Saturday, April 20, 2013

G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)

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  • IMDb page: G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
  • Rate: 6.3/10 total 29,871 votes 
  • Genre: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
  • Release Date: 27 March 2013 (UK)
  • Runtime: 110 min
  • Filming Location: City Park, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
  • Budget: $130,000,000 (estimated)
  • Gross: $104,765,905 (USA) (17 April 2013)
  • Director: Jon M. Chu
  • Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Byung-hun Lee, Adrianne Palicki | See full cast and crew
  • Original Music By: Henry Jackman   
  • Soundtrack: Good Ole' Days
  • Sound Mix: Dolby Digital | Datasat | SDDS
  • Plot Keyword: Gi Joe | President | Self Destruction | Video Game | Mexican Standoff
Writing Credits By:

  • Rhett Reese (written by) &
  • Paul Wernick (written by)

  • Known Trivia

    • The film was originally to be called "G.I. Joe: Cobra Strikes".
    • Cobra Commander has a different helmet from the last film: a black one bearing a snake design. He now looks more like Cobra Commander from the original Action Force.
    • Roadblock was originally to appear in the first film.
    • Jinx is seen training with Snake-Eyes dressed in a red outfit, as in her original appearance in Action Force: The Movie. Later on the mountain she is seen in her black and yellow ninja suit from G.I. Joe: Sigma 6.
    • As a wrestler, Dwayne Johnson ("The Rock") was known for the line "Do you smell what The Rock is cooking?" In this film, he plays Roadblock who in the original comics was a chef.
    • This film was originally scheduled to be released on June 29, 2012. Paramount had begun a substantial ad campaign which began in February with an expensive ad during the Super Bowl. But in May 2012, Paramount announced they were delaying the film's release until March 29, 2013 in order to to add 3D effects. It was later revealed that the real reason for the delay was for reshoots including more scenes with Channing Tatum. Test audiences wanted more scenes between Tatum and Dwayne Johnson and Tatum suddenly became a box-office star with the successes of The Vow and 21 Jump Street.
    • Only 5 members of the cast appeared in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. They are Byung-hun Lee, Ray Park, Arnold Vosloo, Jonathan Pryce, and Channing Tatum.
    • During the run of the 1980s animated series Flint and Lady Jay had a bit of a romantic relationship with each other. In the comic book series, they are an actual couple. This relationship is foreshadowed in the scene after Jay infiltrates the presidents party.
    • General Joe Colton (Bruce Willis' character) enters the code 1776 to open one of his numerous hidden weapons cabinets in his home.
    • The vehicle driven by The Rock in the final action sequence is a relatively new U.S. Military vehicle called the Badger. At the time of the film's release it is deployed in a display capacity for the U.S. Army. It can reach top speeds of above 80 mph, and an amphibious version is in the works.
    Goofs: Factual errors: In the French president's suitcase are two buttons respectively labeled "avorter" and "bras". Avorter is French for abort, but that word is usually only used in relation to pregnancies. The correct word in that context is "annuler".
    Plot: The G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence. Full summary »  »
    Story: Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by the President's order, and the surviving team members face off against Zartan, his accomplices, and the world leaders he has under his influence. Written byAnonymous
    {tab=Synopsis}
    Synopsis: DMZ, North Korea; The G.I. Joes are infiltrating a military base. Duke (Channing Tatum), Roadblock (Dwayne Johnson), and Flint (DJ Cotrona) go sneaking in while Lady Jaye (Adrianne Palicki) is keeping an eye out and Mouse (Joseph Mazzello) is their sniper. Mouse shoots the coffee mug of one soldier to cause a diversion. Suddenly, Roadblock is alerted and surprised to see a flag of the Joes standing at the base.

    There's a brief narration explaining how the Joes caught Cobra Commander and Destro (in the previous film), and they are now locked in a maximum security prison. Duke is the captain leading Roadblock, Flint, Jaye, and the masked mute Snake Eyes (Ray Park). However, Storm Shadow (Byung-hun Lee) and Zartan (Arnold Vosloo) are still at large. (Note: no mention is made of the Baroness whom is presumed to be still incarierated.)

    Sometime later, Duke and Roadblock are playing video games at the latter's home. Duke gets jumped by Roadblock's two daughters. The men see on television that the Pakistani president has been assassinated.

    The President of the United States (Jonathan Pryce, but really, Zartan still in disguise) meets with his men and has the choice to wait it out or head right in. He makes the decision to send the Joes out to Pakistan to obtain nuclear weapons.

    The Joes go down to the base in Pakistan where they are keeping the weapons. They start shooting at the bad guys and eventually get the weapons and disable them. Duke contacts the White House to confirm this.

    Zartan goes into an underground facility where they are hiding the real President. He taunts him and shows off the nanomites that keep his disguise together. He claims that the people of America are more fond of the way he is running the country with his eagerness to blow things up.

    Duke and Roadblock share a bonding moment where they make a bet on who can shoot a cupcake on a stand. Roadblock wins because he distracts Duke and brings out his own big-ass gun. Suddenly, the men notice jets coming in, thinking it's security. The jets start shooting down on the Joes and dropping bombs. The team scrambles for protection while firing back. Duke jumps in to save Flint, but he is killed in an explosion. Roadblock, Flint, and Jaye hide in a well and manage to fool the villains.

    The next morning, as the trio try to get out of the well, Zartan (as the President) addresses the nation regarding the attack. He frames the Joes for the attack in Pakistan and frames Snake Eyes for the assassination of the Pakistani president. The surviving Joes find that all of their guys are dead. Roadblock takes the dog tag off one Joe's corpse.

    At the maximum security prison, Snake Eyes is being taken in. He is greeted by Warden James (Walton Goggins) and is brought down underground where it is shown that Cobra Commander (Luke Bracey) and Destro are being contained. They are in a tube filled with materials that paralyze every part of their body but keep their hearts and eyes functioning. James boasts "Welcome to hell" and Snake Eyes responds boastfully. His mask is removed, and it is really Storm Shadow underneath.

    A Cobra mercenary known as Firefly (Ray Stevenson) comes by the facility and sets out little explosive fireflies to break into the place. As this is happening, Storm Shadow makes his heart stop to alert the guards after he's been placed in the chamber. He manages to break out and kill most of the guards. He breaks Cobra Commander from his chamber, but they leave Destro, saying he is out of the band. They meet with Firefly, who comes in as James shoots a gas chamber, causing an explosion. James is killed by the Commander and the explosion's flames severely burn Storm Shadow's back.

    The villains go to an industrial complex where a large weapon known as Zeus is being constructed. Zartan comes in and informs the Commander about the three surviving Joes. Firefly says they'll be taken care of.

    Roadblock, Flint, and Jaye drop by Roadblock's old neighborhood. They take shelter in an old gym/arcade that he used to come by.

    In Tokyo, Japan, the real Snake Eyes meets with his mentor, Blind Master (RZA), and a Joe ally, Jinx (Elodie Yung). Blind Master tells them they must find Storm Shadow and get him to reveal Cobra's plans.

    Lady Jaye does some observations with the President's speech pattern and mannerisms to deduce that someone is impersonating him. Flint asks Roadblock who they can trust now, and he responds there is one man he knows.

    The trio go to the home of General Joe Colton (Bruce Willis), the original G.I. Joe. Roadblock explains the situation after showing Colton the dog tags of their fallen brothers. Together, they come up with a plan to prove that the President is a phony.

    Jaye goes out as a jogger and gets the attention of a man on the President's detail. She tricks him into helping her out with groceries, and Roadblock gets him to find them a way to the President.

    Somewhere in the mountains, Snake Eyes and Jinx have located the place where Storm Shadow is being treated. He is healed up by an old woman, and they notice that several ninjas are falling from great heights. Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow bitterly reunite and engage in a fight, while Jinx fights the old woman. She and Storm Shadow are neutralized, but the ninjas go after Snake Eyes and Jinx. Snake Eyes gets rid of them by causing an avalanche that sends the ninjas off the mountain to their deaths.

    At a gala that Zartan is attending, Jaye goes in disguised as a member of the President's detail. She gets in with a sexy red dress and gets Zartan's attention. One of his men, another Cobra ally, is suspicious and starts to do a scan on Jaye's face. She gets out after getting a hair sample from Zartan's coat and sends it to Roadblock. After scanning the sample, they learn Zartan's identity, just as Firefly comes in and tries to attack. He fights Roadblock and almost kills him until Flint and Jaye come by and ram him with their truck. Firefly gets out in time.

    Back in Tokyo, Storm Shadow is questioned by Blind Master, who hands him his sword. In this moment, it is revealed that, as a child, it was not Storm Shadow who killed his and Snake Eyes' master, but it was Zartan in disguise as a man who would mentor Storm Shadow into the assassin he became. He gives them the information they want.

    Firefly is beating the President up in the underground chamber. Cobra Commander comes in with a briefcase that would activate the Zeus weapon and scans the President's eye.

    In the gym/arcade, Snake Eyes, Jinx, and Storm Shadow come across the Joes, who are initially suspicious, but they join forces. They go back to Colton's place and meet with some of Colton's men to come up with a plan to stop Cobra's plans. Colton shows them his HUGE collection of weapons all over the kitchen and they start preparing.

