G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This forces the G.I. Joes into not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.
- Jon M. Chu
- Paul Wernick
- Rhett Reese
Rating: 5.6/10 by 5437 users
Alternative Title:
G.I. Joe - Retaliação - BR
G.I. Joe 2: La Vendetta - IT
特种部队2：复仇 - CN
G.I. Joe - Megtorlás - HU
G.I. Joe 2 - ZA
GI Joe 2 - ZA
G.I. Joe Retaliation - US
G. I. Joe. 2 - Retaliation - NL
G.I. Joe Αντίποινα - GR
G.I. Joe - Retaliation - US
G.I. Joe: Les représailles - CA
지.아이.조 2 - KR
義勇群英：毒蛇反擊戰 - HK
G.I. Joe: La venganza - ES
כוח המחץ 2: סוגרים חשבון - IL
G.I. Joe 2 - Conspiration - FR
G.I. Joe - Gengældelsen - DK
G.I. Joe: Retaliação - PT
จีไอโจ 2 : สงครามระห่ำแค้นคอบร้าทมิฬ - TH
G.I. Joe 2 - Retaliation - NO
GI Joe - Retaliation - US
G.I.Joe - Conspiration - FR
Biệt Đội G.I. Joe 2: Báo Thù - VN
義勇群英之毒蛇反擊戰 - HK
義勇群英之毒蛇反擊戰 - TW
G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation - US
特种部队2：全面反击 - CN
G.I. Joe II: Retaliation - US
Country:
Canada
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 50 minutes
Budget: $130,000,000
Revenue: $371,900,000
Plot Keyword: rescue, assassin, technology, missile, warhead, president, conspiracy, explosion, battle, surveillance, cobra
This is actually the third time seeing this, not because I liked it nor am that big of a fan of the toy line it spawned from, but saw this in the theaters, then again on Blu-ray and now on 4K Ultra HD, the latter two times for review. I had doubt this third viewing would make much of a difference and while I found it entertaining and perhaps a slight upgrade in rating (2.75 vs 3.0) and that it was better assembled compared with The Rise of Cobra, including visual effects that was a massive improvement over the video game-y crap in that film), it's still not all that great. I liked the cast including Dwayne Johnson and cutie Adrianne Palicki; while Bruce Willis was alright, albeit phoning it in (I assume he needed to pay off his mortgage to appear in this as the 'Joe' of GI Joe). Doubt there will be a fourth time outside of the "Extended Action Cut" (not included in the 4K Ultra HD set unfortunately), but it's a non-descript and somewhat forgettable popcorn sci-fi action-thriller. **3.0/5**
Well, it wasn't great, but it was leagues above the first outing. Dwayne Johnson wasn't exactly the articulate chef with the heavy machine gun that we all knew and loved, but the story behind and the characters seemed a lot more like the GI Joe of the comic books, the GI Joe of the cartoons. It seemed more like early GI Joe, and early Larry Hama, it seemed more like the era where he was writing a military comic book for a military toy geared towards little boys, rather than the over-the-top gadgets that came in the early 90s. But the main draw is that the characters seemed more keyed to the comic books, more keyed into the file cards, they seemed to have more of a personality than the last installment, and that is what made Joe fun.
