Cast: Henry Golding, Andrew Koji, Hakura Abe
Director: Robert Schwentke
Snake Eyes: G. I. Joe origins is a 2021 American action superhero movie based on Hasbro’s G. I. Joe frenchise. Snake Eyes is one of the most skilled Joe and one of the best character in the series. We all were too much excited about the film but a lot were quite disappointed as well after the trailer came out. Let’s come to the story now.
After his father was murdered he has grown into a skilled martial arts fighter, keeping only one desire to avenge his father. To hide his true identity, he calls himself “Snake Eyes”. His father was forced to roll a pair of weighted dice, killing him when he rolled double ones. Those double ones are called snake eyes.
A wealthy Yakuza boss, Kenta, offers to find his father’s killer if Snake Eyes agrees to work for him. When Snake Eyes is asked to prove his loyalty by shooting a man who betrayed Kenta’s trust, Snake Eyes refuses and instead helps the traitor escape. The traitor is Kenta’s cousin, Tommy. Tommy and Kenta were both in line to lead the Arashikage clan, an ancient ninja society devoted to preserving order and fighting evil. Kenta sought to kill his cousin, but failed and was banished from the clan.
Tommy takes him to his ninja dojo in Japan and asks him to join. The current clan leader, Sen, Tommy’s grandmother, agrees to let Snake Eyes undergo three trials to determine if he is worthy. The three different trials are about the different characteristics of a person and The last trial is deadly too. But Snake Eyes has different plans to steal the clan’s most sacred treasure, the “Jewel of the Sun”, which has magical powers. In return of the jewel he will be rewarded with his father’s murderer, whom he desire to kill by his own hands.
To know more you have to watch this film.
We all have watched G. I. Joe cartoons, read their comics and played with the action figures and somewhere we also know a bit about the characters of it. And snake eyes is one of the best in them, silent and deadly.
From the release of the trailer, hardcore fans of the Joes were not happy abot a lot things specially with the lead character which should have been from an American origin not an Asian. Also the story is not as per the original.
This movie has just the name of Snake Eyes and nothing matching him else. The only best part about the movie is Storm Shadow. They just took the name and tried making the film like they want not as per the comics or even fans.
Overall if you are a fan of G. I. Joe, then please ignore the movie and if you are new to this then you can watch it like a decent action movie nd nothing more. Snake eyes is more skillful then shown in the film and that was a disrespect from the makers.
Don’t go for the five star ratings as those people don’t know much about this. A great disappointment, ruining the character. The past movies of G. I. Joe were much better then this.
Rating: 5/10
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