rebzombie reviews

After being disappointed with Transformers 2, I was hoping that the G.I. Joe movie would be better.  I played with the action figures when I was just a kid and watched the animated series as well.  So you could just imagine how high my expectations are for this movie.

G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra is action-packed from start to finish.  The action scenes are never-ending.  The movie featured characters that every fan are familiar with, such as Duke (Channing Tatum), General Hawk (Dennis Quaid), Breaker (Said Taghmaoui), Zartan (Arnold Vosloo), Destro (Christopher Eccleston) and Cobra Commander (Joseph Gordon-Levitt).  Ripcord (Marlon Wayans) provided the comedic relief.  I was surprised to see a cameo by Brendan Fraser in this one.

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Joheunnom Nabbeunnom Isanghannom or The Good, The Bad, The Weird might be the best Korean Western I’ve seen so far. Actually it’s the first one I’ve seen but it does justice to the old cowboy movies, including The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.

The Good. Woo-sung Jung (The Good), Byung-hun Lee (The Bad) and Kang-ho Song (The Weird) played their parts well. It also helps that the movie took place in picturesque Manchuria where each scene is breathtaking. The movie takes us to that particular place and time for the duration of the movie. Byung-hun Lee was extraordinary in this movie and I think that casting him as Storm Shadow for the upcoming G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is a good choice.

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