Most critics—who didn't have access to advance screenings, normally a huge red flag—agree that G.I. Joe: the Rise of Cobra isn’t anything but a popcorn flick. For some, that’s enough. For others, not so much.
- "It’s all put together with such verve and invention that resistance becomes futile," Tom Huddleston writes for Time Out London. "GI Joe is big, dumb, loud and utterly relentless: basically, everything you could ever want from a summer blockbuster."