 The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 28 % approval rating with an average rating of 4 @.@ 5 / 10 based on 161 reviews . The website 's consensus reads , " Though arguably superior to its predecessor , G.I. Joe : Retaliation is overwhelmed by its nonstop action and too nonsensical and vapid to leave a lasting impression . " At Metacritic , which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics , the film has received an average score of 41 % , indicating " mixed or average reviews " , based on 31 critics , which was higher than the first film 's 32 % average score . 
 The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 28 % approval rating with an average rating of 4 @.@ 5 / 10 based on 161 reviews . The website <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>consensus <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>reads</mark></a> , " Though arguably superior to its predecessor , G.I. Joe : Retaliation is overwhelmed by its nonstop action and too nonsensical and vapid to leave a lasting impression . " At Metacritic , which <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>assigns</mark></a> a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics , the film <a href='been_done' title='4'><mark>has</mark></a> received an average score of 41 % , indicating " mixed or average reviews " , based on 31 critics , which was higher than the first film <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>32 % average score . 
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 28 % approval rating with an average rating of 4 @.@ 5 / 10 based on 161 reviews . The website  consensus read , " Though arguably superior to its predecessor , G.I. Joe : Retaliation is overwhelmed by its nonstop action and too nonsensical and vapid to leave a lasting impression . " At Metacritic , which assign a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics , the film done received an average score of 41 % , indicating " mixed or average reviews " , based on 31 critics , which was higher den the first film  32 % average score .