    At Fort Sumter, Zartan meets with the other world leaders. At the same time, the Joes and Colton's men come in, taking out Cobra allies and other men. Zartan tells the world leaders to give up their nuclear weapons, but they say he has gone mad. He releases America's nukes into the air and detonates them as they are high above the sky. The other world leaders follow suit. Cobra Commander comes in with the Zeus briefcase, and it is revealed that Zeus is a series of satellites containing powerful rods. They drop one rod down onto London, almost completely destroying it, and sending the other world leaders into a frenzy. By this point, Cobra has officially taken over the White House. Storm Shadow and Jinx begin drawing their blades and start attacking. The Commander tells Firefly to be wary of the briefcase.

    Roadblock comes in on a large tank shooting the other villains' tanks while Jaye and Colton go retrieve the President. After shooting their way through dozens of goons, the duo find the underground chamber as one Cobra ally holds the President at gunpoint. Jaye shoots the President in the arm and Colton kills the goon.

    Flint goes in pursuit of Cobra Commander, but he escapes on a helicopter, just as his men are preparing for the other Zeus rods to hit other major cities around the world. Roadblock finds that Firefly is holding the briefcase. He nearly escapes on a motorboat, but Roadblock rams into it with another one. He and Firefly begin fighting again, but Roadblock manages to defeat him. At the very last second, he overrides the sequence and causes all the Zeus satellites to explode.

    Somewhere underground, after having escaped other ninjas, Storm Shadow finds Zartan pointing a gun at him. He tells Zartan he made him what he has become, and Zartan pulls the trigger, but Storm Shadow slices the bullet in half with his blade and throws it into Zartan's chest. As he dies, the nanomites wear off, and his real face is visible.

    Roadblock is walking away from the scene, but Firefly is about to set one of his firefly bombs on him. He reaches into his pocket for his detonator, but Roadblock is holding it. With the push of a button, the firefly explodes, and Firefly is killed. The Joes walk together triumphantly while Storm Shadow respectfully acknowledges Snake Eyes and walks away.

    The real President is put back into power and addresses the nation at a ceremony where Roadblock, Jaye, Flint, Jinx, and Snake Eyes are commemorated as heroes. Colton thanks each of them, but when he gets to Roadblock, he presents him with the gun of General Patton, so that when they finally catch Cobra Commander, they will be ready. Roadblock proudly raises the gun in the air and lets out one shot.

    Produced By:


    • Gary Barber known as executive producer
    • Roger Birnbaum known as executive producer
    • Lorenzo di Bonaventura known as producer
    • David Ellison known as executive producer
    • Herb Gains known as executive producer (as Herbert W. Gains)
    • Dana Goldberg known as executive producer
    • Brian Goldner known as producer
    • Erik Howsam known as executive producer
    • Linda Pianigiani known as associate producer
    • Paul Schwake known as executive producer
    • Stephen Sommers known as executive producer
    • FullCast & Crew:
      • Dwayne Johnson known as Roadblock
      • Jonathan Pryce known as President
      • Byung-hun Lee known as Storm Shadow
      • Elodie Yung known as Jinx
      • Ray Stevenson known as Firefly
      • D.J. Cotrona known as Flint
      • Adrianne Palicki known as Jaye
      • Channing Tatum known as Duke
      • Ray Park known as Snake Eyes
      • Luke Bracey known as Cobra Commander
      • Walton Goggins known as Warden Nigel James
      • Arnold Vosloo known as Zartan
      • Joseph Mazzello known as Mouse
      • Nick Erickson known as President Picture Double
      • RZA known as Blind Master
      • Naim Alherimi known as Pakistani President
      • Ravi Naidu known as Chief Advisor
      • Matt Gerald known as Havoc
      • Douglas M. Griffin known as Doctor
      • Joe Chrest known as Chief of Staff
      • Bruce Willis known as General Joe Colton
      • James Carville known as James Carville
      • Ryan Hansen known as Grunt
      • DeRay Davis known as Stoop
      • Nathan Takashige known as Young Storm Shadow
      • Joanna Leeds known as Intern
      • Elana Justin known as Intern
      • Ilia Volok known as Russian Leader
      • Dikran Tulaine known as U.K. Leader
      • Robert Catrini known as Israeli President
      • Marcelo Tubert known as French Leader
      • James Lew known as Chinese Leader
      • Ajay Mehta known as Indian Leader
      • Augustus Cho known as North Korean Leader
      • Raja Deka known as Indian Expert (as Raja Chandra Deka)
      • Tiffany Lonsdale known as British Expert
      • Terry Dale Parks known as Greeter
      • Jun Hee Lee known as North Korean Captain
      • Afemo Omilami known as Chairman Joint Chief of Staff
      • W. Dante Ha known as Kim Jong's Nephew (as Dante Won Ha)
      • Carrie Wong known as Jhankri
      • Benjamin Blankenship known as Systems Officer
      • Adam Vernier known as Weapons Officer
      • Jim Palmer known as Clutch
      • Amin Joseph known as Cobra Secret Sevice
      • Rey Hernandez known as Cobra Secret Service
      • Grant Goodman known as First Son
      • Mikal Vega known as Arch Angel Joe
      • Luis Echagarruga known as Arch Angel Joe
      • Brelyn Plumbar known as Roadblock's Daughter
      • Amaya Plumbar known as Roadblock's Daughter
      • Dustan Costine known as Cobra Trooper
      • Michael Howe known as Cobra Trooper (as Michael D. Howe)
      • Geoffrey Howe known as Cobra Trooper (as Geoffrey S. Howe)
      • Erik Howsam known as U.K. Staff
      • Timothy Bruns known as Honor Guard

    • Robert Baker known as Cobra Commander (voice)
    • Brittney Alger known as Bartender #1 (uncredited)
    • Andre Allemand known as Insurgent (uncredited)
    • John L. Armijo known as Cobra Trooper (uncredited)
    • Phil Austin known as Cobra Trooper (uncredited)
    • Michael AvMen known as Soldier (uncredited)
    • Nadi Berenger known as Indian President's Assistant (uncredited)
    • Beau Brasseaux known as Cobra Storm Trooper (uncredited)
    • Tom Bubrig known as White House Staffer (uncredited)
    • Trey Burvant known as Air Force Commander (uncredited)
    • Tom Cain known as German Prison Guard (uncredited)
    • Chip Carriere known as German Prison Guard (uncredited)
    • Joseph Cintron known as Cobra Storm Trooper (uncredited)
    • Edward J. Clare known as Diplomat (uncredited)
    • Jordon Michael Corbin known as Pararescue Officer (uncredited)
    • Edward R. Cox known as Banquet Guest / Dancer (uncredited)
    • Cody Dickinson known as Violinist (uncredited)
    • Michael Dudikoff known as Quick Kick (uncredited)
    • Rene Fabre known as Indian Football Carrier (uncredited)
    • Annie May Gay known as Red Ninja (uncredited)
    • Jim Gunter known as Prison Guard (uncredited)
    • Gene Kevin Hames Jr. known as Cobra Storm Trooper (uncredited)
    • Steve M. Hammond known as Cobra Trooper Y (uncredited)
    • Eddie Hargitay known as Tunnel Rat (uncredited)
    • Kage Havok known as Cobra Secret Service (uncredited)
    • Eric Hennig known as German Prison Guard (uncredited)
    • WBBrown II known as Cobra Storm Trooper (uncredited)
    • Laura Muse Jackson known as Soldier (uncredited)
    • Skai Jackson known as Roadblock's Daughter (uncredited)
    • John C. Klein known as Gala Dignitary (uncredited)
    • Mark Krutov known as Russian Delegate (uncredited)
    • Anthony A. Kung known as North Korean Army Attaché (uncredited)
    • Evlin Lake known as Beautiful Woman (uncredited)
    • Lorenzo Lamas known as Bystander (uncredited)
    • Skipper Landry known as French Courier (uncredited)
    • Amy Le known as Red Ninja (uncredited)
    • Cynthia LeBlanc known as Banquet Guest (uncredited)
    • Elton LeBlanc known as Dignatory (uncredited)
    • Stephen Livaudais known as Army Sergeant Major (uncredited)
    • Sione Ma'umalanga known as Insurgent (uncredited)
    • Ken Massey known as COBRA Technician (uncredited)
    • Corinne Massiah known as Roadblock's Daughter (uncredited)
    • Mike Mayhall known as Prison Guard (uncredited)
    • Austin Naulty known as Cobra (uncredited)
    • Michael O'Regan known as Banquet Guest (uncredited)
    • Fernandez Osvaldo known as Insurgent (uncredited)
    • Catherine Kim Poon known as Japanese Peasant (uncredited)
    • Philippe Radelet known as Banquet Guest / Waiter (uncredited)
    • Diezel Ramos known as Soldier (uncredited)
    • James Rawlings known as Cobra Secret Service (uncredited)
    • Robert Remus known as Sgt. Slaughter (uncredited)
    • Carlos Retana Jr. known as Cobra Trooper (uncredited)
    • Shawn M. Richardz known as Bartender (uncredited)
    • James Ricker II known as Technician (uncredited)
    • Michael Patrick Rogers known as Cobra Storm Trooper (uncredited)
    • Joe Rohaley known as Cobra (uncredited)
    • Shawn Sanz known as India President Security (uncredited)
    • Andrew Serpas known as Cobra Trooper (uncredited)
    • Seth Sieunarine known as Soldier (uncredited)
    • Nicholas Simmons known as Cobra Secret Service (uncredited)
    • Terry Lee Smith known as Business Man (uncredited)
    • Han Soto known as North Korean Guard (uncredited)
    • Lauren Thomas known as Bar Maid (uncredited)
    • Stephen Daniel Wayne known as Insurgent (uncredited)
    • Rachel G. Whittle known as Banquet Dancer (uncredited)
    • Aaron V. Williamson known as Chief Hannar (uncredited)
    • Travis Wong known as Cobra Ninja (uncredited)
    • Michael Wozniak known as Lawyer (uncredited)
    • Elvin Yoshida known as North Korean Carrier (uncredited)
    • ..{tab=Supporting Department}Makeup Department:

