Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

Name: Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Fantasy
Released: July 23, 2021
Duration: 121 min
Rating: 43
Cast: Andrew Koji, Calum Dench, Eri Ishida, Haruka Abe, Henry Golding

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: July 23, 2021 | PG-13

Starring: Andrew Koji, Calum Dench, Eri Ishida, Haruka Abe, Henry Golding, Iko Uwais, Peter Mensah, Samara Weaving, Samuel Finzi, Simon Chin, Steven Allerick, Takehiro Hira, Úrsula Corberó

Summary: Snake Eyes (Henry Golding), a tenacious loner, is welcomed into an ancient Japanese clan called the Arashikage after saving the life of their heir apparent. Upon arrival in Japan, the Arashikage teach Snake Eyes the ways of the ninja warrior while also providing something he’s been longing for: a home. But, when secrets from his past areSnake Eyes (Henry Golding), a tenacious loner, is welcomed into an ancient Japanese clan called the Arashikage after saving the life of their heir apparent. Upon arrival in Japan, the Arashikage teach Snake Eyes the ways of the ninja warrior while also providing something he’s been longing for: a home. But, when secrets from his past are revealed, Snake Eyes’ honor and allegiance will be tested – even if that means losing the trust of those closest to him. … Expand

Director: Robert Schwentke

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Fantasy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 121 min

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Owen Gleiberman

Jul 22, 2021

Snake Eyes, as directed by Robert Schwentke (“The Divergent Series: Insurgent”), has style and verve, with a diabolical family plot that creates a reasonable quota of actual drama. The movie is also a synthetic but infectiously skillful big-studio hodgepodge of ninja films, wuxia films, yakuza films, and international revenge films. Read full review

Alan Ng

Jul 23, 2021

The highlight of Snake Eyes is the action. Read full review

Polygon Joshua Rivera

Jul 22, 2021

Its battles are conceptually interesting — one rainy, neon-drenched fight across the alleys and rooftops of a city slum is a highlight — but an excessive reliance on shaky camerawork and jarring cuts makes the action unreadable. Rhythmically, Snake Eyes never really finds its footing, as fights end abruptly, and character stakes rarely align with the scale of a confrontation. Read full review

The Playlist Marshall Shaffer

Jul 23, 2021

If the assignment was to rebuild the series largely from scratch essentially, perhaps the producers should have taken a risk by entrusting “Snake Eyes” with a director who could bring something specific or startling. This is still a derivative, paint-by-numbers effort that can’t decide if it wants to build a franchise or a character. Read full review

Hoai-Tran Bui

Jul 22, 2021

The worst sin a martial arts movie can commit is not properly showing its action. The second sin is casting martial arts superstars and not letting them fight. On both counts, the extraordinarily limp G.I. Joe reboot Snake Eyes is guilty. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jul 23, 2021

There isn’t an original idea in “Snake Eyes,” so even if the first big brawl is cool enough to give one false hope, the puerile story leaves our star and the director of “RED” (and “R.I.P.D.”) nowhere to go, even on a cool, whining electric street bike. Read full review

Barry Hertz

Jul 22, 2021

Watching Snake Eyes (full title: Snake Eyes – G.I. Joe Origins) is not a physically painful ordeal. But it is an emotionally harmful one – a soul-deadening exercise that approximates satire, minus the self-awareness. Read full review

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anaadigiri

Jul 31, 2021

Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins is a fun action packed adventure story that keeps you entertained from start to finish. Henry Golding makes this film feel more human, more emotional and more heroic than any other Snake Eyes adaptation on the big screen. With more humor, more characterSnake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins is a fun action packed adventure story that keeps you entertained from start to finish. Henry Golding makes this film feel more human, more emotional and more heroic than any other Snake Eyes adaptation on the big screen. With more humor, more character development, and more ninja action than the previous G.I. Joe films, this is easily the best G.I. Joe flick yet!… Expand

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tellmikeyy

Jul 30, 2021

First G.I Joe movie I watched, thoroughly enjoyed it. If I had to criticize anything, it would be that the movie could of been a little shorter and the camera movement during the fight scenes could of been less shaky. Still a good movie!

