G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) - Starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Adrianne Palicki, Bruce Willis, D.J. Cotrona, Ray Stevenson, Ray Park, Byung-hun Lee, Jonathan Pryce, Elodie Young, Channing Tatum, RZA. Written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. Directed by Jon M. Chu. Rated PG-13. Available on DVD.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation is a sequel to 2009's G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra that doesn't have many of the main players involved (including actors, writers, and director). However, this complete creative overhaul doesn't really remedy any of the problems that the first one. In fact, it seems mostly the same: loud action, cartoonish villains with ridiculous schemes, and a total disregard for logic. My favorite (meaning the greatest offense) lack of logic moment comes at the end of the film where the G.I. Joes are recognized publicly for their success. The whole point of the G.I. Joes is that they're a covert team, but they're still be recognized publicly. It doesn't make any sense. But not much in this film does.
None of the actors really stand out in this film. Willis seems to continue to balance acting in really great films to acting in completely terrible ones. Palicki is only in this film to serve as eye candy.
Seriously, it's bad. Just avoid it.
Rating: 1.5 out of 5.
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