G.I. Joe The Rise of Cobra 2009

Two soldiers stationed in Kazahkstan (Captain Duke Hauser and his partner Ripcord) are ordered to transport special warheads created by MARS an arms manufacturer controlled by James McCullen. When they are attacked by thieves (led by Anastasia DeCobray with whom Duke has history) they are saved by a top secret international special forces unit known as G.I. Joe. The leader of G.I. Joe General Abernathy (or Hawk) is on the trail of the thieves an evil organization called Cobra. While Duke and Ripcord train to join the Joes McCullen (Destro) is secretly working for Cobra and plotting to recapture his metaleating Nanomite warheads. Duke and Ripcord (with help from Heavy Duty Snake Eyes and the rest of the Joes) must prove that they are Real American Heroes by stopping the launch of these warheads before Cobra uses them to take over the world.

Review

Please take note that I rated this film 8 only because of it's value as an action film but that's exactly the point I came here to get across. Everybody seems to have the same argument when they trash this film.. "it's all effects and no brains or dramatic undertones". OK that is true I've got to admit but then again what kind of movie were these people actually expecting to see Huh!

G.I. Joe is as pure as an action film can possibly be and most importantly it doesn't pretend to be anything else. Look at the poster. Check out the trailer. After those were you perhaps waiting to see an Ingmar Bergman film IT'S G.I. JOE for Christ's sake! And I must say that in it's category it isn't that bad. Sommers can direct good action sequences (the pursuit on the streets of Paris is stunning!) and although the film is obviously overblown with ridiculous gadgets and over the top plot lines it doesn't matter because Joe succeeds in it's ONLY primary mission to be entertaining. It's never boring and it's the silly fun it was always going to be.

So in a nutshell.. if you want a serious film to watch check out There Will Be Blood or Doubt but if you just want to forget for two hours the mess your leaders have left your nation nay the *world* and just have fun check out this action film. Thank you.