G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA

 

HEADLINE:  ** Super Soldiers vs. Super Villains **

TITLE:  G.I. JoE:  THE Rise of Cobra

Quality:  * * * *     Acceptability:  -1

SUBTITLES:  None

WARNING CODES:

Language:  L

Violence:  VVV

Sex:  None

Nudity:  N

 

RATING:  PG-13

RELEASE:  August 7, 2009

TIME:  118 minutes

STARRING:  Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Byung-Hun Lee, Sienna Miller, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Jonathan Pryce, Said Taghmadui, Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, and Dennis Quaid

DIRECTOR:  Stephen Sommers

PRODUCERS:  Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Bob Ducsay and Stephen Sommers

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:  Brian Goldner, Erik Howsam, and David Womark

WRITER:  Stewart Beattie, David Elliot, and Paul Lovett

BASED ON THE TOY BY:  Hasbro

DISTRIBUTOR:  Paramount

 

CONTENT:  (BBB, C, PPP, L, VVV, N, M) A very strong moral, light Christian worldview of good vs evil, honor vs treachery, etc., with a very strong patriotic presentation of the military as it protects civilization from violent evil forces, but also with intense action violence and lots of testosterone; eight mild obscenities and no profanities; intense and almost constant violence such as fighting, ultra destructive chase scene with crashes and explosions, man in armored super-suit flies through train window, man put in a hot iron mask, needles stuck in peoples necks and heads, and stabbings; no sex; some upper male nudity; no alcohol; no smoking or drugs; and, horrible lethal drugs injected by villains into victims with gruesome deformation resulting and while the movie is extremely violent, the heroes behave with honor and the villains do not, so the difference between them is made clear.

 

GENRE:  Action Thriller/Science Fiction

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  Older Children and adults

 

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SUMMARY:  G.I. JOE:  THE RISE OF COBRA is about an elite special forces unit that tries to keep some nefarious villains from using a new weapon that devours everything in its path until a signal is sent telling it to stop. G.I. JOE is IRON MAN on steroids and the good guys are honorable, but it contains intense action violence, some scary images and brief foul language that requires caution for pre-teenagers and other sensitive children.

 

IN BRIEF:

 

G.I. JOE:  THE RISE OF COBRA begins with the invention of a horrific weapon that devours everything until a signal is sent telling it to stop. Some villains with incredible weapons attack an elite convoy of American troops assigned to transport the first four warheads to an American base. A unit of "G.I. Joe" special forces comes to the rescue with their own amazing weapons. The only survivors in the convoy are Duke and Ripcord. Ana is the lead villain in the attack. It's revealed she was once the fiancée of Duke. Duke and Ripcord are taken to the super secret G.I. Joe base, where they receive training to become part of the unit. The villains attack the base and take the warheads. This sets up more chases, battles and intrigue.

 

G.I. JOE is IRON MAN on steroids with the good guys and the villains slugging it out wearing "accelerator" suits. It's proof you can make soldiers look tough without using the "f" word. The heroes behave with honor, and the villains do not. The movie contains intense violence, brief foul language and some nightmarish scenes of melting faces that require caution.