Welcome to Dan Quixote’s Film corner.
The is the place I take a moment out and give a couple of opinions on some new releases, and some not so new.
Today we have G.I. Joe: Retaliation, the sequel to the underwhelming Rise of Cobra. Its another entry by Hasbro from its long running toy line of action figures for boys, following in the giant robo-footprints of Transformers and the pathetic splash of Battleship! Where will this one fall? In the massive metal boots of the robots in disguise or sink like Frigate hit by one too many torpedoes?
This already had one thing going for it that its predecessor didn’t have, and that is one Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson! The man is a bit of a legend, and the fact he looks like he could genuinely knock seven bells of shit out of you is always a plus when your franchise hinges on the simple premise of beating up bad guys.
Now you may notice I have not dwelt on the story as of yet, and for good reason. It's pretty much your standard popcorn flick kind of story, mad organization wishes to manipulate the world's Nuclear arms for their own gain, and as such isn’t filled with many new surprises. However, where it lacks storytelling originality it does fill the run-time with some pretty excellent, if mindless and potentially overly CGI, action set pieces.
At the end of the day it was an enjoyable mindless action romp filled with guns, explosions, ninjas, Adrianne Palicki wearing very little and men showing exactly how manly they can be. So if you are into that sort of thing or just need something to watch that isn’t terrible and will entertain you for a couple of hours then Go Joe.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I think I need to get myself some G.I. Joes of my own!
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