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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Review
Myviewing - wrote on 12/01/09
I have a similar story with G.I. Joe as to Transformers, I was a huge fan of the toys as a kid but barely even knew the TV show existed at the time since I didn't watch much TV when I was a kid until I was maybe 13 give or take. Now the movie adaptation has come out, and I got a chance to see it finally. The story as you might figure is based on the "Rise of Cobra" as well as providing an origin story for the main characters. Without giving away too much, that's pretty much the story in a nutshell. You may have seen the ads talking about how it's made by Stephen Sommers the same guy who made The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, and it certainly shows. The story does enough to get it's point of the characters across, but for the most part it's about cool gadgets and over the top stunts and a cool amount of action. There are legitimate complaints you can make about this movie adaptation, but for me the movie is just too caffeinated and carefree to really place that much blame on it. Besides, it accomplished what it set out to be at the end of the day as pure escapist entertainment much like Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen we got last Summer.
