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.
Plays like a tiresomely extended evening of channel surfing.
– Keith Uhlich,
Time Out New York,
29 Mar 2013
fresh:
When it comes to big and loud, this is the movie to beat for at least this week; what makes it entertaining is its unabashed wallow in these qualities ...
– Glenn Kenny,
MSN Movies,
29 Mar 2013
rotten:
What a blast G.I. Joe: Retaliation is! And then another blast, and another, in a series of concussive jolts that shred any conventional sense of story as thoroughly as anything since the last Michael Bay film.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
29 Mar 2013
rotten:
The filmmakers appear to have handed a dozen or so G.I. Joe dolls to a 9-year-old, watched him play for 110 minutes, and then shot a scene-for-scene remake.
– Peter Hartlaub,
San Francisco Chronicle,
29 Mar 2013
rotten:
Did you think a second G.I. Joe movie was a good idea?