G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Stephen Sommers

Writers (WGA):

Stuart Beattie (screenplay) and
David Elliot (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

7 August 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

When All Else Fails, They Don't

Plot:

An elite military unit comprised of special operatives known as G.I. Joe, operating out of The Pit, takes on an evil organization led by a notorious arms dealer. |

Plot Keywords:

Military | Arms Dealer | Gi Joe | NATO | Impostor

Cast

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje	...	Heavy Duty
Christopher Eccleston	...	James McCullen / Destro
Grégory Fitoussi	...	Baron de Cobray
Joseph Gordon-Levitt	...	The Doctor / Rex Lewis
Leo Howard	...	Young Snake Eyes
Karolina Kurkova	...	Courtney A. Kreiger / Cover Girl
Byung-hun Lee	...	Storm Shadow
Sienna Miller	...	Anastasia 'Ana' DeCobray / Baroness
David Murray	...	James McCullen - 1641
Rachel Nichols	...	Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara
Kevin J. O'Connor	...	Dr. Mindbender
Gerald Okamura	...	Hard Master
Ray Park	...	Snake Eyes
Jonathan Pryce	...	U.S. President
Dennis Quaid	...	General Hawk

Also Known As:

Dark Sky: First Strike (USA) (fake working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for strong sequences of action violence and mayhem throughout.

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

USA | Czech Republic

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color (DeLuxe)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Ireland:12A | South Korea:15 | Singapore:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #45055) | UK:12A | Finland:K-13 | Japan:G | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Norway:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Germany:16 | Portugal:M/12 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Australia:M | Hong Kong:IIB | Iceland:12 | Argentina:13 | Netherlands:12 | Taiwan:PG-12 | Mexico:B | Sweden:11 | Turkey:13A

Filming Locations:

Arctic

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner chose screenwriter Michael Gordon to do the script on the basis of his work for 300 (2006).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Ripcord jumps through the train in Paris, he has a perpendicular trajectory inside, as if the train would be still, instead of an oblique one, as it should inside a moving train.

Quotes:

The Doctor: Are you ready Mr. Zartan.
Zartan: Oh I'm ready doctor. This is going to be the achievement of a lifetime.
The Doctor: Yes, as a master of disguise you have no equal my friend.
Zartan: 18 months of studying my target, learning mannerisms but the devil is in the details.
Destro: Gentlemen, let's get it going.
Zartan: One more thing, I'll control my own brain thank you very much... Let's do this.

Movie Connections:

References Gone with the Wind (1939)

Soundtrack:

For He's A Jolly Good Fellow

Ordinary popcorn movie

This movie may have a questionable script, some sub-par actors (Some were surprisingly good for a popcorn movie which is applaudable) and some Team America style action (They seemed to cause a lot more damage to Paris then the terrorists plan to) but the film can not help but be entertaining. It has what Transformers 2 had which was good special effects, but what Transformers 2 lacked was entertainment which this movie definitely has, even if it is n't a very good movie from a movie point of view.

While lots of people and critics alike are going to bag the hell out of this film, I think as long as you go in with an open mind a low expectancy of the movie to hold any sort of realism you will have a pretty good time, which is really the reason the film was made (After the money of course).

Overall, this film is a good watch for non fans of the series at least but, not having seen the cartoon I cant speak for existing fans of G.I. Joe but I had a good time, and I think a lot of other people will 2 as long as they can maintain an open mind.