Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

Dr Nostromo 8/19/2026 8:28:10PM 8.4

74/100 This G.I. Joe origin story of Snake Eyes was far more entertaining than I expected, considering the negative reactions to it. The story relies far too much on character's actions prompted by unrealistic motivations as a way to progress the story but, it's an action film so we just went with the flow. The characters are great, well acted, the action was exciting keeping us fully invested and the 2 hours went by in a flash. It sort of made me want to go back and watch the other films to review how it fits in but probably not. We were quite entertained, though. - DrNostromo.com

JPV852 10/26/2021 4:40:45AM 8.4

Bland and forgettable martial-arts thriller that delves deeper into the character but outside of Henry Goulding who was good in the role, there's not much else to the film. The rest of the cast wasn't terribly charismatic and Samara Weaving talents is completely wasted in a small supporting role (shows up basically for the third act). I don't know, while the first two GI Joe films weren't very good, there were a few entertaining moments, this one I found pretty boring for the most part, worse yet, the fight scenes suffered from bad editing and poor lighting. **2.5/5**

CinemaSerf 3/28/2022 10:39:12AM 8.4

It's one thing offering us Henry Golding as a pretty chap you'd want to take home to meet your mother, it's quite another telling him to abstain from shaving for a few days and hope that turns him into a convincing, highly trained ninja! That's what is in store for us here as this latest GI Joe spin off presents our hero as the rescuer of the heir of an ancient Japanese clan - "Tommy" (Andrew Koji). Once he is thoroughly ingratiated with this noble family, it transpires that old "Snake Eyes" has an agenda all of his own - and it's not exactly honourable! The rest of the film follows a well trodden path of suspicion, betrayal, reconciliation and - of course - loads of epic looking sword fighting and gravity-defying action scenes. As with so many films in this genre, way too much emphasis has been placed on the look of the thing - the characters are instantly forgettable, the plot thinner than any rice paper could ever hope to be and the ending dragged this, quite unnecessarily, over the two hour mark. It needs a big screen to do the photography and visuals justice, but maybe just pay daytime rates?