G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
- The original script for G.I. Joe: Retaliation was written over a decade before production finally began in 2013.
- During the filming of G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Dwayne Johnson improvised one of the most famous lines in the movie.
- Eagle-eyed viewers have noticed a hidden easter egg referencing Jon M. Chu's previous film in the background of the opening scene.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation is a 2013 American military science fiction action film directed by Jon M. Chu, the sequel to 2009's The Rise of Cobra.
Dwayne Johnson stars as Roadblock, who leads the surviving G.I. Joes after the team is betrayed and nearly wiped out by the U.S. President, who has been replaced by the shapeshifting Cobra agent Zartan played by Arnold Vosloo.
The remaining Joes must expose the impostor and stop Cobra Commander's plan to hold the world hostage with an orbital weapons system. The mountain ninja battle between Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow, fought on zip lines and cliff faces in the Himalayas, was the franchise's most spectacular and acclaimed action sequence. Bruce Willis appeared as the original G.I.
Joe, General Joseph Colton. The film earned $375 million worldwide on a $130 million budget. The introduction of Dwayne Johnson as the franchise's new lead, replacing Channing Tatum's Duke who was killed off early in the film, brought box office credibility and physical gravitas that the first installment had lacked.
