GI Joe: Stephen Sommers Explains the Accelerator Suit Chase

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on July 28, 2009

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Paramount Pictures has released yet another featurette from behind the scenes of their upcoming film G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra that shows director Stephen Sommers in Paris, talking about one of the pivotal action sequences of his film. Coincidentally, this pivotal action sequence also happens to be one of the things that has caused the most amount of outcry online: the accelerator suit chase sequence. In this chase, Duke (Channing Tatum) and Ripcord (Marlon Wayans) get dressed in these automated suits that allow them to run faster, jump higher and even withstand being hit by a car or three. It looks silly — but then again, this entire movie looks silly. And it’s not like Stephen Sommers and crew are trying to hide this fact, as they’ve proudly made a movie that targets the inner 12-year old of all the 13-year old boys in America. Also, they’ve made a movie that I’m interested in seeing.

You can check out the entire featurette via the player below. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is in theaters August 7, 2009.


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  • nickdenife
    Hmmm. I feel ambivalent about this movie. One one hand, I'll probably go see it, if only for the reason that something this big should be seen on the big screen, but that is tempered with the obvious IRON MAN & TRANSFORMERS rip-off shots. Also, releasing stuff like this before the movie hits theaters smacks of desperation to me, along with the billboards. It's been my experience that if a movie puts up a billboard in Cleveland, Ohio (which is where I live), it's going to be a dog of major proportions. The first time I experienced that was when PROPHECY was released (the movie about mutant bears in the Pacific Northwest? If you don't recognize it, count your blessings), and that movie was a total pile of shit.

    I suppose we'll see...
  • Yea the trailer looks pretty good but I do hope its not one of those movies that puts the best scenes all up on the trailer.
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