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- flavo43November 22, 2025G.I. Joe: Retaliation was a real letdown for me. I grew up playing with G.I. Joe figures and watching the cartoons, so I went in hoping the sequel would improve on the first movie, which was merely okay. Instead, it basically hits reset: kill off most of the original team, throw in new characters, and hope the nostalgia carries it. It doesn’t. The plot is wildly over-the-top, even by G.I. Joe standards, and leans far too heavily into cartoonish, world-ending stakes without grounding any of it in believable military action. What could have been a fun, slightly more realistic modern take on the property turns into a noisy CGI mess, with action scenes that blur together and very little emotional investment. A few moments and characters show flashes of what might have been, but overall, Retaliation squanders both the brand and the goodwill of long-time fans.
- AjayAugust 18, 2025While I wasn't too thrilled with Rise of Cobra, Retaliation is a bit better - but it loses itself in being too military-oriented as opposed to the secretive sect of Joes that come out of the shadows to topple Cobra's efforts of world domination. I did enjoy the star-studded cast of badasses, combined with the spectacular effects and fight sequences, but at the end of the day it continues to feel like your standard Gerard Butler-esque B-movie. Still a fun watch, though.
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation was released on March 22, 2013.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation was directed by Jon M. Chu.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation has a runtime of 1h 50m.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation was produced by Brian Goldner, Lorenzo di Bonaventura.
Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This forces the G.I. Joes into not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.
The key characters in G.I. Joe: Retaliation are Marvin Hinton / Roadblock (Dwayne Johnson), Joe Colton (Bruce Willis), U.S. President (Jonathan Pryce).
G.I. Joe: Retaliation is rated PG-13.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation is an Action, Adventure, Science Fiction film.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation has an audience rating of 4.8 out of 10.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation had a budget of $130M.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation has made $371.9M at the box office.