Earlier today, I went to my local AMC theater to watch the G.I. Joe prequel Snake Eyes. This film was intriguing in that it obviously told the tale of how the Joes' heroic black-clad ninja (played by Henry Golding) came to be, and the start of his rivalry with a warrior who once considered him as his brother: Cobra's Storm Shadow (portrayed by Andrew Koji).
Snake Eyes had lots of cool action sequences in it, though of some of them were marred by shaky handheld camera work that you would see in a Jason Bourne film and definitely a Michael Bay flick. On the plus side though, Snake Eyes didn't have overblown computer-generated effects like 2009's G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra did.
Spoilers Ahead: We do not see how Snake Eyes lost his ability to talk in this movie, but the seeds are planted in regards to him forming a bond with Scarlett (Samara Weaving) and how Storm Shadow became his chief adversary.
If a sequel to Snake Eyes is made, then it's safe to assume that we'll watch as the ninja gets his vocal cords damaged...and witness his disfigurement (both in a helicopter explosion, presumably) as revealed in G.I. Joe canon. No sense for Paramount Pictures to hire a charismatic actor like Golding for the lead role if he becomes unrecognizable by the end of the first movie; I hope Snake Eyes 2 gets made to finish the story of this shadowy warrior. Carry on.
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