G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra (Photo: Paramount Pictures)With action films, you find that very few actually bring anything new to the table, and G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra is no exception.
Stephen Sommers of "The Mummy" fame directs this slow and tacky adventure. The acting is poor, the CGI even worse and the story is more like a prologue, rather than a movie in itself.
I do hope that this hasn't led Paramount to believe it can get away with a sequel.
G.I Joe is a film based on the U.S version of Action Man, about an elite unit of worldwide soldiers, who fight crime and evil nemeses. They embark round the world fighting a new, heavily armed enemy (Headed by Christopher Eccleston, who does pretty well,) and they all have a jolly good romp for just under two hours.
When making the film, Paramount identified its target audience, opened the film-makers guide to that page, and literally did everything on that page. With lots of explosions and technology that will appease most guys, this film is tenuously held together with some kind of plot, and of course, lets not forget Sienna Miller, who comes in leather.
Yum Yum. (Photo: Paramount Pictures)
1 1/2 Stars.
Dominic
Stephen Sommers of "The Mummy" fame directs this slow and tacky adventure. The acting is poor, the CGI even worse and the story is more like a prologue, rather than a movie in itself.
I do hope that this hasn't led Paramount to believe it can get away with a sequel.
G.I Joe is a film based on the U.S version of Action Man, about an elite unit of worldwide soldiers, who fight crime and evil nemeses. They embark round the world fighting a new, heavily armed enemy (Headed by Christopher Eccleston, who does pretty well,) and they all have a jolly good romp for just under two hours.
When making the film, Paramount identified its target audience, opened the film-makers guide to that page, and literally did everything on that page. With lots of explosions and technology that will appease most guys, this film is tenuously held together with some kind of plot, and of course, lets not forget Sienna Miller, who comes in leather.
Yum Yum. (Photo: Paramount Pictures)So most 16-21 year old, straight males will get some sort of mediocre kick out of this movie, everyone else, avoid.
1 1/2 Stars.
Dominic
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