GI Joe:Retaliation - Ensuring a 3rd one...
by:
Virgilio F. De leon Jr.
The Plot:
With Cobra firmly holding the White House and a Rail Gun Weapon system in the form of Zeus. The only force able to stop them which are the GI Joe is forced into hiding and seemingly recruit some hardcore Seniors out of retirement.Expect action and lots of scenes that people would talk about for days...
The Good:
The Fight Scenes on the Mountain Side with Snake Eyes and Jinx
Snake Eyes and Stormshadows Fight in the monastery scene
Roadblocks Tank Battle
The Destruction of London
A certain characters Death in the movie...
Cobra Commanders full appearance...
Lady Jaye..Nuff said
The line: "My Cholesterol is a bit high..."
Not a single half-hearted/ scripted "Yo Joe"
No Robotech Rip offs
No Macross battle scene cut/paste panaromas
Fireflies Appearance and eventual liberation of Cobra Commander
The Cobra tanks
Roadblocks Speed Tank
The Bad:
Firefly able to ride a motorcycle after being hit by an SUV...come on! He got hit square on the hip...there must have been some internal bleeding!
Zartans Death...He didn't even put up a decent fight....the guy could kill a ninja master but was easily defeated by the students?
Stormshadow once again bested by Snake eyes...
Stormshadow having just having 2nd burns after a massive explosion behind him...tibay!
Uzi's Vs. Shurikens...
Sai Fighting when there are no swords involved...why fight with them?
Why does every GI Joe movie require countless Soldiers to die needlessly?
The Ugly:
Rza as a master...There are some allusions to Afro Samurai and I like that but an asian Master seems more plausible especially since these ninja orders have no known history of accepting foreigners...He must have been very secret indeed.
The Endgame that Cobra wanted to do...Still didn't make sense...The US has more Nuclear Missiles than any of the other countries combined to begin with...Why Build Zeus when you could deploy a 2nd Nuclear Missile wave that could go unanswered?
Verdict:
All in all it was still a great movie and worth the time indoors as the sun was scorching outside. There were great laughs and great scenes. Just remember not to look for a plot because that was only put in as a sort of pin to hold all the great scenes together...
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