G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: March 29, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsMar 29, 2013
As long as Hollywood keeps hitting us over the head with empty spectacles like G.I. Joe: Retaliation, regular Joes will be too numb to fight back. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsMar 28, 2013
The directive behind this sequel, clearly, was non-stop action. Let's think about that phrase a second. Do we really want our action movies to deliver action that does not stop? Ever? I get a little tired of action sequences that won't stop. Read full review
50
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzMar 28, 2013
Dumb fun can be, well, fun. G.I. Joe: Retaliation is way too much of the former and not nearly enough of the latter. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubScott TobiasMar 27, 2013
At times, G.I. Joe: Retaliation has a sense of its own ridiculousness — Pryce seems to be having a good time, anyway — but not enough to soften the mass death, hardware fetishism, and militaristic zeal that gets in the way of its escapist fun. Read full review
50
VarietyJustin ChangMar 27, 2013
Offering a more straight-faced brand of idiocy than its cheerfully dumb 2009 predecessor, G.I. Joe: Retaliation might well have been titled “G.I. Joe: Regurgitation,” advertising big guns, visual effects and that other line of Hasbro toys with the same joyless, chew-everything-up-and-spit-it-out efficiency. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineMar 27, 2013
Instead of long takes, which are lovingly utilized in Step Up 3D, Jon M. Chu opts for increasing volatility in the editing room. Read full review
50
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMar 26, 2013
It’s a live-action version of on an ’80s cartoon that was designed to sell toys. This is “Transformers” without the Bumblebee Camaro, a lot of action, a few one-liners, and a lot of gunplay. Read full review
40
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottMar 29, 2013
If you currently own a G.I. Joe toy or if you've dressed like a ninja at least twice since Halloween, you're going to find a lot to "hooah" about in "G.I. Joe: Retaliation." Read full review
40
Time OutKeith UhlichMar 29, 2013
Plays like a tiresomely extended evening of channel surfing. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriMar 28, 2013
That G.I. Joe silliness the first film embraced has been steamrolled into tentpole flatness this time around. It’s not stoopid anymore, but just plain stupid. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierMar 28, 2013
The G.I. Joe team is back, and most of their sophomore movie adventure, G.I. Joe Retaliation, is as bland as their name and as subtle as an exploding tank. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyMar 27, 2013
It's massive, all the retaliation and the world saving stuff. And it's convoluted. Frankly no one should have to think that hard to keep up with the Joes. Read full review
40
EmpireOlly RichardsMar 25, 2013
Fast Five was a good example of how applying The Rock to a tired series could bring it back to life. G.I. Joe, by opting for self-seriousness instead of knowing daftness, has squandered its secret weapon. Read full review
40
Total FilmJosh WinningMar 25, 2013
“Rock solid,” is Bruce Willis’ nod-wink appraisal of an attack strategy in G.I. Joe: Retaliation. The film’s nowhere near as sturdy, trundling out middling action and nonsensical plotting. Read full review
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