G. I. Joe The Rise of Cobra. G. I. Joe The Rise of Cobra is a 2. American action film based on the toy franchise created by Hasbro, with particular inspiration from the comic book series and cartoon series G. I. Joe A Real American Hero. G.I. Joe: Spy Troops The Movie Full Movie ' title='G.I. Joe: Spy Troops The Movie Full Movie ' />G. I. Joe is a line of action figures produced and owned by the toy company Hasbro. The initial product offering represented four of the branches of the U. S. armed. It is the first instalment in the live action G. I. Joe film series. The film was directed by Stephen Sommers, produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, and co written by Stuart Beattie, based on a 1. John Paul Kay. G. I. Joe features an ensemble cast based on the various characters of the franchise. The story follows two American soldiers, Duke and Ripcord, who join the G. I. Joe Team after being attacked by Military Armaments Research Syndicate M. A. R. S. troops. After leaked drafts of the script were criticized by fans, Larry Hama, writer of the comic, was hired as creative consultant, and rewrites were made. Filming took place in Downey, California, and Pragues Barrandov Studios, and six companies handled the visual effects. The film was released worldwide on August 7, 2. Mid American public. The Rise of Cobra opened at the top of the box office, and grossed over 3. Critical reception was generally mixed. A sequelreboot titled G. GI JOE product from the Rise of Cobra movie line. I. Joe Retaliation was released on March 2. In the near future, weapons master James Mc. Cullen Christopher Eccleston has created a nanotech based weapon nanomites designed to devour metal and other materials, capable of destroying anything from tanks to cities. The nanobots can only be stopped by activating the kill switch. His company M. A. R. S. sells four warheads to NATO, and NATO troops led by American soldiers Duke Channing Tatum and Ripcord Marlon Wayans are asked to deliver the warheads. Their convoy is ambushed by the Baroness Sienna Miller, whom Duke recognizes to be his ex fiancee Ana Lewis. Duke and Ripcord are rescued by Scarlett Rachel Nichols, Snake Eyes Ray Park, Breaker Sad Taghmaoui, and Heavy Duty Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje. They take the warheads to The Pit, G. I. Joes command center in Egypt, and upon arriving, rendezvous with the head of the G. I. Joe Team, General Hawk Dennis Quaid. Hawk takes command of the warheads and excuses Duke and Ripcord, only to be convinced to let them join his group, after Duke reveals that he knows the Baroness. Mc. Cullen is revealed to be using the same nanotechnology to build an army of soldiers with the aid of the Doctor Joseph Gordon Levitt, planning on using the warheads to cause worldwide panic and bring about a new world order. Using a tracking device, Mc. Cullen locates the G. I. Joe base and sends Storm Shadow Byung Hun Lee and the Baroness to retrieve the warheads, with assistance from Zartan Arnold Vosloo. After a fight, Storm Shadow and the Baroness retrieve the warheads and take them to Baron De. Cobray, the Baronesss husband, for him to weaponize. Making their way to Paris, the Joes pursue the Baroness and Storm Shadow, but are unsuccessful in stopping them from launching one of the missiles. The missile hits the Eiffel Tower and releases the nanomites in it, destroying the tower and some of the surrounding area before Duke manages to hit the kill switch. However, in so doing, he is captured and taken to Mc. Cullens base under the Arctic. The Joes locate the secret base and fly there, as Mc. Cullen loads three missiles with nanowarheads, which are aimed for Beijing, Moscow, and Washington, DC, the worlds three most important cities. He intends to do this to strike fear into the hearts of every man, woman, and child on the planet, after which they will turn to the person with the most power in the world, the President of the United States. After Snake Eyes takes out one missile, Ripcord destroys the remaining two by using a stolen M. A. R. S. prototype Night Raven jet, while Scarlett, Breaker, and Snake Eyes infiltrate the base. Snake Eyes duels and prevails over Storm Shadow. Duke learns that the Doctor is Rex Lewis, Anas brother, believed to have been killed by a mistimed airstrike during a mission led by Duke also the origin of the alienation between Duke and Ana. Rex had encountered Doctor Mindbender Kevin J. OConnor in the bunker and was seduced by the nanomite technology, taking too long to retrieve the data and getting caught in the bombing, which disfigured him. After freeing Duke, the Baroness is subdued, as the Doctor reveals he has implanted her with nanomites, which has put her under his control for the past four years. Attempting to kill Duke, Mc. Cullen ends up being burned, so the Doctor and he flee to an escape vessel. Duke and the Baroness pursue him while the Joes fall back when the Doctor activates the bases self destruct sequence, which involves blowing the ice cap to create blocks of ice which then nearly crush the Joes. The Doctor assumes the identity of the Commander, having healed Mc. Cullens burned face with nanomites, encasing it in silver and naming him Destro, which places Mc. Cullen under the Commanders control. They are captured by G. I. Joe soon after. On the supercarrier. USS Flagg, the Baroness is placed in protective custody until they can remove the nanomites from her body. Meanwhile, Zartan, having had his physical appearance altered by nanomites, infiltrates the White House during the missile crisis and assumes the identity of the President of the United States of America Jonathan Pryce, thus completing a part of Mc. Cullens plan to rule the world. G. I. JoeeditChanning Tatum as Conrad S. Hauser Duke. The lead soldier. Lorenzo di Bonaventura was originally interested in casting Mark Wahlberg,4 and when the script was rewritten into a G. I. Joe origin story, the studio offered the role to Tatum. Tatum had played a soldier in Stop Loss, an anti war film, and originally wanted no part in G. I. Joe, which he felt glorified war. The actor later detailed that he wound up in the film due to a contractual obligation with Paramount, given Tatum signed a three picture deal following Coach Carter. Tatum was a fan of the G. I. Joe franchise while growing up, and expressed interest in playing Snake Eyes although Paramount wanted him for Duke. Marlon Wayans as Wallace A. Weems Ripcord. A pilot with a romantic interest in Scarlett. A fan of the franchise, Wayans was cast on the strength of his performance in Requiem for a Dream. Di Bonaventura said that the film showed Wayans could be serious as well as funny. Cars 3 Theater Movie there. Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje as Hershel Dalton Heavy Duty. An ordnance expert and field commander of the team. Common was offered the role of Heavy Dutys cousin Roadblock,1. Bonaventura previously indicated Heavy Duty was being used in that characters stead. Stuart Beattie ultimately chose to have Heavy Duty instead of Roadblock. Dennis Quaid as General Clayton M. Abernathy Hawk. The Joes commanding officer. Quaid described Hawk as a cross between Chuck Yeager and Sgt. Rock and maybe a nave Hugh Hefner. Quaids son convinced him to take on the part, and the filmmakers enjoyed working with him so much, Stuart Beattie wrote 1. He filmed all his scenes within the first two months of production. Rachel Nichols as Shana M. OHara Scarlett. Scarlett graduated from college at age 1. Having left school so early, she does not understand mens attraction to her. Nichols was the first choice for the role. Nichols had dyed her blonde hair red Scarletts hair color for her role in Star Trek, which she filmed before G. I. Joe. 1. 4 She burned herself filming an action sequence with Sienna Miller. Ray Park as Snake Eyes. A mysterious ninja commando who took a vow of silence, a departure from the characters traditional difficulty in speaking due to grievous vocal wounds, a close member of the Arashikage ninja clan, and Storm Shadows rival. Park specifically practiced wushu for the role, as well as studying the characters comic book poses. Park was already familiar with the character, but knew very little of the surrounding saga of G.