G.I. Joe: Retaliation

Starring: Dwanye Johnson, Bruce Willis, Jonathan Pryce, Adrianne Palicki

At: DT Cinemas & others

Rated: 4/10

What would you say about a male-male movie in which a woman stands out; what would you say about an action-action movie in which a diehard Bruce Willis is at best a sidekick. What would you say about an elite fighter force which gets done in by its commander-in-chief. What would you say about an American President who is a hapless hostage all through the film as some dark forces from a high-security prison manage to escape and get set to destroy the world through their own satellite monster called ZeusIJ

Traditional wisdom would tell you that the casting is all wrong but still there is hope of action.

Yes, G.I. Joe: Retaliation has its casting all topsy-turvy, it’s storyline too thin, its fighters too confused and its special effects just too insipid to have a hope for an adrenaline-pumping enjoyment.

Adrianne Palicki as lady Jay, the only woman in this force of fighters, makes a mark which is more impactful than all the men and brawn dangling around her.

And how can you take Bruce Willis looking smaller and thinner and older than ever before, even if he is there for some minutes. Yes, his dry humour holds your attention for a while but it is for a very brief while before you are thrown into the whirl of a non-story doing the rounds of the screen.

Dwayne Johnson, too, despite his bigness of being, fails to impress in this one.

Sorry to say so, but Joes are expected to do better than this!