

Credit where credit is due, the three featurettes are specific to exploring this iteration of the Snake Eyes origin, meaning that you’ll learn everything from how they set up stunts, details on set and production design, as well as the cast and crew’s thoughts on the characters within. In this case, that means over 27 minutes of new materials including five deleted scenes, three behind the scenes, and a three minute animatic dubbed a “short film” focused on Snake Eyes’s sword, Morning Light. Ordinarily, we’d be lucky to have a few features included on a project like this one, but it’s evident from the pre-release materials that there was quite a bit of documentation going on with the anticipation of offering Joes a look under the hood. Overall, the bonus features are impressive considering the critical reception of the film.

Despite finding himself a home for the first time in ages, the skeletons in Snake Eyes’s closet refuse to stay hidden, all the while Tommy contends with the rising threat of Kenta and the looming danger of Cobra. His secret? He’s the next in line to run the benevolent Arashikage clan and, as is his right, offers Snake Eyes the opportunity to join them, something which does not come easily for outsiders. Unwilling to pull the trigger, Snake Eyes fights with Tommy to their freedom, with Snake Eyes soon learning that, as with Kenta, things aren’t what they seem with Tommy. But being a member of yakuza sometimes means proving loyalty with blood, a test that comes in the form of assassinating Tommy (Koji), an undercover spy within Kenta’s ranks. That is until he catches the eye of Kenta (Takehiro Hira), a yakuza leader who sees potential within the fighter to be something more. JOE ORIGINS from Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Skydance.īefore he was a Joe, Snake Eyes (Golding) was lost, resorting to underground fight clubs to pay his way. L-R: Henry Golding as Snake Eyes and Andrew Koji as Tommy/Storm Shadow in SNAKE EYES: G.I. Joe universe, and a compelling crime thriller narrative, the incongruities within reduce Snake Eyes to little more than a missed opportunity.

Strangely, despite some strong action sequences, clever weaving of the G.I. Directed by Robert Schwentke ( RED) and featuring Henry Golding ( Last Christmas) as Snake Eyes and Andrew Koji ( Warrior) as his freniemy Storm Shadow, Snake Eyes turns back the clock to learn how the elite and noble Joe began. This time there’s a different origin, as the focus turns to the enigmatic silent ninja codenamed Snake Eyes. Joe tale, G.I Joe: Retaliation (2013), released, audiences are treated to a new story.

Now, nearly a decade after the last live-action G.I. Children (and their parents) have joined in the seemingly eternal battle of good versus evil through toys and animated adventures as the two factions turn the world into one large conflict. In that time, the Hasbro toyline has gone from a single solo toy, Joe Colton, to an entire line of global elite service members and an enemy known as Cobra. Joe to the latest live-action cinematic rendition of the characters from that universe. It’s been a long road to go from the first iteration of “America’s Moveable Fighting Man” G.I. Joe adaptation, “Snake Eyes” is an appropriate title. Sadly, when betting on this particular G.I. Home › Recommendation › Home Release › Sadly, when betting on this particular G.I.
