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Directed by | Dale Carman |
Written by | Garfield Reeves-Stevens Judith Reeves-Stevens |
Produced by | Daley Miller Steve Drucker |
Starring | John Payne Lisa Ann Beley Michael Dobson Scott McNeil |
Music by | John Hunter |
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Distributed by | Paramount Home Entertainment |
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Running time | 77 minutes [1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom is a 2004 American computer-animated military science fiction action film. The film is a sequel to G.I. Joe: Spy Troops (2003). It was released in 2004 by Reel FX Creative Studios and distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment. Like Spy Troops, the film was written around the theme of the toys released that year. In this case, it was Valor vs. Venom which introduced a new villain group, Cobra’s V-Troops. [2] most of the vocie actors reprised their roles, with new editions including Kevin Ohtsji as Kamakura and Slice, Brian Drummond as Slash and The President, Andy Toth as Dusty (replacing Alessandro Juliani), Venus Terzo as Jinx, Frank Salazar as Venomous Maximus, Trevor Devall as Wild Weasel and Lee Tockar as Beach Head (replacing Matt Hill).
Some time after Spy Troops, Cobra sends drones to the local zoo to take DNA from the alpha predators. G.I. Joe is called in by the zoo's vet, finding a tranquilizer dart left behind. Snake-Eyes grants his students Kamakara and Jinx swords for completing their training; though Kamakara's blade refuses to be drawn unless he is in the right mindset. At the same time the Joe's senior member, General Hawk is captured by Destro and the Baroness. At Cobra's arctic base, Doctor Mindbender reveals Cobra Commander's latest scheme: mutate (or "Venomize") humans into animalistic brainwashed troopers. But they need a good general; hence Hawk's abduction for the full Venomization process.
The Joes track down the base, just as Cobra Commander blasts Hawk with a DNA mixture; however it fails, due to the full process being incomplete. Cyborg commander of the B.A.T.s, Overkill, uses a device to scrabble Hawk's DNA with the samples, causing him to transform into "Venomous Maximus"; suppressing Hawk's memory. The Joes retreat after failing to bring Hawk back to his senses. However, Maximus is proving resistant to Cobra Commander's mind control scepter; a side-effect Mindbender warned could happen if too much alpha animal DNA was used.
Cobra relocates to a missile launching facility recently stolen from the Joe's by Slash and Slice's army of B.A.T.s and Venoms. Maximus strikes a partnership with Overkill, promising to reward him with equality and respect when he takes over Cobra. The Joes launch an attack to take back the base, having developed an antidote to cure the Venoms; forcing Maximus to mutiny earlier. Mindbender, not wanting the world to devolve under Maximus's animalistic rule, helps the Joes trap him in a magnetic field to assist the antidote in curing him. It doesn't work, until Cobra Commander attempts to kill Maximus and Duke with a missile.
The impact against the magnetic field sends the missile backwards into the base; at the same time curing Hawk. To Cobra Commander's exasperation, this starts a loop of missiles backfiring into the base, which buries Overkill and allows Mindbender and the rest of Cobra to escape. Captured by the Joes, Cobra Commander attempts to bribe his way out of custody, only to be shot down by the annoyed heroes.
Actor | Role |
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John Payne | Duke |
Michael Dobson | Cobra Commander |
Mark Hildreth | Hi-Tech |
Joseph May | Dr. Link Talbot |
Venus Terzo | Jinx |
Kevin Ohtsji | Kamakura, Slice |
Jim Foronda | Doctor Mindbender |
Andy Toth | Dusty |
Doron Bell Jr. | Tunnel Rat |
Brian Dobson | Flint |
Frank Salazar | Venomous Maximus |
Scott McNeil | Destro, Gung-Ho |
Lisa Ann Beley | Scarlett |
Phil Hayes | Hawk, Torpedo, Wet Suit |
Blu Mankuma | Heavy Duty |
Colin Murdock | Overkill |
Lee Tockar | Shipwreck, Beach Head |
Teryl Rothery | Baroness |
Ty Olsson | Storm Shadow |
Peter Kelamis | Polly |
Brian Drummond | Slash, President |
Don S. Davis | Wild Bill |
Louis Chirillo | Frostbite |
Alistair Abell | Ace |
Trevor Devall | Wild Weasel |
Hasbro also released a Valor vs. Venom toyline in 2004, to correspond with the characters from the movie. A second wave of Valor vs. Venom figures was released in 2005.
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