      • Martin Astles known as special makeup effects designer
      • Gloria Belz known as additional makeup artist
      • Andrea Bowman known as hair stylist
      • Daina Daigle known as hair stylist
      • Erica Dewey known as makeup artist
      • Adam Gaeta known as assistant hair stylist
      • Marcos Gonzales known as additional hair
      • Marcos Gonzales known as hair stylist
      • Lee Gren known as graphic designer specialty tattoos: Tinsley Studio
      • Stacey Herbert known as makeup artist
      • Stephen Kelley known as makeup 3rd.
      • Todd Kleitsch known as makeup designer and department head
      • Sandra Linn Koepper known as key makeup artist
      • Natasha Ladek known as wig maker
      • Jack Lazzaro known as makeup artist
      • Darryl Lucas known as makeup artist
      • James MacKinnon known as personal makeup artist: Dwayne Johnson
      • Annabelle MacNeal known as additional makeup
      • Suzy Mazzarese-Allison known as hair department head
      • Yolanda Mercadel known as hair: second unit
      • Bart Mixon known as special makeup effects artist
      • Jessica Nelson known as contact lens technician
      • Rita Parillo known as key hair
      • Kim Perrodin known as makeup artist
      • Kent Richard known as additional hair
      • Crystal Ro known as special makeup effects production coordinator
      • Kellie Robinson known as makeup artist
      • Remi Savva known as makeup artist
      • Rachel Solow known as barber for Dwayne Johnson
      • Perri Sorel known as hair stylist
      • Todd Tucker known as special makeup effects artist
      • Adam Walls known as special makeup effects project coordinator
      • Tony Ward known as third hair stylist
      • Crystal Woodford known as hair stylist
      • Art Department:

        • A. Russell Amdal known as foreman
        • Danny 'Dano' Anderson known as assistant property master
        • Scott M. Anderson known as assistant property master
        • Michael Arena known as greensman
        • Jason Bistarkey known as assistant art director
        • Jack Blanchard known as leadman
        • David Keith Broome known as co-lead greens
        • Shane Buckallew known as plaster gang boss
        • Lorrie Campbell known as set designer
        • Stephanie Charbonneau known as lead graphic designer
        • John B. Clarey III known as general foreman
        • Todd Clevenger known as scenic artist
        • Randall S. Coe known as construction coordinator
        • Alicia Connelly known as set dec assistant
        • Alec Contestabile known as art department assistant
        • Daniel Cooke known as greensman
        • Daniel Coulthard known as set dresser
        • Chris Craine known as art department researcher
        • Brian Cross known as set dresser
        • Matthew R. Cunningham known as concept artist (as Matthew Cunningham)
        • Kristen Davis known as set designer
        • Colin Dennis known as propmaker foreman
        • Sarah Forrest known as set designer
        • Rick Gamez known as prop fabricator
        • L. Sonia Garcia known as scenic artist
        • Gregory T. Geniusz known as set dresser
        • Paul Giglione known as painter
        • Damon Green known as propmaker foreman
        • Michelle C. Harmon known as set designer
        • Claire Hassig known as scenic artist
        • Claire Hassig known as sign writer
        • Benton Jew known as storyboard artist
        • Jock known as concept art
        • Jerod Johnson known as painter
        • Billy 'Jilly Bones' Jones known as scenic foreman
        • Melissa Pamela Jones known as set dresser
        • Alexa Kinigopoulos known as additional props
        • Lisa M. Kittredge known as construction auditor
        • Heather Korman known as set decoration buyer
        • Jared Krichevsky known as concept artist
        • Matthew Kutcher known as laborer
        • April LaBranche known as set dec co-ordinator
        • Andree Lago known as scenic artist
        • Stacy Lauricella known as construction office assistant
        • Michael F. LeBlanc Jr. known as set dresser
        • Austin T. LeValley known as art department
        • Ken Lewis Jr. known as plasterer
        • Andrew H. Lewis known as painter
        • Landon Lott known as art department assistant
        • Daniel A. Maes known as set dresser
        • Jerad Marantz known as concept artist
        • Steve Martemucci known as construction foreman
        • John Hammer Maxwell known as on-set dresser
        • Todd McKibben known as propmaker gang boss
        • Wendy Means known as art department coordinator
        • Ron Mendell known as vehicle designer
        • Dave Merry known as lead greensman
        • Michael Meyers known as concept artist
        • Joshua Min known as concept artist
        • Ricky Molnar known as greensman
        • Robert J. Moore Jr. known as set dresser
        • Kimberly Murphy known as set dec buyer
        • Blaire Noonan known as construction medic
        • William Nutt known as on-set greensman
        • Cenay Oekmen known as concept artist
        • Francesco Onorato known as set dresser
        • Manuel Plank-Jorge known as concept artist
        • Brad Quintana known as painter
        • Steffen Reichstadt known as concept artist
        • Virle S. Reid known as second assistant property master
        • Raj Rihal known as concept artist
        • Bert Rodriguez known as propmaker foreman
        • Eric Rood known as gang boss
        • George Sanchez known as plasterer
        • Sian C. Sanzone known as scenic artist
        • Carlos Savant known as sculptor
        • Michelle Schluter-Ford known as assistant set decorator
        • Scott Schneider known as set designer
        • Constantine Sekeris known as concept designer
        • Chad Simpson known as paint gang boss
        • Aaron Sims known as character designer
        • Aaron Sims known as concept artist
        • Jason Soles known as plaster foreman
        • Victoria St. Pierre known as on-set painter: second unit
        • Jason Baldwin Stewart known as assistant art director
        • Randy Syracuse known as general foreman
        • Gordon Thomas known as set dresser
        • Gary Tuers known as property master
        • Miccah Underwood known as art production assistant
        • Ely Vegh known as gang boss
        • Trinh Vu known as set designer
        • Brian A. Waits known as model maker
        • Brian A. Waits known as set designer
        • Clint Wallace known as set designer
        • Bill Walters known as on-set dresser: second unit
        • Richard Blake Wester known as set dresser: St. Francisville, LA
        • Jason Wicksell known as set dresser
        • Randall D. Wilkins known as set designer
        • Jim S. Williams known as set dresser gang boss
        • Jane Wuu known as set designer
        • Matt Zaff known as set dresser
        • Tony Ziegler known as set dresser
        • Zachary Zirlin known as additional graphic designer
        • Francesco Corvino known as concept art: environments (uncredited)


        • Production Companies:
          • Paramount Pictures (presents)
          • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (presents) (as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
          • Skydance Productions (presents)
          • Hasbro (in association with)
          • Di Bonaventura Pictures (as di Bonaventura Pictures)
          Other Companies:
          • tacticalproshop.com  tactical equipment and uniforms
          • Alternative Rentals  camera equipment provided by
          • BT Industrial Supply  expendables
          • Building Studios  ADR Facility
          • Canada Film Capital  tax incentive consulting services
          • Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera car
          • Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
          • Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
          • Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  hydrascope telescoping crane arm
          • Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  stabilized remote camera systems
          • Chef Robért Catering  catering
          • Cineworks Digital Studios  HD dailies telecine transfer
          • Cineworks Digital Studios  digital dailies and grading
          • Cineworks Digital Studios  digital screening facility
          • Cineworks, New Orleans  HD dailies and digital previews/ telecine transfer
          • Company 3  digital intermediate
          • Digital Media Services (DMS)  digital marketing asset management
          • Digital Media Services (DMS)  on-line promotional material creation
          • Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
          • Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
          • Event Restroom  restrooms
          • Film Art  artwork
          • Hollywood Trucks  transportation
          • Howe and Howe Technologies  hero vehicle (Joe Tank aka Ripsaw) developers
          • PIC Agency  titles
          • Panavision Remote Systems  Supertechno cranes provided by
          • Performance Filmworks  Edge Crane System
          • Pictorvision  Eclipse aerial camera system
          • Pivotal Post  Avid HD editing equipment provided by
          • Prologue Films  main titles
          • Silver Screen Supply  climate control
          • Silver Screen Supply  location equipment/rentals
          • Silver Screen Supply  portable power systems and cables
          • SoundWorks Houston  sound post-production (additional adr recording)
          • Stereo D  3D stereoscopic conversion
          • Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack
          Distributors:
          • Forum Cinemas (2013) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
          • Paramount Pictures Entertainment (2013) (Canada) (theatrical)
          • Paramount Pictures (2013) (Germany) (theatrical)
          • Paramount Pictures (2013) (France) (theatrical)
          • Paramount Pictures (2013) (UK) (theatrical)
          • Paramount Pictures (2013) (Japan) (theatrical)
          • Paramount Pictures (2013) (USA) (theatrical)
          • Solar Entertainment (2013) (Philippines) (theatrical)
          • United International Pictures (UIP) (2013) (Argentina) (theatrical)
          • United International Pictures (UIP) (2013) (Poland) (theatrical)
          • United International Pictures (UIP) (2013) (Singapore) (theatrical)
          • Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2013) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
          • Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2013) (Portugal) (all media)

