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Overview

User Rating:
5.9/10   29,923 votes
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Director:
Stephen Sommers
Writers (WGA):
Stuart Beattie (screenplay) and
David Elliot (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
7 August 2009 (USA) more
Tagline:
When All Else Fails, They Don't more
Plot:
An elite military unit comprised of special operatives known as G.I. Joe, operating out of The Pit, takes on an evil organization led by a notorious arms dealer. | full synopsis
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User Comments:
The Critics should remove the Stick! more (339 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dark Sky: First Strike (USA) (fake working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for strong sequences of action violence and mayhem throughout.
Runtime:
118 min
Language:
English | French
Color:
Color (DeLuxe)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS
Filming Locations:
Arctic more

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Trivia:
Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner chose screenwriter Michael Gordon to do the script on the basis of his work for 300 (2006). more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Ripcord jumps through the train in Paris, he has a perpendicular trajectory inside, as if the train would be still, instead of an oblique one, as it should inside a moving train. more
Quotes:
The Doctor: Are you ready Mr. Zartan.
Zartan: Oh I'm ready doctor. This is going to be the achievement of a lifetime.
The Doctor: Yes, as a master of disguise you have no equal my friend.
Zartan: 18 months of studying my target, learning mannerisms but the devil is in the details.
Destro: Gentlemen, let's get it going.
Zartan: One more thing, I'll control my own brain thank you very much... Let's do this.
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Movie Connections:
References Gone with the Wind (1939) more
Soundtrack:
For He's A Jolly Good Fellow more

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254 out of 405 people found the following comment useful.
The Critics should remove the Stick!, 9 August 2009
7/10
Author: serennishiyama from United States

I just saw G.I. Joe, and I must say that I actually enjoyed it. This is NOT a masterpiece. This is a fun, Summer action flick. The so-called professional critics who obviously miss that point do not deserve their cushy jobs. The action is unbelievable, non-stop, breathless, and requires a total suspension of disbelief. The critics that have a problem with that should remember one thing. This is a movie based on a cartoon that's sole purpose was to sell a set of toys to 5-12 year old boys. Nothing more. Expecting "War and Peace" from this source material shows a lack of insight and intelligence from most of the reviews that I have read. If you like action films, you will enjoy this one. If you want angst-ridden characters stopping every five minutes to discuss their feelings... pull the stick out and move along to a sappy low-budget romance; this isn't your kind of film.

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