The special effects of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra may be worthy of applauds, but this is the only part of this film that can be given this compliment. Everything else, including the characters, story, and banter, feels like something an unimaginative little kid came up with on the fly while playing with the action figures in his backyard.
When a convoy of military vehicles transporting warheads to their buyers is attacked, Duke (Channing Tatum) and Ripcord (Marlon Wayans) are saved by a group of soldiers who are more equipped to combat the attackers and their futuristic weaponry. After some macho arguing about the transporting of the warheads being his mission to finish, Duke talks his way onto the group’s plane, and it is quickly revealed that they are an elite fighting force known as G.I. Joe. After a training montage, they are again attacked by the same group as before and must fight to protect the world from the bad guys and their nefarious plans.
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Rental Review – G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Review: Dance Flick
The latest spoof flick from the Wayans has a success ratio of about 40/60 when it comes to the jokes, but with poor leads and zero story nothing else gives the story a reason to watch a film that will make you laugh less then half the time.
Megan is a Julliard wannabe that wasn’t able to make cut and as a result her mother died on the way to the audition, which she blames herself for in the meantime and won’t dance. Thomas is a street dancer that is in debt to an obese crime lord, Sugar Bear, due to his crew’s recent loss in an epic street battle that ended with the death of one of their contestants. They both end up attending Musical High School which is populated by stereotypical characters and rip-offs from a number of successful music franchises like Hairspray, Ray, High School Musical and others. The two slowly become an item as Megan is pushed by Thomas to dance again. Added into this are a series of spoof jokes, toilet humor, and race fueled puns and jabs that eventually lead to a final dance off.
The film like I said is fairly hit or miss across the board with the second half, of the thankfully short runtime of 83 min, being quite dull until the final dance scene. [Read more...]
