Review: G.I. Joe The Rise Of Cobra

G.I. Joe is a film based off of the long running franchise. Personally, I have only seen a few episodes of the cartoons and have never read the comics or owned the action figures. I truly have no idea of how the movie stands up against the source material. The movie follows the Joes and their newest recruits, Duke(Channing Tatum) and Ripcord(Marlon Wayans). Apparently, nanobots have been invented and turned into a weapon capable of eating through an entire city. Duke and Ripcord are military officers tasked with seeing that the United State's shipment of these weapons are safely delivered. Along the way a mysterious group steals the nanobots and its up to G.I. Joe to recover the weapons.

If you go to this movie expecting it to be the greatest movie ever made, you will be disappointed. If you go into it with realistic expectations, you may be pleasantly surprised. The story is easy to follow if you pay attention and it makes logical sense. The acting is what you would expect from a big budget effects driven summer movie. The dialogue is fine and well paced. This movie has action from the first moment till the last, so be prepared for a nonstop ride.

The only major complaint that I have is with the CGI components of the film. In this day and age it is possible to have good computer generated components and have them seamlessly added to the film. It appears though as if the people who worked on the CG for this movie barely even tried.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. The film has that quality about it like the first Transformers movie, we can only hope that if they make a sequel to this that they don't botch it up. I can only speak for myself with the rating that I give, but I say.........

GO NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!