Review of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) by Paul G — 11 Sep 2018

G.I. Joe Rise of Cobra's special effects are more confusing and haphazardly (it seems just like a lot of straight lines scattered around especially with lasers firing at each other, the fires and explosions block out most of the screen so that you almost can't tell what's going on) than visually dazzling and entertaining - and also the film's very dense component of mind control and nanotechnology (nanomites to be precise) and chemical warfare leaves VERY little room for the characters to escape the movie's black-and-white morality. The movie worries too much about ensuring that its science fiction doesn't come off as too ludicrous and a lot more believable by having Destro explain it all out in his angry monotonous tone.

What director Stephen Sommers and the writers seem to be forgetting is that GI Joe A Real American Hero was popular for its characters, not for science fiction and original weaponry.