Friday 29 March 2013

G.I. JOE: Retaliation



The Joes are back again to save the world from Cobra Commander. The trailer of the movie seemed promising, but after watching it, I felt like the story was a bit shallow and predictable--suffering turns to revenge, lies breed hatred, truth brings redemption and deception leads to chaos type of storyline. Though  the effects were stunning, the weapons jaw dropping and the action scenes breath-taking, it did not really give that punch that I was expecting simply because you can predict that our heroes will save the day in the nick of time. Nevertheless, my attention was taken by Byung Hun Lee and all the Korean bits in the movie which made it a bit interesting for me. 

The zip-line action scene was my favourite part of the move as it was my first time to have seen such ingenuity in a fight scene. Read: sword-fighting mid air while traversing a zip line between mountains carrying your drugged captive contained in a body bag. Amazing indeed!




Least favourite part? Alas! London being the first test target of the nuclear weapon of Cobra Commander, sinking the Houses of Parliament together with all the landmarks in the City of Westminster! Quite unfair huh?! Since there were other countries involved the the "nuclear summit" in the movie like North Korea, India, Russia, China, Pakistan and Israel, my friends and I were wondering if the nuclear test scene of the movie will be country-specific, like would it be the Eiffel Tower if shown in France or the Taj Majal if in India. Well, they said it would not be the Great Wall in China since the director was of Chinese descent. But to nuke London first, that is quite unfair! Haha.



Bruce Willis was kinda cooler here than in Looper and yes, he worked those muscles well.
As for Dwayne Johnson, you're acting is getting close to your level in wrestling. 
Byung Hun Lee oppa, I really like your get up! Nomu joayo!

Oh, by the way, expect another sequel since Cobra Commander has lived to see another day.

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