I write this review to correct the misguided hack reviews of 2009 . I saw this film in 2009 and just watched it almost 9 years later. I am STILL impressed with the action , CGI , and polished finish of this product. The faithful portrayal of the comic-book characters is refreshing in a Marvel dominated 2018 summer movies frenzy. Its nice to see the "Good Guys" rue the day! Heroes that we can relate to beat any antiheroes with psychotic antisocial antics that make you think they are anything but deranged megalomaniacs driven by hatred and self loathing. "two thumbs up". If you want your heart to pound through most of the film and be wowed by non stop action stunts ,explosions and the nice guy gets his girl back ....Then this flick is fo you!

An elite military unit comprised of special operatives known as G.I. Joe, operating out of The Pit, takes on an evil organization led by a notorious arms dealer. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is based upon the 80's action cartoon G.I. Joe and just like the 2013 Sequel it had a huge toyline that i believe did it's job right since it was made for marketing placements. Now that doesn't mean that the film is bad, even tho i enjoyed the 2nd film way more G.I. Joe is packed with lots of action, one liners and explosions that will keep viewers entertained, the actors did do a good job tho the villain was kinda weak and the overall story of the movie was interesting. Overall great film. (7.7/10)

Very very bad, so bad you'd think it was directed by Michael Bay. Lame, predictable, hole-ridden script. Join-the-dots direction. Obviously the CGI is great, but that is a given for a modern action movie.I can't think of crappier movie which contained such a galaxy of stars: Dennis Quaid, Christopher Eccleston, Sienna Miller, Channing Tatum, Rachel Nichols, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marlon Wayans, Jonathan Pryce. Due to the lame plot and direction, none of them are required to extend themselves. In fact, in keeping with the low standard of the movie, it appears that those of them that actually have some acting talent (Dennis Quaid, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt) were told to dumb their performances down. They can do better.Yet another example of the "don't worry about originality, plot, direction, or acting, CGI is everything" trend in Hollywood. Even sadder than that is that a lot of people were willing to pay good money to see crap like this.

I want nothing more than to say how much I loved this movie. I want to be able to say it was epic and it did the name "G.I. Joe" proud… but I can't. Not honestly anyway.I will say that I didn't hate the movie. It had its good parts. For instance, some of the action sequences were ridiculous (in a good way). The main characters were played really well. Channing Tatum was a perfect choice for Duke and did his best to breathe life into the character. Marlon Wayans managed to bring out the action with Ripcord without losing that funny edge that suits him. As for Christopher Eccleston… the ninth doctor definitely made the switch from light to dark side seamlessly – though I often found his "accent" a little hard to believe. Joseph Gordon-Levitt was on screen a bit too little for my taste, but I still love him none-the-less. He also shows a great deal more depth in his acting ability than I've seen up until now.As good as the acting was though, there were parts of this movie that I just couldn't get past. There's a point where there are some people who are not supposed to be able to feel fear or have any use of self- consideration. Yet those same people are pictured screaming in terror and trying to pull something out of their chest in panic rather than going after their target.If that wasn't enough to make one double glance at the screen, the storyline was flat. I knew just about everything that was going to happen within the first twenty minutes of the movie.I think, perhaps, my problems with the script and direction is a case of too many cooks spoiling the pot. I checked IMDb for the Writer credits and there were five different people listed. I've been writing a book with ONE other person and it's often difficult for us to be on the same page about where we want sh*t to go.In the end, the movie didn't suck. Perhaps I would have had more appreciation for it if I had been an avid watcher of the cartoon series, but even then – my problems still had to do with continuity more than anything else, so maybe not. I don't regret watching it, but I doubt I'll be watching it again either.