaid gets in a few nice John Wayne-like moments as the no-nonsense boss.
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