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

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Reviews Counted:142

Fresh:52

Rotten:90

Average Rating:4.7/10

Consensus: While fans of the Hasbro toy franchise may revel in a bit of nostalgia, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is largely a cartoonish, over-the-top action fest propelled by silly writing, inconsistent visual effects, and merely passable performances.

Australian Rating: TBC

Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Australian Theatrical Release:
Aug 6, 2009 Wide

US Box Office: $150,167,630

Synopsis: Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, whose previous collaboration was the worldwide blockbuster “TRANSFORMERS,” join forces with Spyglass Entertainment for another extraordinary action-adventure “G.I.... Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, whose previous collaboration was the worldwide blockbuster “TRANSFORMERS,” join forces with Spyglass Entertainment for another extraordinary action-adventure “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.” From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos. “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” is directed by Stephen Sommers (“The Mummy,” “The Mummy Returns”). --© Paramount [More]

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Marlon Wayans

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ray Park, Christopher Eccleston, Brendan Fraser, Rachel Nichols, Jonathan Pryce, Arnold Vosloo, Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje, Said Taghmaoui, Karolina Kurkova, Byung-hun Lee

Director: Stephen Sommers

Director: Stephen Sommers
Screenwriter: Stuart Beattie
Story: Stephen Sommers
Producer: Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Bob Ducsay, Brian Goldner
Composer: Alan Silvestri
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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There's no way to take this movie seriously, and that's exactly what makes it so much fun.

Full Review Source: FILMINK (Australia) | comment 5 Comments
08/07/09
Hernán Alcerreca
Hernán Alcerreca
FILMINK (Australia)
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This ultra-violent, incoherent and utterly underwhelming action flick cost more than $200 million to produce.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph (Australia) | comment 1 Comment
08/07/09
Leigh Paatsch
Leigh Paatsch
Daily Telegraph (Australia)
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As a cheesy, mindless kid blockbuster it's perfectly mediocre, those already labeling it a highlight of the Summer need to get their heads examined

Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment 1 Comment
08/06/09
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons
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Another deliriously overloaded, effects-driven, bubble-headed extravaganza designed to leave your eyes spinning from one too many camera-shaking explosions.

Full Review Source: The Age (Australia) | comment 3 Comments
08/05/09
Jim Schembri
Jim Schembri
The Age (Australia)
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It is so bad it makes even the worst of George Lucas' second round of Star Wars movies look good.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment 27 Comments
08/05/09
Paul Byrnes
Paul Byrnes
Sydney Morning Herald
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You wouldn’t expect anything of depth and substance. Having said that, the film has its fun moments, it moves along at a cracking pace, and some members of the cast show themselves worthy of better things.

Full Review Source: At the Movies (Australia) | comment 7 Comments
08/05/09
David Stratton
David Stratton
At the Movies (Australia)
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Youngsters (anyone up to about 24) will whisper 'cool' with jaws dropped every 85 seconds or so, as the gizmos, gadgets, weapons and other toys of the future flash before their eyes

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment 17 Comments
08/04/09
Andrew L. Urban
Andrew L. Urban
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Pure escapist fun.

Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment 35 Comments
07/31/09
Paul Fischer
Paul Fischer
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Light entertainment with little to call memorable ... but at least therein exists some detectable evidence that the filmmakers had a soft spot for G.I. Joe and simply wanted to deliver its essence to the screen.

Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | comment Comment
11/07/09
Jeffrey Chen
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies

expensively produced escapist fantasy designed to protect the delicate sensibilities of the kids while never for a moment taxing their budding critical thinking skills

Full Review Source: Killer Movie Reviews | comment Comment
10/31/09
Andrea Chase
Andrea Chase
Killer Movie Reviews

Un film bâclé qui n'obéit à aucune logique physique ou narrative

Full Review Source: Panorama | comment Comment
10/12/09
Jean-François Vandeuren
Jean-François Vandeuren
Panorama

A typically frenetic actioner from Stephen Sommers...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
09/25/09
David Nusair
David Nusair
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This is an action film highlight reel, with any sense of story or purpose shoved to the corners.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
08/23/09
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
eFilmCritic.com

Loud, shiny, and critic-proof, this franchise launcher is basically Transformers minus the humanity.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment 7 Comments
08/20/09
Cliff Doerksen
Cliff Doerksen
Chicago Reader

There are bound to be some 10-year-olds who will shout a hearty "Yo Joe!" (the G.I. Joe battle cry). The rest of us will more likely be crying, "Say it ain't so, Joe!"

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment 4 Comments
08/18/09
Russ Breimeier
Russ Breimeier
Christianity Today

Fans will be disappointed unless they're so desperate that they'll like anything that says it's a G.I. JOE movie.

Full Review Source: Sin Magazine | comment 2 Comments
08/16/09
Austin Kennedy
Austin Kennedy
Sin Magazine

The folks at Hasbro must be laughing all the way to the bank this summer.

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment 2 Comments
08/16/09
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

This is my favorite bad movie of the summer. And yes, I realize that's a backhanded compliment. Yo Joe.

Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review | comment Comment
08/15/09
Jeff Bayer
Jeff Bayer
The Scorecard Review

[Director] Sommers did the first two chaotic Mummy remakes; those play like Tender Mercies compared to this one.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment 2 Comments
08/14/09
Michael Phillips
Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune

This isn't G.I. Joe so much as it's C.G.I. Joe, a nonstop orgy of computer imagery and pretty much what we'd expect from the director of the execrable Van Helsing and two dopey Mummy movies.

Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | comment 1 Comment
08/14/09
Matt Brunson
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing
 
 
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