          Special Effects:
          • Base FX
          • Digital Caliber (stereoscopic clean-up)
          • Digital Domain
          • Gimzi Studios (visual effects)
          • Illusion Industries (special makeup effects)
          • Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)
          • Lidar Services (visual effects)
          • Lola Visual Effects
          • Luma Pictures (visual effects)
          • Method Studios (visual effects)
          • Pixel Liberation Front (previsualization)

          Visual Effects by:

          • Marco Abbruzzese known as digital compositor
          • Hunny Agarwal known as stereo roto artist
          • Vipin Agrawal known as training & artist development
          • Anjel Alcaraz known as senior stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
          • Carlos A. Alfaro Jr. known as stereoscopic artist
          • Patrick L. Almanza known as stereoscopic compositor
          • Patrick L. Almanza known as stereoscopic painter
          • Juan Alvarez known as roto artist
          • Michael Amato known as stereoscopic artist
          • Anuj Anand known as lead lighting technical director
          • Katarzyna Ancuta known as visual effects coordinator
          • Florent Andorra known as sequence supervisor: ILM
          • Beverley Joy Ang known as technical assistant
          • Pat Antonelli known as data wrangler
          • Hazra Anup known as match move artist
          • Aaron Arendt known as pre-visualisation artist
          • Nicole Arnell known as rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
          • Abhishek Arya known as senior matchmove artist
          • Creighton Ashton known as stereo compositor
          • Paul A. Baccam known as stereoscopic artist
          • Yogesh Badhe known as visual effects compositor
          • John Baer known as visual effects coordinator
          • Michael Balog known as creature supervisor: ILM
          • Zeljko Barcan known as fx supervisor: Digital Domain London
          • K.C. Barnes known as senior stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
          • Jessica Bascom known as stereoscopic compositor
          • Christopher Batty known as postvis supervisor
          • Bayard Baudoin known as visual effects artist
          • Geoffrey E. Baumann known as visual effects plate supervisor: Digital Domain
          • Eric M. Beaver known as digital compositor
          • Thad Beier known as visual effects supervisor: Digital Domain
          • Matthew E. Bell known as senior look development and lighting artist
          • Danielle Bemis known as visual effects coordinator: Luma Pictures
          • Karina Benesh known as visual effects coordinator
          • Steven Benjamin known as roto/paint artist: Luma Pictures
          • Brian N. Bentley known as stereo compositor
          • Brian N. Bentley known as stereo paint artist
          • Sourajit Bhattacharya known as visual effects
          • Duncan Blackman known as layout artist
          • Vincent Blin known as flame artist
          • Florin Boieriu known as senior compositor: ILM
          • Nicholas Bolden known as digital artist
          • Marc Bonneviot known as compositor
          • Igor Boshoer known as pipeline technical director: Method Studios
          • Peter Bowmar known as head of 3d and technology: Method Studios Vancouver
          • Erik Bratlien known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
          • Milady Bridges known as visual effects artist
          • Daniel Brimer known as visual effects executive producer: Digital Domain
          • Dan Brittain known as digital compositor
          • Matt Brumit known as digital artist: ILM
          • Matt Brumit known as digital compositor: Digital Domain
          • Amy Brunolli known as digital coordinator: Luma Pictures
          • Page Buckner known as visual effects consultant
          • David Burton known as visual effects supervisor: With A Twist Studio
          • Ray Bushey III known as visual effects editor
          • Jay Caguioa known as stereo compositor
          • John Cairns known as digital compositor: Method Studios Vancouver
          • Caitlin Campbell known as stereoscopic compositor: Stereo D LLC
          • Alexandre Cancado known as lead compositor: Luma Pictures
          • Jeremy P. Carroll known as lead stereoscopic compositor: StereoD LLC
          • Korey J. Cauchon known as visual effects producer: Method Studios
          • Luis Alberto Cayo known as visual effects artist
          • Joe Censoplano known as digital compositor: Luma Pictures
          • Gabe Cervantes known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
          • Min Hyun Cha known as digital compositor
          • Justin Tatsuo Chan known as visual effects production assistant: ILM
          • Viki Chan known as on-set/data integration lead: Digital Domain
          • Hunter Chase known as previz artist
          • Jayesh Chavan known as digital compositor
          • Matt Chelstrom known as pre-visualization artist
          • Peter Chesloff known as digital artist
          • Tagui Chilyan known as stereo production assistant: Stereo D
          • Eun-Jung Cho known as digital compositor
          • Myong Choi known as compositor: Level 256
          • Bradley Chowning known as stereoscopic depth artist
          • Kristy Chrobak known as stereo production coordinator
          • Graham D. Clark known as head of stereography: Stereo D
          • Jimi Clark known as compositor
          • Jimi Clark known as visual effects element qc
          • Darrell Claunch known as stereo compositor
          • Roberto Clochiatti known as lighting supervisor: Digital Domain London
          • Chad E. Collier known as data operations manager: Method Studios
          • Benjamin Conner known as roto/paint artist: Luma Pictures
          • Michael Conte known as digital artist: ILM
          • Elliot Contreras known as stereoscopic compositor
          • Elissa Cordero known as stereoscopic artist
          • Matt Cordero known as stereoscopic compositor
          • Johnathon Cormier known as compositor
          • Michelle Cornwall known as data i/o render wrangler: Method Studios Vancouver
          • Maurice Cox known as senior stereoscopic compositor
          • Peter Cromwell known as stereoscopic artist
          • Markus Daum known as rigger: Digital Domain London
          • Scott M. Davids known as visual effects supervisor: Level 256 VFX
          • James Davis Jr. known as depth artist
          • Angelo de Witt known as digital compositor
          • Ruy Delgado known as matchmove artist: Luma Pictures
          • Ruy Delgado known as roto/paint artist: Luma Pictures
          • Alberto Della Regina known as effects technical director
          • Levon Shant Demirjian known as visual effects
          • Max Dennison known as head of matte painting: Digital Domain London
          • Ivy Depies known as stereo digital compositor: Method Studios
          • Julien Depredurand known as effects technical director: Method Studios Vancouver
          • Dominique Derrenger known as stereo vfx producer: Digital Domain
          • Fefo Desouza known as flame artist
          • Rustin Devendorf known as stereoscopic depth artist
          • Bob Dewald known as visual effects editor: method studios
          • Aleksandar Djordjevic known as compositing supervisor: Method Studios, New York
          • Gus Djuro known as senior stereoscopic artist
          • Megan Dolman known as character animator & digital artist: Digital Domain
          • Raul Dominguez known as senior modeler
          • Rene Dominguez known as stereoscopic paint lead artist
          • Jorik Dozy known as digital matte painter: ILM
          • Stéphanie Dubé known as senior texture painter: Digital Domain
          • Aubrey Dukes known as stereoscopic lead: Stereo D
          • Matthew Eberle known as visual effects lead data wrangler: 2nd unit
          • Jason Edwards known as senior modeler
          • David Emeny known as digital compositor
          • Christian Emond known as digital effects artist
          • James England known as stereoscopic depth artist
          • Brian Fanska known as senior stereoscopic compositor
          • Christine Felman known as visual effects coordinator
          • Juan Carlos Ferrá known as stereoscopic compositor
          • Jerod Finn known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
          • Laura Fitzpatrick known as visual effects producer: Reliance MediaWorks/Digital Domain London
          • Matt Fleming known as visual effects
          • Brian Flynn known as digital artist
          • Jeremiah Forkkio known as pre-vis artist
          • Alexis Forni known as visual effects production assistant: ILM
          • Brian Fortune known as junior compositor: Luma Pictures
          • Emily Francione known as stereoscopic roto lead: StereoD
          • Thomas H. Frederick known as 3d integration camera assistant: Digital Domain
          • Andreas Frickinger known as compositing artist: ILM
          • Miles Friedman known as visual effects coordinator: Lola VFX
          • Travis Fruci known as stereoscopic depth artist
          • Maximilian Funke known as visual effects artist
          • Stephen A. Gall known as stereoscopic rotoscope artist
          • Danny Garcia known as integration artist
          • Robb Gardner known as lighting technical director: ILM
          • Adam Garnier known as stereoscopic compositor
          • Adam Garnier known as stereoscopic painter
          • Bill George known as visual effects supervisor: ILM
          • Joel Gerlach known as paint artist: Luma Pictures
          • Safeer Ghaznavi known as compositor
          • Sudipta Ghosh known as stereo roto lead
          • Paul Giacoppo known as digital model supervisor
          • Jackson Gichuki known as stereoscopic rotoscope artist
          • Matthew E. Gill known as stereo production assistant: Stereo D
          • Andrea Giordano known as texture artist
          • Clarke Godwin known as senior stereoscopic compositor
          • Derik Gokstorp known as technical director
          • Jonathan Goldsmith known as producer: StereoD
          • Chelsea Goodchild known as paint artist: Luma Pictures
          • Azzard Gordon known as visual effects layout artist: Industrial Light and Magic
          • Pasquale Anthony Greco known as lead data wrangler
          • Branko Grujcic known as digital effects artist
          • Jason Michael Hall known as pre-visualization supervisor
          • Lindsay Hallett known as director: business development: LUMA PICTURES
          • Simon Halpern known as pre-vis artist: Pixel Liberation Front
          • Katie Hamberger known as visual effects artist
          • Pam Hammarlund known as visual effects producer
          • H Haden Hammond known as sequence supervisor: Luma Pictures
          • Josh Handley known as stereoscopic compositor
          • Derek Hanson known as lead stereo compositor: Stereo D
          • Jon Hanzelka known as lidar scanning
          • Reginald Harber Jr. known as stereoscopic compositing lead
          • Reginald Harber Jr. known as stereoscopic conversion
          • Aisling Harbert known as stereoscopic supervisor
          • Kyle Hardin known as senior stereoscopic depth artist
          • Rich Hardy Jr. known as stereoscopic compositor
          • Brandon Harr known as lidar supervisor: LiDAR VFX
          • Andrew Harvey known as r&d developer
          • Brian Hawkins known as stereo technical director: StereoD
          • Dustin Hayes known as digital artist
          • Trevor Hazel known as digital paint and roto supervisor
          • John R. Hazzard known as pipeline technical director: Luma Pictures
          • Alex Heffner known as lead stereoscopic artist
          • Jordan Heskett known as visual effects
          • Bryan M. Higgins known as rotoscope supervisor
          • Darin Hilton known as senior digital matte artist
          • Sherry Hitch known as digital compositor: ILM
          • Chad Hofteig known as pre-visualization artist
          • Thomas M. Horton known as visual effects executive producer: Reliance MediaWorks/Digital Domain London
          • Jean-Francois Houde known as digital compositor: Method Studios Vancouver
          • Daryn Houston known as digital production administrator
          • Caleb J. Howard known as digital effects
          • Pavel Hristov known as technical director
          • Nick Hsieh known as compositing supervisor: Base-FX
          • Natapon Huangsakuncharoen known as creature technical director: ILM
          • Jill E. Hughes known as visual effects producer: ILM
          • Lucas Hull known as digital compositor
          • Jed Hunsaker known as pipeline technical director: Luma Pictures
          • Peter Hunt known as visual effects: Method Studios Vancouver
          • Marc Hutchings known as senior compositor: Digital Domain Reliance London
          • Ilamuruguselvan known as digital compositor: Digital Domain
          • Alexander Jacquet known as digital compositor
          • Jaime Jasso known as digital matte artist
          • Bernardo Jauregui known as visual effects production supervisor
          • Daniel Jauregui known as visual effects artist
          • Berruel Jeremy known as senior modeller
          • Amit Jhamb known as visual effects producer
          • Zahid Jiwa known as roto/paint supervisor: Method Studios Vancouver
          • Erik Johnson known as depth artist
          • Tim Johnson known as finaling department manager: StereoD
          • Jared Jones known as digital compositor
          • Guillaume Julien known as generalist td
          • Corey Just known as stereoscopic depth artist
          • Mark Justison known as compositor: Digital Domain
          • Vijay Kadapatti known as stereo production coordinator
          • Alice Kahn known as visual effects production manager: Method Studios, New York
          • Samuel Karlsson known as digital compositor
          • Prateek Kaushal known as stereoscopic supervisor: Stereo D
          • Ryan Keely known as compositor
          • Shawn Kelly known as animator
          • Alex Khan known as compositor: Luma Pictures
          • Zachary Kinney known as visual effects artist
          • James Kirk known as visual effects artist
          • Sudheesh Kk known as compositor
          • Seth Kleinberg known as visual effects producer: Level 256
          • Dean Koonjul known as digital compositor: ILM Singapore
          • Benjamin Krebs known as digital compositor: Method
          • Nitesh Kumar known as stereo roto artist
          • Nicha Kumkeaw known as compositor
          • Alexander Köhl known as digital compositor
          • Justin Lacalamita known as visual effects assistant data wrangler: 2nd Unit
          • Priscilla Landerer known as stereoscopic compositor
          • Warren Larkam known as visual effects production assistant
          • Mark Larranaga known as visual effects supervisor: SAINTS LA
          • Nha Hoan Le known as roto, paint, compositing artist: Luma Pictures
          • Nha Hoan Le known as tracking and matchmoving: Luma Pictures
          • Adrian Lee known as fx artist: Reliance MediaWorks/Digital Domain London
          • Jane Kyung Lee known as visual effects coordinator
          • Winston Lee known as digital compositor
          • Simon Legrand known as visual effects
