Paramount Home Entertainment, out now

Vengeance – or redemption?

When the GI Joe Origins movie finally hit cinemas – another scheduling casualty of the pandemic – my colleague Greg analysed it in some detail (you can read his review here), and I’m not going to rehearse his arguments here. The tale of how the rivalry between Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes grew, and the involvement of the Arashikage clan keeps you interested throughout its two hours, with plenty of well put together action sequences, some wry humour, and sufficient links back to the first two movies in terms of style and characters that it doesn’t feel like a total reboot. It plays well enough on a home system – inevitably some of the fight detail gets lost in the transition from a cinema screen to a TV, no matter how good – and you’ve got the advantage of subtitles for some of the buried dialogue.

The extras are okay, but a commentary would have been handy, with Enter Snake Eyes and A Deadly Ensemble the most informative. The backstory of Snake Eyes’ weapon Morning Light is given in animated form but don’t waste time on the deleted scenes – they’re presented without context, and really add nothing (you can see why the most visually impressive was removed – it would have slowed the climactic battle to a complete halt!)

Verdict: A decent addition to the GI Joe universe. 7/10

Paul Simpson

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