New G.I. Joe Trailer Mixes Goofy with Way Cool

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on May 1, 2009

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I’m still all over the place when it comes to the upcoming big kid action movie G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra. Sure, it looks like it could be campy to the max, pounding away with silly action effects and even sillier bits of dialog that sound as if they’ve been written by a 12-year old. But every time I see a clip, all of that seems to be slapped together right next to some footage of something really cool happening. And as you will see in the trailer below this film has potential to be some good old fashioned fun for the 12-year old inside all of us. It certainly appears to be aimed at a younger audience (even younger than say, Transformers 2), so take that into consideration. At this point we are still on alert level “wait and see” with this one, but let it be known that I am personally still giving this flick the benefit of the doubt based on the cool factor I’m seeing in the first two trailers.

Directed by Stephen Sommers (The Mummy) and starring Channing Tatum, Dennis Quaid, Marlon Wayans, Sienna Miller, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rachel Nichols and Ray Park, G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra hits theaters on August 7, 2009. See the trailer for yourself below.

Update: The trailer has now been released officially with HD versions available over on MySpace.


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  • it could be a fun flick...although the special effects still look a decade old...
  • Lospanic
    wow!! I dont know What to say about that!!!! I'm a big fan of G I Joe from my early days and some of that trailer comes off corny!!! Whats up with those suits? Storm shadow dosent look badass at all!?! uhhh
    Who is in charge?? How come everytime they make a movie off of our chidlhood up bringings they cater that sh__t to yhe younger audiance for today, so they can make quick money to payoff on how much they wasted on making it wrong. hav'nt they seen the cycle yet! LOL
  • Is it just me or did a lot of shots look exactly the same as ones in Transformers?

    The last shot of the Joe's doing spin jumps in the street to narrowly miss incoming missles ... and what the hell were they doing chasing a suburban on foot?

    Transformers was Awesome, this just looks loud and stupid
  • Positive: Lots of references to Joe vehicles, etc.
    Cons: They picked the cheesiest ones.
    Positive: Looks like good action.
    Cons: Looks like bad acting.
    Positive: It's GI Joe.
    Cons: It's not the GI Joe we know and those suits are ridiculous.
    Positive: Hot chicks.
    Cons: Stephen Sommers.
  • I couldn't have said it better myself.
  • I'm not a G.I. Joe fan but this movie makes me thank myself for not becoming one, I almost puke my heart out of my body because I only watch the trailer, what happen if I watch the full movie, I think I will die for sure!
  • Escobar2248
    Wow, I sure hope that the CGI isn't finished yet....

    I guess that us Transformers fans should be glad that we didn't get Sommers....
  • Insane12
    Good news looks fun and exciting. Bad news, alot of pissed of fan boys...
  • Lets just skip this G.I. Joe movie and get on with the reboot! Terrible CGI! And when did G.I. Joe were armored accelerator suits or whatever?! At least there's cleavage!
  • I'm a fan of The Mummy but I'm still staying away from this.
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