          • Ryan Leonard known as digital compositor: Method Studios
          • Seth Lickiss known as stereoscopic compositor
          • Jo Lockman known as lead digital production administrator
          • Kimberly Lorang known as cloth artist
          • Shawn Lovette known as lead previsualization artist
          • Son Lu known as stereoscopic lead
          • Rob Lutz known as stereoscopic compositor
          • Dustin Mackay known as previsualization artist
          • James Madigan known as visual effects supervisor
          • Jessica Madsen known as digital artist: Luma Pictures
          • Arman Mafi known as visual effects compositor
          • Pravin Mahtani known as stereoscopic compositor
          • Carson Majors known as stereoscopic compositor
          • Carson Majors known as stereoscopic painter
          • Yael Majors known as stereoscopic compositor
          • Nikki Makar known as senior digital effects artist: Digital Domain
          • David Maldonado known as lead stereoscopic depth artist: Stereo D
          • Sebastian Maldonado known as senior stereoscopic compositor
          • Sebastian Maldonado known as senior stereoscopic paint artist
          • Greg Malkin known as matchmove artist
          • Gabriel Mandala known as compositor
          • Julian Mann known as head of research and development: Reliance MediaWorks
          • Mary E. Manning known as post-visualization lead
          • Rebecca Manning known as digital compositor: Digital Domain
          • Charana Mapatuna known as stereoscopic compositor: Stereo D
          • Pavan Maradia known as technical assistant: StereoD
          • David Marte known as rotoscope supervisor
          • Tony Martin known as stereoscopic depth artist
          • Geordie Martinez known as creature technical director: ILM
          • Marcel Caue Martins known as rotoscope artist: Luma Pictures
          • Dan Mayer known as aviation consultant
          • Russell McCoy known as stereoscopic finaling supervisor
          • Will McCoy known as on set layout supervisor: ILM
          • Daniel McCue known as pre-visualization artist
          • Robert McGlinchey known as visual effects coordinator
          • Elizabeth McKinney known as stereoscopic compositor
          • Elizabeth McKinney known as stereoscopic painter
          • David McMahon known as digital compositor
          • Rick McMahon known as visual effects artist
          • Gregory L. McMurry known as visual effects supervisor
          • Ben Mekler known as post-visualization coordinator
          • Cris Mertens known as stereoscopic assistant editor
          • David Miller III known as stereoscopic compositor
          • Jed Miller known as assistant technical director
          • Mahito Mizobuchi known as previs artist
          • Paul V. Molles known as visual effects producer
          • Paul Molodowitch known as pipeline technical director: Luma Pictures
          • Laurel Montgomery known as visual effects coordinator
          • Douglas L. Moore known as layout supervisor: ILM
          • Jim Moorhead known as digital integration
          • David Manos Morris known as digital effects artist
          • Immanuel Morris known as stereoscopic artist
          • Michelle Motta known as digital paint and rotoscope artist
          • David Antonin Mucci known as cg supervisor: Digital Domain London
          • Timothy Mueller known as digimatte sequence supervisor: ILM
          • Mike Mulock known as animator and rigger
          • Balaji Muppalla known as visual effects
          • Carson Murdy known as stereoscopic artist
          • Dennis Murillo known as visual effects coordinator: Level 256
          • Brian Murphy known as stereoscopic compositor
          • Scott Musselman known as stereoscopic depth artist
          • Howie Muzika known as modeler: Digital Domain
          • Naren Naidoo known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
          • Emmi Nakagawa known as stereoscopic artist
          • Mohan Narayanaswamy known as quality manager
          • Tom Narey known as post-vis animator: Paramount
          • C. Michael Neely known as previs supervisor: Blind Squirrel Digital, Inc
          • Marla Neto known as business relations associate: Luma Pictures
          • Pete C. Newbauer known as digital effects artist
          • Matthew Newhart known as pre-visualization artist
          • Sheau Horng Ng known as digital artist: ILM
          • Jesse Nicodemus known as visual effects artist: Luma Pictures
          • Reika Nishio known as senior matchmove artist
          • Thomas Nittmann known as visual effects producer: Lola Visual Effects
          • Thijs Noij known as digital compositor
          • John Norris known as visual effects producer: The Aaron Sims Company
          • Brett Northcutt known as digital matte artist
          • Collette Nunes known as visual effects editor: Digital Domain London
          • Chris O'Connell known as stereoscopic depth artist
          • Patrick O'Riley known as rotoscope coordinator: Stereo D
          • Cenay Oekmen known as digital artist
          • Raphael Oseguera known as lead roto artist
          • Marc Ostroff known as visual effects production accounting manager: DD
          • Christopher Page known as animator: Digital Domain
          • Saurabh Pandey known as digital compositor: Reliance MediaWorks/Digital Domain
          • Aaron Parry known as 3D executive producer
          • Yogesh Pathak known as senior stereo roto annotation artist
          • Amol Patil known as matchmove artist
          • Demetrios Patsiaris known as stereoscopic roto artist
          • Dan Patterson known as character animator: Digital Domain
          • Allison Paul known as visual effects coordinator: Lola Visual Effects
          • Uppu Pavanrajesh known as compositing lead: Digital Domain
          • Simon Payne known as rigging head of department
          • Vasho Pekar known as compositor
          • Lyndsey Pendley known as stereoscopic paint artist
          • Michael Perdew known as digital production manager: Luma Pictures
          • Daniel Perez known as stereoscopic artist
          • Miles Perkins known as senior staff: ILM
          • Angelo Perrotta known as compositor: Reliance Mediaworks London
          • Emanuele Pescatori known as digital artist
          • Binoy Peters known as senior production coordinator
          • Roland Petrizza known as digital compositor: Digital Domain London
          • Christine Petrov known as head of 2D: Method Vancouver
          • Chi Pham known as visual effects systems administrator
          • Hieu Phan known as digital effects: Luma Pictures
          • Michael Phan known as visual effects artist: Luma Pictures
          • Ezra Pike known as stereo roto artist
          • Joseph Vincent Pike known as digital compositor
          • David Piombino known as digital compositor: Method Studios
          • Jason Porter known as digital compositor
          • Justin Porter known as pipeline coordinator: Luma Pictures
          • Pavel Pranevsky known as CG supervisor: Luma Pictures
          • Esdras Prudente known as rotoscope/paint artist: Method Studios Vancouver
          • Derek N. Prusak known as stereoscopic editorial supervisor
          • Christin Quek known as digital artist
          • Christian Quickle known as i/o coordinator: Luma Pictures
          • Juan Carlos Quintana known as senior stereoscopic compositor
          • Michael Ralla known as lead compositor: Digital Domain Venice
          • Francisco Ramirez known as visual effects editor: Digital Domain
          • Jeff Ranasinghe known as CG supervisor
          • Ollie Rankin known as visual effects supervisor: method studios
          • William Reges known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
          • Patrick Reilly known as visual effects artist
          • Aryeh Reisner known as stereoscopic compositor
          • Gerard Retulla known as stereoscopic depth artist
          • Grover Richardson known as stereoscopic compositor
          • Jason Richardson known as visual effects supervisor: Digital Caliber Inc.
          • Mike Rim known as stereoscopic compositor
          • Becky Roberts known as visual effects line producer: Reliance/Digital Domain
          • Arturo Rodriguez known as stereoscopic depth artist
          • Rob Rogers known as stereoscopic depth artist
          • Lisa Dawn Rogolsky known as rotoscope artist
          • Patric Roos known as visual effects supervisor: ILM Singapore
          • Greg Ruane known as digital production administrator
          • Nathan Rusch known as pipeline technical director: Luma Pictures
          • Abhinav Sah known as visual effects supervisor: Reliance MediaWorks/Digital Domain
          • Imran Sajid known as lighting technical director
          • Mike Sanders known as digital supervisor
          • German Sandoval known as stereoscopic artist
          • Eric Sanford known as lead tracking artist
          • Eric Sanford known as matchmove artist
          • Lukas Sarralde known as visual effects artist
          • Davis Scott Porter Saunders known as stereographer
          • Evan Saunders known as stereoscopic lead artist
          • Daniel Schrepf known as stereoscopic roto lead
          • Brian Schultz known as digital artist
          • Victor Schutz known as technical director: ILM
          • Shaun Scott known as senior lighting technical director: Digital Domain London
          • Dan Seddon known as vfx supervisor: method studios
          • Wendy Seddon known as compositor
          • Rene Segura known as lead integration artist: Digital Domain
          • Parker Sellers known as previs lead
          • Den Serras known as roto/paint supervisor: Deluxe
          • Foad Shah known as digital compositor: Digital Domain
          • Ira Shain known as digital artist: SAINTS LA
          • Varghese Sherin known as stereoscopic lead: Stereo D
          • Joey Sila known as digital compositor: Luma Pictures
          • Marcus Silvera known as stereoscopic compositor
          • Marcus Silvera known as stereoscopic painter
          • Jared Simeth known as compositing supervisor: Luma Pictures
          • Edmond Smith III known as visual effects artist
          • Corey Smith known as stereoscopic compositor
          • Marque Pierre Sondergaard known as texturing artist
          • Jeremy Sternberg known as digital artist
          • Joe Woodward Stevenson known as layout artist
          • Nicholas Stocker known as stereoscopic compositor
          • Kamalakar Suryavanshi known as stereo compositor
          • Richard Sutherland known as CG supervisor: Luma Pictures
          • Lionel Taillens known as digital matte artist
          • Srikalyan Tallapragada known as digital artist: ILM
          • Lai Lin Tang known as layout artist: ILM
          • Julien Taton known as effects technical director
          • Brandon Taylor known as stereo compositor
          • Nick Tesi known as 3d scanning prod
          • Raphael Thiery known as matchmove artist
          • Guillaume Thimus known as lighting td: Digital Domain London
          • Jason Thomas known as stereo compositor
          • Brian Thomason known as stereoscopic compositor
          • Johan Thorngren known as digital matte artist: ILM
          • Johan Thorngren known as environment supervisor: ILM
          • Rupert Thorpe known as lighting technical director
          • Eric Timm known as stereoscopic artist
          • Robert Tobin known as senior stereoscopic compositor
          • Brian A. Torres known as pipeline technical director: Luma Pictures
          • Connor Tracy known as previsualization artist
          • Daniel Trebac known as stereoscopic artist
          • Hardik Trivedi known as matchmove artist
          • Denis Trutanic known as senior layout artist: ILM
          • Ervin Tuazon known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
          • Liam Tully known as visual effects coordinator
          • Ben Turner known as digital compositor: Digital Domain London
          • Corey Turner known as executive stereographer: Paramount Pictures
          • Jason Ullrich known as compositor
          • Luke Vallee known as digital compositor
          • Jim Van Allen known as creature technical director: ILM
          • Josiah Van Arsdel known as compositor
          • Jeremy Vanneman known as depth artist
          • Kerry Vasquez known as previs producer: Pixel Liberation Front
          • Amy Vatanakul known as pre-visualization artist
          • Marci Velando known as production support
          • Aurelio x. Vera Jr. known as visual effects producer: Digital Caliber Inc.
          • Vanessa Vera known as stereoscopic compositor
          • Vanessa Vera known as stereoscopic painter
          • Sachin Vishwas known as digital compositor
          • Shivaji Waikhom known as compositor
          • Pablo Wang known as stereo compositor (3D version)
          • James Waterson known as digital compositor: Luma Pictures
          • Gregory Watkins known as roto and paint artist: Method Studios Vancouver
          • Chase Watson known as systems administrator
          • Cliff Welsh known as Flame compositor
          • Evan Wen known as finaling artist
          • Evan Wen known as stereo compositor: stereoscopic conversion
          • Kelly Wescott known as depth artist: stereoscopic conversion
          • Faith Whitehead known as depth artist
          • Ryan Wiederkehr known as visual effects production manager: ILM
          • Edson Williams known as visual effects supervisor: Lola Visual Effects
          • Sam Willing known as assistant visual effects editor: ILM
          • Jay Wilson known as senior stereoscopic compositor
          • Kyle Winkelman known as animator: ILM
          • Bruce Woloshyn known as sequence supervisor: Method Studios
          • Eric Wong known as creature technical director: ILM
          • Pam Wong known as effects artist
          • Anthony Wonsoff known as digital matte painter: Reliance MediaWorks/Digital Domain London
          • Annabel Wright known as visual effects coordinator
          • Trevor Wyatt known as visual effects coordinator: Method Studios Vancouver
          • Garrett Wycoff known as roto/paint artist: Luma Pictures
          • Mert Yamak known as lead lighter
          • Marvin Yanez known as stereoscopic roto lead
          • Jose Yapor known as animator
          • Long Yinghan known as digital artist
          • Lisa Yu known as digital plate restoration
          • Sonia Yu known as lighter: Luma Pictures
          • Elana Zaklis known as stereoscopic artist
          • Daniel Zamora known as postvis artist
          • Nicholas Zamot known as depth artist
          • David Zbriger known as technical manager of global production: ILM
          • Andrew Zink known as lighter: Luma Pictures
          • Barry Zubel known as senior systems administrator
          • Roxanne Zuckerman known as integration artist
          • Miriam Alvarez known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D (uncredited)
          • Austin Glass known as visual effects artist (uncredited)
          • Nick Haines known as visual effects artist (uncredited)
          • John Johansson known as software engineer: Digital Domain (uncredited)
          • Jeremy Therrien known as technical assistant (uncredited)
          • Release Date:

