Cobra Strikes in the First Trailer for 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation'

Tuesday, 13 December 2011 09:03 Written by  Jordan DeSaulnier
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Cobra Strikes in the First Trailer for 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation'

The first trailer for G.I. Joe: Retaliation debuted exclusively at Butt-Numb-A-Thon over the weekend, then a tiny snippet appeared online thanks to Entertainment Tonight, but now the full trailer is available online.  Whatever the eventual movie's merits end up being, it's an undeniably well put-together trailer, making good use of a remixed hook from "Seven Nation Army" by the White Stripes.  Dwayne Johnson is front and center, with Channing Tatum as the biggest returning castmember from the first.  Other than Tatum and a few other elements, this trailer makes it clear that G.I. Joe: Retaliation will be quite different from its goofy predecessor, 2009's G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.  Don't get me wrong, it's still goofy, there's a shot where the White House unfurls Cobra flags.  But Marlon Wayans isn't cracking wise whilst wearing an Iron Man-style turbo suit, so yeah.

As the erstwhile The Rock will inform you in the charming but otherwise unnecessary introduction, this trailer debuted online at Machinima.

Surprisingly fun and effective, right? Any trailer that waits until the very end to so ostentatiously reveal Bruce Willis firing a giant gun from the bed of an El Camino is doing something right.  Willis is playing Joe Colton, the original G.I. Joe, but based on the way he's presented in the trailer, I'd prefer to think he's simply playing Bruce Willis, as if the famous actor is the only one to whom the Joes can turn after having been betrayed.

Tatum's back as Duke, and Arnold Vosloo is back as that master of disguise guy who infiltrated the presidency at the end of The Rise of Cobra.  Though you'll never see his face, Ray Park returns as ninja Joe Snake Eyes, while Byung-hun Lee also reprises his role as bad guy ninja Storm Shadow.  That's it for returning cast, though, and the new additions include Dwayne Johnson (obviously), Adrianne Palicki, D.J. Cotrona, RZA, Joseph Mazzello, Walton Goggins, Elodie Yung, and Ray Stevenson.

John M. Chu, the director behind Step Up 2: The Streets, Step Up 3D, and Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, looks to be directing action like he's got something to prove, which I suppose is sort of true.  He's working from a screenplay by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, the duo behind Zombieland.

G.I. Joe: Retaliation will reach a screen theater near you on June 29, 2012.

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