James Fazzaro

GIJOE: RETALIATION was loud and bombastic but sadly not my cup of tea, despite a nicely executed cliffside swordfight, some interesting effects (London, why you get so messed up?) and one supremely silly scene involving all the places one can store guns in a suburban house. Good for the kids, I suppose, if they enjoy the massive collateral damage and bloodlessness that the cartoon from my childhood embodied.