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Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This forces the G.I. Joes into not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.
The G.I. Joe team is framed as traitors and becomes fugitives. While the President plans to eliminate them, the remaining Joes, led by Roadblock, uncover a plot by Cobra to steal nuclear weapons and seize global power. They must race against time to clear their names and stop Cobra's destructive plans.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation received generally negative reviews from critics, though it was a commercial success at the box office. Reviewers often cited its predictable plot and underdeveloped characters, but praised its action sequences and Dwayne Johnson's performance.
Praised for its impressive action sequences and set pieces.
Criticized for a convoluted and predictable storyline.
Dwayne Johnson's charismatic performance was often highlighted as a positive.
Google audience: Audience reviews were mixed, with many appreciating the film's high-octane action and explosive set pieces. However, a significant portion of viewers found the plot to be weak and lacking in originality, with some expressing disappointment in the handling of the G.I. Joe lore.
The film was originally scheduled for a June 2012 release, but its release was postponed by nearly a year to convert the film to 3D.
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73/100 An impostor, posing as the U.S. President, tries to destroy the Joes and then start Armageddon in a typical megalomaniacal style. The film could certainly use some improvement in dialog, much of their attempt at wit was simplistic...
With some of my favorite actors like Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson I was really expecting this to be a great movie! It certainly had action and those actors had great lines and roles. But the movie seemed to be split into a bad version of...
Well, it wasn't great, but it was leagues above the first outing. Dwayne Johnson wasn't exactly the articulate chef with the heavy machine gun that we all knew and loved, but the story behind and the characters seemed a lot more like the...
This is actually the third time seeing this, not because I liked it nor am that big of a fan of the toy line it spawned from, but saw this in the theaters, then again on Blu-ray and now on 4K Ultra HD, the latter two times for review. I had...
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