Ok, I don’t know how ashamed I should be but while watching the Superbowl last night there was a trailer for a new GI Joe movie and … I think it looks awesome. The action seems ridiculously over the top and the director hasn’t made a good movie since Deep Rising, but man did that trailer put a grin on my face.
Snake-Eyes Jumps a Car
The movie just went from me thinking about it on about the same level as Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li to thinking about it on the same level as Transformers 2 (IE, ridiculous popcorn movie based on childhood nostalgia that features tons of things blowing up).
Some other things that might make it interesting to some:
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt is the main villain Cobra Commander
- Lost’s Mr. Eko aka. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as character named Heavy Duty
- Ray Park plays Snake Eyes
- ‘Rambo’ stunt coordinator Chad Stahelski did the fight scenes
Anyway, this by no means is an indicator that it’ll be a GOOD movie, it does seem like it could be entertaining summer popcorn action spectacle. And honestly, we need more straight-up action movies.
February 7th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
* Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Cobra Commander = What.
February 7th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
I know, the cast for this movie is kind of hilariously awesome.