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Josephgamers65

Jul 26, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Snake Eyes GI Joe Origins is an enjoyable movie at best Snake Eyes is a very disappointing movie my main problem is the action the action felt messy cutting back and forth there are some good action sequences I like the origin but the story is messy for me it felt off what took me out this movie was that he turned on everyone around the ending I get that he was to find who killed his dad but Tommy cares about everything about snake eyes but snake eyes just turns on everyone another thing this movie set's up more movies why why!!!!!!! I really did not feel like this movie was good the cinematography is awful which sucked the trailer sold me the movie did not work sadly this is one of the most disappointing movies I saw this year the action does not work the thing that works is the cast performances and the Tokyo setting is great that is really it the villain sucks Tommy is an alright character this movie sucked so I give Snake Eyes G.I Joe Origins a C+… Expand

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Mustafeez99

Aug 27, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The mysterious element in the personality of the Snake Eyes was missing, it seemed like an anomaly in how I always pictured Snake Eyes. The Snake Eyes of this movie was almost witty, is this how Snake Eyes is supposed to be? Particularly bothersome was the sudden change in the personality of Tommy (AKA Storm Shadow); he was very frank and carefree then all of a sudden after Snake Eyes saves him he becomes all serious and rigged. I was taken aback for a second like 'is he the same guy?'. Another thing which I noticed was that the animosity Snake Eyes had for COBRA, why was he willing to work with Baroness at the end, I mean how did he even have the appetite to do it. The main question to be asked is, Snake eyes never received any formal ninja/stealth training then how was he able to infiltrate the safe to steal the Jewel, I mean I get it he was a tough street fighter but his style was very crude this task should have been impossible. There are many other questions which could be raised for example how was Snake Eyes so well aware of the directions in a city which was all very new to him. I must say that this movie reminded me of Kill Bill and I must say there was very little blood-spill for a movie with a lot of assassins but this point is understandable. .Overall the acting was mediocre, Henry Golding as Snake Eyes was also not too bad. Haruka Abe as Akkiko was superb. In conclusion I would say that acting was better than writing/directing.… Expand

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Klebart

Aug 6, 2021

The movie was OK and the acting was OK. All I know is that there were only a few of us in the theater and no one stayed until the end. I was the last one to leave a completely empty theater near the end. I felt that I knew where the movie was going and there was no reason to stick around anyThe movie was OK and the acting was OK. All I know is that there were only a few of us in the theater and no one stayed until the end. I was the last one to leave a completely empty theater near the end. I felt that I knew where the movie was going and there was no reason to stick around any longer. At that point, it felt a little long. Okay movie. I guess.… Expand

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Jtburkh

Aug 7, 2021

G.I. Joe "The Ultimate Weapon of Democracy" - yeah, not so much anymore. The movie was just not good, unless you look at it from the perspective of a production company taking over a character and twisting it into something opposite of what the character originally was. I think the actorsG.I. Joe "The Ultimate Weapon of Democracy" - yeah, not so much anymore. The movie was just not good, unless you look at it from the perspective of a production company taking over a character and twisting it into something opposite of what the character originally was. I think the actors are okay, but it seems like it's got to be really hard for them to overcome bad writing, disloyalty to the source material, and in many cases bad camera work.

There was so much great material written by the comic book creators in the 80's that it's so odd to see them gut Snake Eyes and reanimate his corpse. It's sad.

This is not Snake Eyes, this is Fake Eyes. If you'd really like to see Snake Eyes done well, check out G.I. Joe Resolute.… Expand

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imthenoob

Jul 17, 2022

I gave it a shot and thought it was a pretty bad movie. This is a truly unnecessary, unoriginal, and uninspired origin story that is nothing short of a cash grab. It is a predictable 2-hour nightmare that never seems to end. Why did they honest even bother with this one? After the twoI gave it a shot and thought it was a pretty bad movie. This is a truly unnecessary, unoriginal, and uninspired origin story that is nothing short of a cash grab. It is a predictable 2-hour nightmare that never seems to end. Why did they honest even bother with this one? After the two previous films failed, Why did they think another film would right the wrongs? The world has made it clear - We don't care about these movies. So stop making them.… Expand

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