            • France 27 March 2013
            • Hong Kong 27 March 2013
            • Ireland 27 March 2013
            • Mexico 27 March 2013
            • Norway 27 March 2013
            • Serbia 27 March 2013 (Belgrade) (premiere)
            • Spain 27 March 2013
            • Sweden 27 March 2013
            • Taiwan 27 March 2013
            • UK 27 March 2013
            • Ukraine 27 March 2013
            • Argentina 28 March 2013
            • Australia 28 March 2013
            • Bahrain 28 March 2013
            • Chile 28 March 2013
            • Croatia 28 March 2013
            • Czech Republic 28 March 2013
            • Denmark 28 March 2013
            • Germany 28 March 2013
            • India 28 March 2013
            • Israel 28 March 2013
            • Italy 28 March 2013
            • Kuwait 28 March 2013
            • Netherlands 28 March 2013
            • New Zealand 28 March 2013
            • Peru 28 March 2013
            • Portugal 28 March 2013
            • Russia 28 March 2013
            • Serbia 28 March 2013
            • Singapore 28 March 2013
            • USA 28 March 2013
            • Brazil 29 March 2013
            • Bulgaria 29 March 2013
            • Canada 29 March 2013
            • Colombia 29 March 2013
            • Estonia 29 March 2013
            • Finland 29 March 2013
            • Iceland 29 March 2013
            • Lithuania 29 March 2013
            • Romania 29 March 2013
            • Turkey 29 March 2013
            • Philippines 30 March 2013
            • Belgium 3 April 2013
            • Cambodia 4 April 2013
            • Hungary 4 April 2013
            • Republic of Macedonia 4 April 2013
            • Mongolia 12 April 2013
            • Panama 12 April 2013
            • Poland 12 April 2013
            • Venezuela 10 May 2013
            • South Africa 17 May 2013
            • Japan 8 June 2013

