G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

When all else fails, they don't.

Adventure

Action

Thriller

Science Fiction

118 Mins
2009
en

star5.8/ 10

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.

Cast & Crew

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Heavy Duty

Christopher Eccleston

McCullen / Destro

Lee Byung-hun

Storm Shadow

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

The Doctor / Rex

Sienna Miller

Ana Lewis / Baroness

Rachel Nichols

Scarlet

Review

JPV852

Entertaining in parts but a mess of a plot with some shoddy visual effects even by 2009 standards. Some stunt work was alright but nothing that really stands out and none of the cast really were all that memorable. Did appreciate some of the nods to the cartoons but otherwise just very forgettable. **2.75/5**

GenerationofSwine

People like me were waiting for a GI Joe movie for decades. It was instead kind of a hack that could have been any other movie. I don't think that the distaste came from the fact that the movie could never live up to memories of childhood play. I think that the distaste came from the knoweldge that Larry Hama had decades of fun and wonderful stories to tell, he had written an entire little universe... and the movie was nothing like it. It hardly even resembled the cartoon.

Movies You May Like

Recommended Movies