So the new trailer for GI Joe: Retaliation is almost perfect. If you're a GI Joe fan, that is, and you recognize what diehard Joe fan, Jon Chu, is trying to pull off here. GI Joe has always been more than just a paramilitary unit, as it's as much about kung fu and ninja culture as anything else. Sometimes it's a mix that works, as with guys like Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow, other times it flat out sucks and you get Cobra Commander's son inexplicably trained as a ninja.Whatever the case, the martial arts aspect is one of the things that has kept GI Joe fresh all these years, and this film is going whole hog on that aspect.
That said, Dwayne Johnson won't be doing any jumpkicks anytime soon, and neither will the returning Channing Tatum. Chu seems to be pulling out all of the stops, and there are a number of cool sequences already, like Cobra draping their flag over the White House? Priceless. Or a ninja battle on the side of a mountain!!?!?! And how about that Bruce Willis intro. So friggin' sweet. Ok, I'm gushing. GI Joe: Retaliation opens on June 29th. Check out the trailer for yourself below. Yo Joe!
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