G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA (2009) - Aug 18, 2009
About a secret, elite group of soldiers who spring into action when a bunch of really dangerous missiles are stolen, this was a generic, dull big summer action movie. As far as this summer's blockbusters go, this was definitely better than Transformers 2, but that's really not saying much. Featuring barely competent direction from Stephen Sommers, the quality of the action (which was plentiful) ranged from meh to terrible (how do you mess up a fight between two super-skilled ninjas? Seriously, how?) The performances were all fine, though only Joseph Gordon-Levitt was able to make any real impact as Cobra Commander -- I think he realized how bad the movie was, and decided to just go hog-wild and make his character as evil as possible. It was pretty sweet. Other than that, I was mildly entertained up to a point, but by the end the surfeit of mediocre action wore me down, and I was getting pretty bored (not Transformers 2 bored, but bored nonetheless). *1/2
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