            • MPAA: Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of combat violence and martial arts action throughout, and for brief sensuality and language

              Filmography links and data courtesy of The Internet Movie Database

              9 comments:

              1. jayendran-suresh from chennaiApril 20, 2013 at 3:36 AM

                Ever since the movie's release was postponed from last year & rumoursof the reason doing rounds, it did stir up the expectation. Like onemajor one was Duke's extended role & re-shot of some scenes. But I mustsay the movie was disappointing. Duke's role ends very early as seen inlast year's trailers ending a short but sweet bromance with roadblock.The movie's screenplay is kinda confusing. There is no continuation &subsequent scenes appear disjointed. Roadblock has been entertaining &bit emotional too. There are some inexplicable flashbacks that appearfar from plausible. Like storm shadow , who has implicated formurdering his Master at a young age is now revisted with the realkiller being zartan in disguise. I mean at that tender age, why wasstorm shadow chosen even before the joe's recruited snake eyes. I feltthe flashback a bit awkward. So the twist here is storm shadow helpsthe joe's. It was interesting one. You have flashes of individualbrilliance in certain scenes & sequences. But collectively the movieisn't engaging & sadly stale. All this even after a year's delay inrelease is all the more surprisingly annoying.

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              2. thesar-2 from United StatesApril 20, 2013 at 3:36 AM

                Two things happened as G.I. Joe: Retaliation progressed: the scriptrevealed itself as being written by a ghostwriter – literally, a ghost,and, secondly, I had a ton of fun.

                While the first part can be written about any of the Transformersfilms, the second is far from accurate to those terrible films. I don'tknow what it is, or how they could of screwed up that franchise sobadly; the Transformers were higher on my list of toys I grew up withthan the G.I. Joe action figures, even though I played with both.

                I haven't seen the first G.I. Joe film since it came out in 2009, soit's hard to make a current comparison. But, I can say, I had anentertaining ride during both. Perhaps it was the same kinds of actionthat was in the original series' cartoons, or maybe, the cast alwaysseems to have the right amount of charisma. Here, in the (hopefully,first of many) sequel(s), I loved the cast, including the DwayneJohnson and Bruce Willis. That last choice rarely makes a mistake inmovies, so when he did in the previous 2013 Willis release, A Good Dayto Die Hard, it was nice to see a little, ah-hem, retaliation in thismovie.

                As stated, the screenplay was just the pits – and it got progressivelyworse as the movie concluded, but just for review's sake, the movie isthe same ole scene: the elite and patriotic soldiers, or "the Joes,"are framed and the President's being duplicated and run by the evilCobra villains. Their plan? Well, kinda, sorta, rule the world? What isthe evil plot of any cartoon race of bad guys?

                The Joes, now outnumbered and outgunned by approximately 99 to 1, stillmanage to use their resources to fight the enemy.

                My synopsis is a very basic retelling of the many-times-over retellingof dozens of films…but that's incidental to the action.

                The fighting, gadgets and choreographed scenes weren't anything newthemselves, aside from the great mountain fight with my favorite Joe ofall-time: Snake Eyes, but they were still wildly engaging. And thereare more than enough of them. Once you get a tad bit bored or confused– rightfully so with the multiples of plot holes – with the story, theythrow another action segment to get you by.

                This is a life-action cartoon, nothing more. It's for people who grewup on the animated series, the comic books and action figures…like me.But, that wouldn't have been enough for me. If not for the action, thefun characters by the actors, or the humorous lines – yeah, I did laughout loud a few times, I probably wouldn't have enjoyed this as much.

                Yes…I do recommend G.I. Joe: Retaliation. If, again, you fit thatpersona I described in the previous paragraph.

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              3. estebangonzalez10 from EcuadorApril 20, 2013 at 3:36 AM

                ¨Call me JOE¨

                As a kid I was a huge fan of the GI Joe cartoons and had a vastcollection of the action figures, but I never thought it was a verygood idea to bring the franchise to the big screen. I didn't like thefirst film despite all the great special effects because the entireconcept was just way too silly, and I didn't like this film all thatmuch either despite the fact it had a better story and some moreinteresting characters. What really saved this film for me was a tenminute action scene in the mountains which was pretty amazing and madethe entire movie worthwhile. It was one of the best action scenes I'veseen all year. This second film was directed by Jon M. Chu (JustinBieber Never Say Never and Step Up 2) and the screenplay co-written byRhett Reese and Paul Wernick (Zombieland), but very few actors are backfrom the original movie (only five) so this felt like a totallydifferent movie. Retaliation is much better than Rise of Cobra but itstill felt a little light due to the nonstop action. It's one of thosemovies you can enjoy for two hours but forget about once it's over.What it does have going for it is that is includes better action starslike The Rock and Bruce Willis. The Rock is probably one of the bestcontemporary action stars and he already brought the Fast and Furiousfranchise back alive again. He doesn't quite do the same with GI Joe,but he still makes this movie a little more enjoyable than the originalone. Despite all the cheesiness of the plot I still had some fun, andthe producers knew that the premise couldn't be taken seriously so theyjust played around with it.

                The Joes continue to serve and protect the world under the leadershipof Captain Duke (Channing Tatum) and his team which consists ofRoadblock (Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock), Flint (D.J. Cotrona), and Jaye(Adrianne Palicki). They have a couple of successful missions until theteam is betrayed by the US president (Jonathan Pryce) who is actuallyZartan (Arnold Vosloo) infiltrated as him. Thus the Joes are forced tofight enemy forces inside their own government and are forced toreceive help from the only person they can trust: retired General JoeColton (Bruce Willis). Meanwhile Storm Shadow (Byung-hun Lee) hasconceived a plan with Firefly (Ray Stevenson) to free their imprisonedCobra Commander (Luke Bracey). Snake Eyes (Ray Park) is determined tostop him with the help of Jinx (Elodie Yung), but the Joes are runningout of time with the President threatening the world with a nuclearwar. Will the Joes be able to stop the Cobra team before they destroythe entire world?

                Channing Tatum and The Rock shared some funny scenes together and hadgreat chemistry, but I would have enjoyed more screen time with them.Adrianne Palicki looked great in that red dress and was a good additionto the film. Cotrona and Willis didn't do much, but the highlight ofthe film was the mountain action sequence between Park and Lee. Thefilm had its extremely cheesy moments, and I couldn't believe they evendidn't care about the explosion of London. They continued as if nothingever happened and celebrated the success of the mission withoutconsidering the devastating loss. I think that was probably the worstpart of the film and the entire scene was probably used to attractpeople through the trailers. Retaliation is big and loud, anticipationfor what is to come in the blockbuster summer movies. By the timesummer gets here we will probably have forgotten all about this movie,but it was still a fun and entertaining two hours. Even those peoplethat will end up hating this film will have to agree that the tenminute action scene between Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow was prettyentertaining. As long as you don't think too much about what's going onyou might enjoy this senseless film.

