Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (or simply Snake Eyes) is a 2021 American superhero film[6][7] directed by Robert Schwentke from a screenplay by Evan Spiliotopoulos, Joe Shrapnel, and Anna Waterhouse. Based on Hasbro's G.I. Joe characters, the film serves as an origin story for the title character, created by Larry Hama, in addition to being a reboot of the G.I. Joe film series. The film stars Henry Golding as Snake Eyes, with Andrew Koji, Úrsula Corberó, Samara Weaving, Haruka Abe, Takehiro Hira, and Iko Uwais in supporting roles.
The project was first announced in May 2018, with Golding being cast in the titular role in August 2019 and the rest of the cast joining in subsequent months. After initial filming took place in Vancouver and Japan from October 2019 to February 2020, reshoots took place in March 2021.
Snake Eyes was theatrically released in the United States on July 22, 2021, by Paramount Pictures. The film received mostly negative reviews from critics,[8] who criticized the writing, editing and direction of the action scenes, but praised the performances and production values. The film was considered a box-office bomb, grossing $40 million worldwide against an $88 million budget and a $160–175 million break-even point.
Plot[]
Living on the run, a young boy and his father are found by their sinister pursuers. Forced to roll dice to determine his fate, the father is murdered after rolling double ones, but his son escapes.
Twenty years later, the boy has adopted the name "Snake Eyes" and is discovered by Yakuza boss Kenta Takamura, competing in an underground fighting circuit. With the promise of help finding his father's killer, he agrees to join Kenta's criminal organization, and is asked to execute a man who infiltrated the gang, but helps him escape instead.
The man is Kenta's cousin Tommy, who reveals that they were both in line to lead the Arashikage clan, an ancient ninja society. Banished after trying to have Tommy killed, Kenta still seeks control of the clan. Grateful to Snake Eyes, Tommy brings him to his family's dōjō in Tokyo to be initiated. Tommy's grandmother Sen, the clan's current leader, agrees to let Snake Eyes undergo three trials to prove his worth.
In his first test, Snake Eyes is unable to seize a bowl of water from the clan's Hard Master; realizing this is a test of humility, he succeeds by respectfully asking instead. Unbeknownst to the clan, Snake Eyes has been tasked by Kenta with betraying Tommy; their escape was staged to allow Snake Eyes to win Tommy's trust, and to steal the clan’s sacred "Jewel of the Sun".
The clan’s head of security, Akiko, distrusts Snake Eyes, but he accompanies her and Tommy on a raid of Kenta's gang. They learn through an ally, Major Scarlett O'Hara, that Kenta is allied with the terrorist organization Cobra. Snake Eyes confronts Kenta and his Cobra liaison, the Baroness, who warns that stealing the jewel is the only way they will lead him to his father's killer.
The clan's Blind Master administers Snake Eyes' second test, a vision of his father, and he bonds with Akiko after telling her about his father’s death. For his final trial, he faces the clan's gigantic, sacred anacondas. Sensing he is not truly pure of heart, the snakes attack, but he is saved by Akiko. Snake Eyes conceals his deception, but is expelled from the clan. He bids farewell to Tommy as blood brothers, but breaks into the clan’s temple that night, subduing Akiko and stealing the jewel.
He delivers it to Kenta, who agrees to give it to Cobra once he has used it to take over the Arashikage. Snake Eyes receives his reward — his father's killer, a former Cobra agent — and forces him to roll his own dice, but spares his life and returns to warn the Arashikage. Tommy puts aside his anger when Snake Eyes comes to his aid, as Kenta uses the jewel's fiery magical powers to lay waste to the dōjō. Scarlett arrives to fight off Kenta’s men, but she and Sen are captured.
A power-hungry Kenta refuses to hand over the jewel, prompting the Baroness to agree to a temporary alliance with Scarlett and the clan. With his men defeated, Kenta loses the jewel to Tommy, who tries to use its power to kill him. Kenta escapes, but Snake Eyes traps them both in the anaconda pit, where Kenta is devoured. The snakes now judge Snake Eyes as pure of heart, worthy of joining the clan.
Sen strips Tommy of his birthright for breaking the family's vow never to use the jewel. Forsaking the clan and blaming Snake Eyes, Tommy vows to kill him should they ever meet again. As Snake Eyes sets out to find him, Akiko gives him a black outfit and helmet, and Scarlett informs Snake Eyes that his father was a member of international peacekeeping organization, G.I. Joe, and invites him to become a fellow Joe. In a mid-credits scene, the Baroness invites Tommy to join Cobra, and he declares a new name for himself: "Storm Shadow".
