G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra poster & wallpaper
Get movie widget Recommend it Add to Favorites

Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt ... see more see more... , Rachel Nichols , Sienna Miller , Christopher Eccleston , Said Taghmaoui , Byung-hun Lee , Ray Park , Jonathan Pryce , Arnold Vosloo , Karolina Kurkova , Brendan Fraser

Director Stephen Sommers (The Mummy, Van Helsing) adapts the beloved Hasbro G.I. Joe toy line with this Paramount Pictures production that pits the Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity against the... read more read more... evil forces of the organization known as Cobra. Dennis Quaid and Channing Tatum star as General Hawk and Duke Hauser, respectively, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marlon Wayans leading the rest of the cast, including Sienna Miller, Ray Park, Rachel Nichols, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Saïd Taghmaoui, and Asian film star Lee Byung-hun. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi

Flixster Users

62% liked it

934,737 ratings

Critics

34% liked it

156 critics

PG-13, 1 hr. 58 min.

Directed by: Stephen Sommers

Release Date: August 7, 2009

Invite friends to see

DVD Release Date: November 3, 2009

Get It:

Stats: 51,388 reviews

report incorrect info

Photos

G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Channing Tatum Sienna Miller as the Baroness GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra G.I. Joe G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra G.I. Joe G.I. Joe Rise of Cobra. G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra gi joe G.I Joe YOUR FIRST LOOK AT STORM SHADOW FROM THE G.I. JOE MOVIE YOUR FIRST LOOK AT STORM SHADOW FROM THE G.I. JOE MOVIE G.I Joe AWSOME FAN MADE G.I. JOE POSTER
Upload a Photo | View All G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra Photos

Your Rating


clear rating

Flixster Reviews (51,388)

  • jmanard52
    January 25, 2010
    jmanard52
    Okay I watched it . . I cant help it but I liked it. I know its not PURE the comics and thank god not pure the movies. But omg i had fun watching this movie from start to finish. Pure action from start to finish. Eye candy is all this was as my brain didnt even need to engage for... read more it. No thought needed. Much fun included. Snake Eyes vs Storm Shadow in 3 fights . . I mean every GI Joe fanboy in the world has been waiting to see that on a big screen and here it is finally. I enjoyed this way more than I should have.
  • ironclad1609
    April 7, 2012
    ironclad1609
    Considering the amount of bashing this film got when it was released, it is kind of surprising how entertaining it is, despite of all of its flaws. Of course there is not much of a plot and the characters remain rather shallow, even though they are trying to give them a backgroun... read mored with a couple of flash backs. Their fate still remains somewhat indifferent to the audience. On the other hand, there is so much going on and the film is moving so fast, almost rushed, that you don't get bored with it. Unlike some other releases it also has as much action to offer as you'd expect from such a film. The power suit chase through Paris is particularly silly, but also great fun and the showdown is pretty huge. So even with couple of embarrassingly bad parts (like, sorry to report, Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character) this is an overall spectacular and entertaining, even if dumb, piece of action cinema. For what it's worth.
  • fb1463751009
    March 9, 2012
    fb1463751009
    If you're jumping into this movie to be emotionally invested into the characters and plot, don't watch this. Now I am one that hates "Transformers 2" with a passion because it didn't exactly understand what direction it wanted to go. "G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra" is just as mindless,... read more but has some life in it. The character's dialogue isn't only there to drive the action to a different locale. Some action scenes are spectacular to see, except for the last one. If you wanna see a scene just like the ending, watch Star Wars... you'll get what I mean. I recommend watching it though. It's a fun time.
  • MizturY0da
    December 28, 2011
    MizturY0da
    three Stars
  • cosmo313
    December 19, 2011
    cosmo313
    Completely ridiculous and over-the-top, but never boring, this movie is flawed but not quite totally terrible popcorn entertainment. I was happy to see a live action version of a fun show I grew up on, but I wasn't totally happy with the treatment of the characters, specifically ... read morehow their connections to one another, their origins, that sort of thing.

    I didn't mind the sci-fi elements of the plot...too much, but it did make things a bit too over the top and kinda silly at times. I was able to handle the homogenizing of their uniforms though, a la X-Men, because it might have seemed silly to those who didn't grow up with the franchise originally had the traditional outfits been used. By giving everyone generic outfits though, it also took away some of the uniqueness and distinction of the Joes as an organization.

    The film's casting was passable, but the performances are pretty weak and unremarkable for the msot part. Some of the effects were okay, and the Paris sequence was cool, but Sommers isn't really all that great at coming up with a strong story and characters to match the action, which, while okay, wasn't really mindblowing either.

