Review: G. I. Joe: Resolute

This ain't your father's G. I. Joe!!!


This originally premiered on line as a series of webisodes, and it really is a great series which shows a different G. I. Joe then we have seen previously in animation. It premiered on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim last night. The story centers around the G. I. Joe team, led by Duke, battling the evil forces of Cobra, but there is a twist to this show-people actually die, and real bullets are shot from real guns. Snake-Eyes, the popular G. I. Joe commando/Ninja actually slices Cobra troopers like confetti, and people do actually get hit with bullets. It begins with a certain member of Cobra personnel who is found dead inside the Washington Memorial in the Nation's Capital, stabbed and gutted by the evil Cobra Commander, who has a particle weapon which he uses to level Moscow as a demonstration of what will happen if the world is not turned over to him within 24 hours. The team mobilizes, with Snake-Eyes going to Japan and confronting his old fellow Martial-Arts student and former best friend Cobra Ninja Storm Shadow, and Duke and Scarlett going to Siberia to attempt to shut down the particle weapon. Another strike team goes to another location (Roadblock, Gung-Ho, Beach Head and Stalker), where they confront Destro and the Baroness to free some hostages. I will not give away too much more, but I really enjoyed this show, very well-done. It was more adult, with some strong language and some violence, prompting a TV-14 rating, and it is not really for kids under the age of 13. But us children of the '80's really appreciate this terrific show. Hope this turns into a regular series and not just a one-off. I give this a 4 1/2 out of 5 stars.