G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

G.I. Joe The Rise of Cobra is a 2009 American military science fiction action film based on the G.I. Joe toy franchise, with particular inspiration from the comic book and cartoon series G.I. Joe A Real American Hero. The film is directed by Stephen Sommers, produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and cowritten by Stuart Beattie, based on a 1998 screenplay by 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.

In the near future, weapons master James McCullen Christopher Eccleston has created a nanotechbased 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 exfiancee Ana Lewis. Duke and Ripcord are rescued by Scarlett Rachel Nichols, Snake Eyes Ray Park, Breaker Sad Taghmaoui, and Heavy Duty Adewale AkinnuoyeAgbaje. 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.McCullen is revealed to be using the same nanotechnology to build an army of soldiers with the aid of the Doctor Joseph GordonLevitt, planning on using the warheads to cause worldwide panic and bring about a new world order. Using a tracking device, McCullen locates the G.I. Joe base and sends Storm Shadow ByungHun Lee and the Baroness to retrieve the warheads, with assistance from Zartan Arnold Vosloo. ........

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