    All in all, it kept me from being bored, but it didn't keep me from wishing I was watching something better. C- (and that's being nice).
  • SirPant
    June 1, 2011
    SirPant
    I wish Hollywood would leave my toys alone. Actually, if I'm being honest, I only had one G.I. Joe and I never played with it, I think my sister married him with Barbie and that was the last I saw of him. I was more into He-Man and M.A.S.K. - I would like to see a M.A.S.K. film t... read morehinking about it but I'm sure they'd screw that one up too. The cast is..eclectic, I hope everyone was paid sufficiently. It is nice to see a director showing loyalties to actors he's worked with before though, even if it does mean giving them walk-on parts. As for the story, well I think most 10 year old boys have come up with better scenarios with their toys over the years (Ripcord will, quite rightly, now be the first one to be buried in the garden/flushed down the loo no doubt). There are splashes of the greatness like the ones displayed in the Mummy films but they are too few and far between, Rise of the Cobra is mainly a CGI headache and a bit of a tapeworm story-wise.
  • DreamExtractor
    April 21, 2011
    DreamExtractor
    This movie wasn't very good, the action was ok. The acting was nothing special, the story didn't keep to the GI Joe universe, and the plot was lame. The action was the only positive and I will not watch this movie again.
  • wildaly14
    February 4, 2011
    wildaly14
    Who cares about plot? Who cares about good acting? You've got stylish suits, pulse guns, fighting ninjas, exploding cars, hot men (and women) in leather outfits, super sonic jets, over-the-top visuals, heat seeking rockets, nanomite warheads... need I continue?
  • FilmFanatik
    January 25, 2011
    FilmFanatik
    Another really terrible big budget Hollywood summer "blockbuster".
  • skeletonking101
    January 2, 2011
    skeletonking101
    if your an action fan than your going to love this

View All G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra Reviews

Critic Reviews

Cliff Doerksen
August 20, 2009
Cliff Doerksen, Chicago Reader

Loud, shiny, and critic-proof, this franchise launcher is basically Transformers minus the humanity. Full Review

Michael Phillips
August 14, 2009
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

[Director] Sommers did the first two chaotic Mummy remakes; those play like Tender Mercies compared to this one. Full Review

Chuck Wilson
August 12, 2009
Chuck Wilson, Village Voice

After a first hour that plays like a bad TV show, Sommers hits his groove with an over-the-top Paris chase sequence that, in turn, leads to an underwater finale that's absurdly overproduced, momentari... Full Review

Christopher Orr
August 11, 2009
Christopher Orr, New Republic

Sometimes, a film defies conventional narrative and artistic standards so utterly that it seems unfair to judge it by them.... Consider this a tone poem in 40 scraps of dialogue. Full Review

Manohla Dargis
August 11, 2009
Manohla Dargis, New York Times

This pricey, juiceless pulp could never have been killed by critics, simply because it was already dead.

David Hiltbrand
August 11, 2009
David Hiltbrand, Philadelphia Inquirer

OK, it's seriously deficient in plot or acting. But in this genre, those two ingredients are as superfluous as canoes in a desert. Full Review

Peter Travers
August 11, 2009
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

I could load you up with more plot details, but this mercilessly incoherent, galactically stupid movie left me too numb to type. Full Review

James Berardinelli
August 11, 2009
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

There's an expectation that the audience will be invested in the relationship between Duke and Ana, but the poor writing and lack of chemistry between the principals fails to sell the romance as anyth... Full Review

Ty Burr
August 11, 2009
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

G.I. Joe is a loud but proficient slab of explode-o-rama summer blockbuster nonsense, perfectly entertaining if you like that sort of thing, extremely skippable if you don't. Full Review

Stephen Cole
August 10, 2009
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail

The new G.I. Joe movie cost $175-million (U.S.) to make and is as cluttered as a nine-year-old's bedroom. Full Review

Critic ratings and reviews powered by RottenTomatoes.com

Fresh (60% or more critics rated the movie positively)

Rotten (59% or fewer critics rated the movie positively)

Cast

More Like This

Click a thumb to vote on that suggestion, or add your own suggestions.

  • Superman Returns
    Superman Returns (99%)
  • Transformers
    Transformers (86%)
  • Rambo (Rambo IV)
    Rambo (Rambo IV) (98%)
  • The Losers
    The Losers (83%)

More Movies like G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra

Facts

Submit a Fact | View All
    • The Doctor/Rex: The time has come for the Cobra to rise up and reveal himself. You will call me Commander.
    • Heavy Duty: [about handling the accelerator suits] Careful. They're worth millions of dollars each.
    • Ripcord: [in a suit] Millions of dollars. Got it. [falls out of the van]
    • Heavy Duty: Jesus...
    • Ripcord: My bad. My bad. Won't happen again! [gets smacked by a car]
    • Ripcord: All right, ladies! Mount up!
    • General Hawk: Technically, G.I. Joe does not exist, but if it did, it'd be comprised of the top men and women from the top military units in the world, the alpha dog's. When all else fails, we don't.
  • Evil Never Looked So Good
  • When All Else Fails, They Don't
Submit a Fact | View All

G.I. Joe: Rise of... : Watch Free on TV

G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra Trivia

  • I played Duke in She's the Man (2006) & G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)  Answer »
  • Which actor would you find in these films : Step Up Dear John G.I. Joe : The Rise Of Cobra She's The Man Fighting  Answer »
  • G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) cast includes...  Answer »
  • Box Office of ____. The Proposal ($164M) Fast and Furious ($155M) G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra ($150.2M) Paul Blart: Mall Cop ($146.2M) Taken ($145M)  Answer »
More G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra Trivia

Movie Quizzes

Create a Quiz |

All Quizzes

Video Clips

Upload a Video |

All G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra Videos

Meet Other Fans

Add G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra to favorites

Recent News

Submit a Story |

View G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra News

Recent Lists

Make a List |

View All Lists

Most Popular Skin

K666XXL Skin by K666XXL
4601 Profiles
Add to Profile

More Skins