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              4. Jawfreenez from United StatesApril 20, 2013 at 3:36 AM

                Not to give too much away but the story is weak and can be summed upwith this equation:

                4 GI Joes - 3 ninjas = 1 movie you wish you'd never seen!!!

                My wife and I sat and waited for action, and waited, them waited somemore... It finally came like my brother melting my Duke action figurewith a lighter and Aqua-Net. Horrible plot, good special effects, and astereo-typical ending. The next DirecTV add will say cable is worsethan... Sitting thru GI Joe 2.

                If you don't believe me, waste your money, then contact me for an "Itold you so!"

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              5. alucard_castlevania86 from MalaysiaApril 20, 2013 at 3:36 AM

                I had 50/50 hopes for this movie and felt a bit bummed out when it wastold that it will be delayed to March 2013 but I thought maybe it wasfor the best so I decided to give it chance. Now after nearly a year ofwaiting, I have to say I was a bit disappointed. First off, theypromised to explain what happened to the characters in the previousfilm that didn't show up (ripcord, Scarlett etc.) but no explanationwas given whatsoever as well as wanting to strengthen Duke and Baronesscharacter but nothing was ever explained. 2nd storywise, it was notthat very interesting in my opinion and there some parts which I find abit illogic and not explained like how did Storm Shadow survive. Theguy just like appeared out of no where. Character wise, Cobra rulescompared to the Joes. Lady Jaye and Flint were not really thatinteresting to watch and the romance between them didn't really lookthat convincing. Killing off Duke Hauser (Channing Tatum)and lettingRoadblock (The Rock) take over as team leader for me was the biggestletdown in my opinion since he never really looked that great playingthe lead role. Bruce Willis was OK a Joe but nothing exciting but forme the best Joe out there would have to be Snake Eyes (Ray Park). Hisperformances were great as usual and really made the movie lookedexciting. As for the villains, I really wanted to see Zartan fight withsomebody but that didn't happen. Destro was the biggest disappointmentfor me since they killed his character off just like that. CobraCommander looked better in this outfit that the previous one but therewas really nothing from him but in my opinion, the best villain andcharacter of the entire movie has got to go to Firefly (Ray Stevenson)His character was so wicked cool and I really loved how those nano flyswere used as his explosion device. Though a villain, he stood out themost in the film for me I can't say much for the rest of the cast likeStorm Shadow and Jinx since there wasn't really anything much fromthem. Also I find it kind of hard to believe that this is a G.I Joemovie since apart from Snake Eyes, there wasn't really anything thatmade me feel that these guys were the G.I Joes since it felt like therewere very little connection between this team to the previous G.I Joeteam in the first movie. Overall a bit of a letdown compared to thefirst movie and it didn't seemed like it was a sequel to the first G.IJoe movie and it wasn't really worth watching it in 3D either

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              6. stevenrodz from KuwaitApril 20, 2013 at 3:36 AM

                With Channing, Dwayne,Lee, Bruce and most importantly Palicki in thisone, you'd expect real fast-paced action with great visuals. On thelatter, it delivers as the visuals are great and one of the best of therecent. On the prior, not so much as the storyline drags unnecessarilyaround the US Prez. Palicki brings in the much needed eye-candy for thehardcore action fans though only in glimpses while Channing, being thechick-magnet gets one big anxious sigh from the ladies in the firsthalf of the movie. Dwayne does what Dwayne does - kicks ass! Cotrona,however looks like he's done this one for free as he hardly has much todo and beats me why he's even there. Snake eyes, Jinx, Zartan & Fireflyentertain as characters with purpose. RZA is a big LOL.

                There's muscle,hard-hitting physical combat action, sensuality,technology, star-appeal and pretty interesting automobiles. All youneed if you're an action fan. Now if only they could somehowmysteriously put in an interesting and not-so-predictable storyline,then we'd have a real blockbuster hit worth your ticket money!

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              7. hugefilmbuff7 from United StatesApril 20, 2013 at 3:36 AM

                As a film buff, I love seeing films alone on Saturday afternoons orFriday nights. As as result of my frequent attendance, I have come toknow not to expect much from action blockbuster films. Yes, you getyour usual incomprehensible hand-to-hand fights, buildings explodingand enemy gunfire as inaccurate as ever, with the inevitably minimalplot and screenplay. As the ending credits rolled, I stood up thinking"ehhh". The film definitely had some amazingly entertaining actionsequences and awesome special effects, but you know, you can't reallybe THAT amazed with an action film. Not gonna lie, the screenplay inthis film was pretty well written, and it included quite a fewpleasantly surprising laughs. Dwayne Johnson has a big few months aheadof him with the release of Snitch (which I give a 7/10), the next Fastand Furious movie, and Pain & Gain. With this film, he did reinforcehis true acting credentials, even though not much notable acting isobserved in such a genre. All in all, if you're expecting somethinglike Olympus Has Fallen, you might be dissatisfied. If you go in likeme, with no true expectations other than hoping for some entertainment,you might like what you see.

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              8. Mek Torres from Los Banos, Laguna, PhilippinesApril 20, 2013 at 3:36 AM

                G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra feels like it belongs to a different age ofblockbusters. It had a hard time fitting in to the modern generationthus most moviegoers never find it as appealing as the other films thatwas released on that year. Those rants can be true only in somereasons. The film is undeniably silly and dumb but it was never boringand has its own quality. Since people are now asking for darker andmuch serious blockbusters, this sequel reduces all the silliness thatwas displayed on the original. G.I. Joe: Retaliation is cooler and lesscartoony. Unfortunately, it is also less exciting and terriblyuninspired. The action may be better looking but the lack of fortitudeand creativity made it fall short into another visual showcase stress.

                "Awesome" is the main goal of this sequel. While the original was toocorny to impress, this film darkens the tone and made it a bit down toearth. It abandons the silly gadgets and the ridiculous laws of physicsthat was shown in the original. But the film fails to be both dark andrealistic. Not only because of those robotic fireflies and the massannihilating missiles but the secret prisons and the government areunbelievably dumb to manage their job. Well, it's a blockbuster basedon toys so it will never be too realistic. Deal with it while we arehere for the fun. The dark aspects aren't dark at all. What they onlydo is to be serious. This seriousness blocks the potential joy andturns it into standard blockbuster bland.

                The storytelling is quite messy. It's like an uninteresting version ofMission Impossible: Ghost Protocol with uninteresting characters. Thestorytelling from the first movie wasn't great either since it iscluttered with cheesy flashbacks. But it's worse here because it takessome twists that are absurdly incoherent. And so, it's all pretentious.The characters are boring and even the performances can't bring them tolife. Dwayne Johnson is the only good thing among them though, BruceWillis is trying to make fun of himself again as a crazy grandaddy, andthe villains ham it up which isn't suppose to be a bad thing but theycan't give enough personality to them.

                The action scenes are acceptable enough to call awesome at least. Withall the explosions and the none CGI-ed machines, it seems to be reallyexciting, but it's not. It does a fine job to be pretty but there's adifference between good looking and exciting. There's only a littlesuspense. If there is actually suspense and joy then it would be foundat the mountain ninja fight but it's just mild and still glosses someslow motions in it. For the rest of the action, the heroes are alwayssuperior. Plus more explosions and slow-mos. The action is stylishlydirected anyway. The fight between Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow remainsto be the only action that excites and one part of the climax has anutty scene with The Rock riding huge vehicles and shooting like abadass. The production designs, special effects, and costumes getsbetter. What else to talk about it?

                The absence of the Joes' ridiculous transportation and weapons,holograms, and other snazzy gadgets may please our modern viewers butit also forgets why this material is interesting anyway. Now we onlyget typical military stuff. It still has some crazy devices but it'slimited compare to the first film. Rise of Cobra wasn't a classic. It'snothing more than a simple guilty pleasure. Same with Retaliationexcept this one can't even be completely pleasurable unless you wantsome endless visual coolness. Cool is not a bad thing but it could havebeen creative and much more exciting instead of showing off slow-mos onscreen. To be fair, it's mildly entertaining and good to look at. Ifthe film wasn't this visually awesome, it would have been an emptycinema. The series still fails to justify its source material.

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              9. Z ML from PhilippinesApril 20, 2013 at 3:36 AM

                It sucks that they had to put up a poster of this movie with Duke(Channing Tatum) and Joe (Bruce Willis) so grossly misleading when Dukeshowed up about what 10 mins or so then dies and Joe shows up when halfof the movie is already finished, and not getting much burn at that (Ishould have known, how many of Willis's recent movies has been likethis already). For an average movie goer like me (i'd like to think ofmyself like that) that doesn't normally go researching(goggling stuff)before watching a movie, I was sucked up by the poster itself expectinga whole lot of Duke and Joe in action. In my opinion, The Rock is not abad actor himself but sadly he is not able to carry the movie byhimself. I believe the movie producers/marketers or whoever isresponsible for creating that misleading poster cheated people fortheir money. To be honest I am not sure I would be going to watch themovie in theater had I known I would be only getting this much, It'sone of the movies I could have waited to be available on HBOTV or onDVD. I did like the special effects though, especially the mountainaction scenes.

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