Cast[]
- Henry Golding as Snake Eyes:
A lone fighter with a mysterious past, known only as "Snake Eyes", who is recruited into the secretive Clan Arashikage.[9] The events of the film portray the character prior to becoming the heroic masked agent of the G.I. Joe organization. The character was drastically changed to accommodate a new background, motivation and ethnicity. Max Archibald plays the young Snake Eyes. - Andrew Koji as Tomisaburo "Tommy" Arashikage / Storm Shadow:
A skilled member and the heir of the Arashikage clan, and Snake Eyes' friend and brother-in-arms; who will eventually become his archenemy.[9] - Úrsula Corberó as Ana DeCobray / Baroness:
An elite operative at Cobra, a terrorist organization, who is second only to Cobra Commander.[9] - Samara Weaving as Major O'Hara / Scarlett: An elite agent and Army Major in G.I. Joe and ally of the Arashikage clan.[9]
- Haruka Abe as Akiko:
The Arashikage clan's head of security; who forges a deep tie to Snake Eyes.[9] - Takehiro Hira as Kenta Takamura:
Tommy's cousin, a member of Cobra; who seeks control of the Arashikage clan.[9] - Iko Uwais as Hard Master:
A formidable mentor of the Arashikage clan and the uncle of Tommy.[9] - Peter Mensah as Blind Master:
A blind mentor of the Arashikage clan.[9] - Eri Ishida as Sen:[10]
The leader of Clan Arashikage, and grandmother of Tommy. - Steven Allerick as Snake Eyes' father
- Samuel Finzi as Mr. Augustine
- James Hiroyuki Liao as Yasuzo
- Mojo Rawley as Bruiser Streetfighter
- Max Archibalo as Young Snake Eyes
- Simon Chin as Hama
Production[]
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Release[]
Snake Eyes was released on July 23, 2021, in Dolby Cinema and IMAX.[11] It was originally scheduled for release on March 27, 2020,[12] before being delayed to October 16,[13] and then a week later to October 23.[14] The film was then removed from the release schedule on July 27, due to nationwide theater closures in the United States in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[15] Paramount later rescheduled the film for October 22, 2021, before it was moved up to July 23.[16][17][18]
Home media[]
The film received a digital release on August 17, 2021, and was released on Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray and DVD on October 19 by Paramount Home Entertainment.
Reception[]
Box office[]
Snake Eyes grossed $28.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $11.8 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $40.1 million.[4] With a production budget of at least $88 million, the film will need to gross $160–175 million in order to break-even.[19]
In the United States and Canada, Snake Eyes was released alongside Old and Joe Bell, and was projected to gross around $15 million from 3,521 theaters in its opening weekend.[2][20] The film made $5.5 million on its first day, including $1.4 million from Thursday night previews. It went on to debut to $13.4 million, finishing second at the box office, behind Old.[3] The opening weekend, while in-line with projections, was deemed disappointing given the film's expensive production and promotional costs, and blamed on the ongoing pandemic, lukewarm critical reviews, and audiences being more selective of what films they were seeing in theaters than in a normal marketplace.[19] The film fell 70% to $4 million in its sophomore weekend, finishing seventh, then made $1.6 million in its third weekend, dropping to eighth.[21][22]
Critical response[]
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Future[]
In May 2020, a follow-up film was announced to be in development, with a script co-written by Shrapnel and Waterhouse. di Bonaventura will return as producer, while the project will be a joint-venture production between Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Entertainment One and di Bonaventura Pictures.[23] With the financial failure of the film, the status of the follow-up is now unknown.
References[]
- ↑ [TBA Samara Weaving Joining Henry Golding in G.I. Joe Spinoff 'Snake Eyes'] (October 14, 2019).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rubin, Rebecca (July 21, 2021). [TBA Can 'Space Jam' Dunk on M. Night Shyamalan's 'Old' and 'Snake Eyes' at the Box Office?].
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 D'Alessandro, Anthony (July 25, 2021). [TBA Box Office Drops With 'Old', 'Snake Eyes', 'Black Widow' & 'Space Jam 2': But Is Delta Variant Or Dynamic Windows To Blame?].
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- ↑ Dela Paz, Maggie (August 11, 2020). [TBA Snake Eyes: Henry Golding Says G.I. Joe Spinoff is a Different Kind of Superhero Film].
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- ↑ [TBA Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins: Eri Ishida On What Attracted Her To The Project] (2021-06-19).
- ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (April 9, 2021). [TBA 'Snakes Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins' Moves Up To Summer].
- ↑ [TBA Paramount Sets 'G.I. Joe,' 'Dungeons & Dragons' Release Dates] (en) (December 18, 2017).
- ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (2019-06-07). [TBA 'G.I. Joe' & 'Micronauts' Both Pushed Later On Release Schedule By Paramount] (en).
- ↑ [TBA 'Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins' Production Begins in Japan with a Special Ceremony] (January 10, 2020).
- ↑ [TBA Hasbro Posts Quarterly Loss as Pandemic Hits eOne] (en) (July 27, 2020).
- ↑ [TBA Paramount Pushes 'GI Joe' Movie Spinoff 'Snake Eyes' to October 2021] (en-US) (2020-08-29).
- ↑ LeBlanc, Wesley (29 August 2020). [TBA Snake Eyes Delayed to 2021].
- ↑ Anderton, Ethan (August 29, 2020). [TBA Paramount Sets Release Dates for 'Snake Eyes', New 'Scream' and 'Paranormal Activity' Movies & More].
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Rubin, Rebecca (July 25, 2021). [TBA Why 'Snake Eyes' Missed Its Mark at the Box Office — and What It Means for the 'G.I. Joe' Franchise].
- ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (July 21, 2021). [TBA 'Snake Eyes' & M. Night Shyamalan's 'Old' In Cage Match At Weekend Box Office].
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|url=value (help). Variety. Retrieved August 1, 2021. - ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (August 7, 2021). [TBA 'The Suicide Squad' Takes In $12M+ On Friday, Under 'Birds Of Prey' Opening Day].
- ↑ Borys Kit (May 1, 2020). [TBA New G.I. Joe Movie in the Works With 'Seberg' Writers (Exclusive)].
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