![]() Together with a genuinely strange performance from mad doc Joseph Gordon-Levitt – creeping round the set like an old Universal monster – the first-half action banks enough goodwill to let Sommers off the hook for turning his climactic Thunderball tribute into an Xbox demo. Ironically, the set-piece most reminiscent of Team America – the Paris orgy of destruction – is also the best, breaking out Sommers’ coolest plaything: accelerator suits that turn wearers into a combination of Road Runner, Spider-Man and Jason Statham.Ī sneak attack on the Joes’ HQ is also a rush (mega-drills, jet-packs, catfight). Yet when all else fails, the second unit doesn’t. It is sure to be enjoyed by those whose movie appreciation is defined by the ability to discern that moving pictures and sound are being employed to depict violence. Riffing on reams of comic-book/TV ‘toon backstory, efforts are made to flesh out the characters – old grudges, family connections, romantic tangles… But without a zingy script or mounting sense of jeopardy, they remain plastic figures. Joe: The Rise of Cobra' is a 118-minute animated film with sequences involving the faces and other body parts of human beings. Whenever he takes a breather from the woodpecker pace, you wish he hadn’t toes will curl when goodies Scarlett (Rachel Nichols) and Ripcord (Marlon Wayans) share a would-be tender moment. Alas, Sommers and subtlety remain strangers. ![]()
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