![]() ![]() The Rise of Cobra gets some things right about G.I. Although the Joes manage to stop Destro and save the world, the movie's big twist is Ana's brother and Duke's best friend Rex is revealed as the Cobra Commander who masterminded the rise of the Cobra terrorist organization. ![]() Duke takes charge of the Joes in the field when he discovers his ex-fiance, Ana Lewis, has become the Baroness and is in league with Destro and MARS. Joe is now an international network of soldiers based out of Egypt and led by General Hawk (Dennis Quaid). The main villain is Destro, who runs a sinister arms organization called MARS and created nanotechnology capable of global destruction. Joe with his best friend and comic relief, Ripcord (Marlon Wayans). Joe: The Rise of Cobra ambitiously tells both the origin of Cobra and Cobra Commander seen through the eyes of Channing Tatum's Duke, who joins G.I. Joe movie franchise for eight years, until Snake Eyes.ĭirected by Stephen Sommers, G.I. It earned $122-million, less than its predecessor, which ended the G.I. Joe: Retaliation feels like a lesser sequel in every way. military organization instead of the international outfit it was in The Rise of Cobra. Joe: Retaliation and it comes off as a shell of its predecessor despite Dwayne Johnson's movie star presence and decent action. Arnold Vosloo also skipped Retaliation and is only seen in archival footage so that Jonathan Pryce plays both Zartan and the President. The obvious cost-cutting hurts G.I. ![]() Joe movie), while the major characters from the first film, including Christopher Eccleston as Destro, Rachel Nichols as Scarlett, Sienna Miller as the Baroness, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cobra Commander disappointingly did not return. Killing Duke and taking Tatum out of the movie set Johnson as the star of the franchise (and echoes the original decision of the animated G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra managed to earn enough to get a sequel greenlit, but the scale of Retaliation was drastically reduced. Joe: The Movie introduced a supernatural and fantasy-based origin for Cobra and Cobra Commander that eroded Cobra's original concept as "a ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world." Joe: The Movie also had to alter its plans so that its main hero, Duke, survived, because of the reaction to Optimus Prime's death. Joe: The Movie being released on home video and on television instead. However, the poor performance of Transformers: The Movie, coupled with fan and parental backlash over the deaths of major Transformers characters, especially Optimus Prime, led to G.I. Joe: The Movie was intended for the big screen but production delays saw Transformers: The Movie beat it to theaters in 1986. Related: Transformers Movies Ranked Worst To BestĪn animated film titled G.I. Joe has been kept alive throughout the decades by nostalgia, more comics, and other animated revivals. Joe toys overwhelmed the market as the core audience of boys grew up towards the end of the 1980s but G.I. ![]() Cobra backstory and the histories of the dozens of characters was masterminded by Marvel Comics writer Larry Hama. Joe became a mega-successful series of toys with elaborate mythology told through comic books and a wildly popular animated series, G.I. In collaboration with Marvel Comics, G.I. Joe action figures existed in the 1970s, the franchise was completely rebooted by Hasbro in the 1980s. ![]()
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