Review for G. I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
March 29th 2010 10:00
I was not interested in seeing this movie, but my movie buddy is a big fan of this movie (I think "what guy isn't?") but it was in the summer, at a drive-in (and I LOVE the drive-in, nobody breathing down your neck and you don't have to move unless you WANT to!) And to my surprise, I actually liked this movie, A LOT! I even find myself WANTING to see the sequel!
This movie is about (for those of you who don't know, and who doesn't by now!) an elite group of soldiers (who technically don't exist!) who are trained to protect the world using high tech gadgets. The film opens in France, in 1641. The Scotsman Klan McCullen has been accused of selling weaponry to both the Scots and French. Rather than being executed for treason, the jury brands his face with a white-hot mask in order to humiliate him.
In the future, weapons expert James McCullen (Christopher Eccleston) and descendant of the guy in 1641, has created a nanotechnology-based weapon capable of destroying an entire city. His company MARS sells four warheads to NATO, and the U.S. Army is tasked with delivering the warheads. Duke (Channing Tatum, so sexy!) and Ripcord (Marlon Wayans, cutie pie!) are delivering the warheads when they are ambushed by the Baroness (Sienna Miller), who Duke recognized to be his ex-fiancee Ana Lewis. Duke and Ripcord are rescued by Scarlett (Rachel Nichols), Snake Eyes (Ray Park) and Heavy Duty (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, love the accent!). They take the warheads to The Pit, G.I. Joe's command center in North Africa, and upon arriving rendezvous with General Hawk (Dennis Quaid, he seems unusual for this movie but....o.k.), the head of the G.I. Joe Team. Hawk takes command of the war-heads and excuses Duke and Ripcord, only to be convinced to have them join his group after Duke reveals that he knows the Baroness.
McCullen is revealed to be using the same nanotechnology to build an army of soldiers with the aid of the Doctor (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), and wants to use the warheads to bring panic to bring about a new world order. Using a tracking device, McCullen locates the G.I. Joe base and sends Storm Shadow (Lee Byung-hun) and the Baroness to retrieve the warheads with assistance from Zartan (Arnold Vosloo), inflicting casualties on several G.I. Joe soldiers. After a fight, Storm Shadow and the Baroness retrieve the warheads and take them to Baron DeCobray, the Baroness's husband, for him to weaponize and use them to destroy the Eiffel Tower to serve as a showing of the warhead's destructive power. Making their way to Paris, the Joes pursue them through the streets (AWESOME scene!) but are unsuccessful in stopping them from launching the missile.
This movie is filled with excitement and daring stunts (all CGI, but still cool!) I love the humor of Marlon Wayans, it fits in perfectly with the storyline/movie, it seems to add to the excitement! Usually, this type of movie is cheesy and over-the-top, but this one has great actors that just play the scene and don't try to "overact," so that you are not annoyed or distracted by the acting. This allows the viewer to concentrate on the storyline (and what an elaborate storyline it is!) I love how the ending ties into the beginning. The entire storyline actually makes SENSE, not just tech-geek speak dialogue that you need a manual to decipher! Check out the trailer and I can't wait for the next one! (I NEVER thought I would say that!)
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