G.I. Joe: Retaliation (Blu-ray / DVD / Digital Copy +UltraViolet) by Channing Tatum

I just watched this and the first film with my nephews and they loved them. Plenty of exactly what you would expect from this type of film - special effects, big set fight scenes, rescue missions, baddies, corny humour and unbelievable action, with very little of what you wouldn't expect in this film - believable plot lines, great character development etc. But just for what it is, it's great. The story isn't really that bad either, with the evil Zoltan now posing as the kidnapped president and setting up the Joes to be taken down, most of the original G.I team meet an untimely end and it's left to Tatum, The Rock and the few other survivors to turn things around with some pretty good new team members to help them to try and stop Cobra from taking over the world.There are some great fight scenes, some great camp baddie moments and enough surprising moments to make it a memorable film and younger kids will definitely enjoy it.

Love this film; great special effects and fight scenes a bit of humour and buckets of ninjas!I've been into G.I. Joe since I was a kid and it was called "Action Force" in the UK and the films really build on the nostalgia with a healthy dose of action movie goodness.Definitely succeeds on its own terms though don't expect much in the way of deep insight or character development; that said it's a quality cast who really commit to the film and is beautifully put together.

A sequel finally arrives to  G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra [DVD ], the movie based on the toy range/comics/tv cartoons of super elite soldiers v evil villains that influenced many a childhood.The first movie did reasonably okay, but was adjudged by some not to have quite gotten things right. Thus this sequel is also a reboot for the franchise, as a lot changes in it. Almost none of the characters from said first film turn up, and most who do aren't around for long.There is a brief bit of exposition at the start which fills in what has happened in the time elapsed between the two movies. This may be enough to help those who haven't seen the first film get into this. Although if you're going to be watching it ten chances are you have seen it, or you're a fan of the toys/comics/tv cartoons, so it may not be a problem.Duke [Channing Tatum] is now leading the Joes, and enjoying typical action movie male buddy scenes with Roadblock [Dwayne Johnson].At the end of the first film, it was revealed that the US President had been kidnapped and replaced by evil master of disguise Zoltan [Jonathan Pryce. In both roles]. And now he makes his move. Which leaves evil villain leader Cobra commander back in the game. And the Joes presumed traitors and wiped out because of it.However, Roadblock, Lady Jaye [Adrianne Palicki] and Flint [DJ Cotrona] manage to survive. As does Snake Eyes [only other Joe from the first film to still be around, since he's off elsewhere when things go bad]. Can the fugitive Joes survive, clear their name, and stop Cobras evil scheme?Whereas the first film was very much summer blockbuster material, this tries more to be a hard edged action movie. Whilst the villains of the piece are all slightly exaggerated characters, but played just straight enough to make them work fine - Jonathan Pryce clearly has a lot of fun cutting loose as Zoltan and gets some great dialogue with it, and Ray Stevenson does make an impression and pitches his performance as Firefly just right, the Joes are all a bit straight laced and down to Earth. Roadblock being capably played by Dwayne Johnson, but he's no more than a typical role for him. Flint manages to be an even blander character/performance than Duke in the first film. And Lady Jaye is generic female action heroine fighting to get some respect from the guys.Bruce Willis features as the founder of the Joe organisation. But gets so little screen time you never really find why his character is supposed to be so special. And he does play the role on autopilot, being no more than Bruce Willis as action hero.It does have some good set pieces but it does have long moments of the Joes doing non action things with only some occasionally decent character moments to liven them up.But it does in the middle have a superb sequence which draws upon a popular issue of the comic to bring you a ninja battle with no dialogue and fighting taking place on ropes hanging off high mountains, which is very memorable.All in all a decent and capable action movie, but one that could perhaps have been a bit more fun. How fans of the original material take to it will be a matter of opinion.The dvd has the following language and subtitle options:Languages: English, Hindi.Subtitles: English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hindi, Norwegian, Swedish.The disc begins with one trailer, but you can skip it via the next chapter button on the dvd remote.Extras are:A commentary from the director and the producer.Plus three six minute long featurettes, that are all pretty good.The true face of evil: about the evolution of Cobra Commander as a character.The sound of silence: about the ninja battle and the comic that inspired it.Brothers beyond blood; about the relationship between Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow.

the 'G.I Joe' special unit are set-up by 'Zartan' posing as the President,the discredited unit are slaughtered......however a handful survive theattack.......the survivors have a score to settle.'Cobra' want World-domination, only the surviving G.I. team with a littlehelp from their 'Martial-art' associates including 'Snake Eyes' and 'StormShadow' have a chance of stopping the cleverly crafted plot.'Dwayne Johnson' ( the Rock ) again showing his prowess as an action-heroalong with all-time favourite 'Bruce Willis' along for the ride.with terrific fire-fights and impressive Martial-Art sequences on boardgiving viewers a fast moving and electrifying action movie to enjoy.the film is 'escapism' on a grand-scale.......so much better than thefirst offering in my view..........thoroughly entertaining.

Ok as an action film, but again no character development and nothing really beyond the action sequences; thus just set back, enjoy the action and don't bother again as there is nothing to be gained from repeated viewings.

This is much much better than i expected. Having watched the first film i was entertained by the camp cheesiness and special effects, and expected much the same this time around. However instead i was surprised to find that i actually became a little bit engaged in the story and the charactors of this film. That this happened at all is entirely down to the performance of Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson, he brings some much needed charisma to the film, and makes even the most ridiculous moments (of which there are loads) seem important.This is a silly, feelgood, action film, and it is a good one.

An empty cliched action movie with a ridiculous doomsday weapon. If you 'drop' a tungsten rod (or anything) from a spacecraft in orbit, it won't go anywhere, it will just continue to orbit with the spacecraft. Where was the science advisor on this?

This sequel was not as good as the original film. The special affects were a bit over the top and not so believable as they could have been. The story line was OK but for me nothing to write home about. Worth watching if you have the first film but I probably won't watch it again.