Veteran film composer
Alan Silvestri
(
Back to the Future
,
Forrest Gump
The Abyss
) lent his considerable chops to director
Stephen Sommers
' live action rendering of popular '80s cartoon
G.I. Joe
, taking a cue from his work on campy action films like
Delta Force
The Mummy
, and
Predator
.
Silvestri
breaks little ground on
G.I Joe
, employing enough "orchestral bombast peppered with military marches" to give
Michael Bay
-puppet
Hans Zimmer
a run for his money, but if 70 minutes of dependable, by-the-book action music (imagine watching the opening titles for the
A-Team
for an hour-and-a-half) is the tonic that gets your blood pumping, then
G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra
will definitely put hair on (or back on) your chest. ~ James Christopher Monger