The story is stronger and there’s more to be invested in this time around as well.
#GI JOE MOVIE SUITS FULL#
The sequel as a whole just has a more realistic feel to it, even though it’s still full of over-the-top action sequences and bullets being fired at our heroes that hit everything but their targets. Right: Retaliation’s real-world take on one of Cobra Commander’s classic looks.)Īs can be seen from the images above, Retaliation goes with the more classic looks for Snake Eyes and Cobra Commander, and it’s incredibly welcome. (Left: Once again, The Rise of Cobra bizarre Cobra Commander mask choice. Right: Retaliation’s much more visually appealing take on Snake Eyes.) (Left: The Rise of Cobra and the off-putting Snake-Lips. Retaliation also doesn’t try and put its own spin on the Joe costumes, which The Rise of Cobra did with outstandingly terrible results. This well-handled partnership helps pass the torch on to Roadblock to lead the potential franchise forward since Tatum wanted out. It actually makes things so much better because you can quickly forget The Rise of Cobra ever existed and just enjoy watching Dwayne Johnson kicking all sorts of ass.ĭuke (Channing Tatum) being killed off at the start of Retaliation also helps wipe the slate clean, and building a more believable friendship between Duke and Roadblock (Johnson) in the first ten minutes than Rise did between Duke and Ripcord over the course of the entire films speaks volumes. You’d think that’d hurt the story in some way but it doesn’t. In fact, a good amount of characters who set up the foundation for the sequel don’t return and aren’t even mentioned. Retaliation is still popcorn fun, but it’s not trying to be ridiculously slapstick silly like The Rise of Cobra foolishly chose to be, or at least came off as. Some big changes came in this film, like the removal of Marlon Wayans, whose character Ripcord was there as comedic relief and fit into the silliness that the first film was aiming for. Joe: Retaliation is an absolute gem in comparison to The Rise of Cobra, and on its own it’s just a really solid summer blockbuster that still holds up nicely today – especially if you’ve just finished watching its predecessor. Now, with that said, four years later they tried again and this time the results were so much better. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is absolutely terrible and not worth watching, know that I mean it and I’m not just hating on something that’s meant to be fun. For instance, I’m actually a big fan of a majority of the Transformers franchise, even though I never watched the cartoons as a kid and have no emotional connection to them outside of those crazy, explosion-ridden Michael Bay flicks.
Now, I’m often someone who enjoys a popcorn flick, and I’ll rate movies as such. Joe: The Rise of Cobra was the final result. Joe to the big screen was a long one, with plenty of script rewrites, story changes and ultimately in 2009 G.I.