âG.I. Joeâ fans finally get an extended look behind the mask of their favorite ninja and, thank goodness, heâs Asian. If nothing else, the franchise would deserve serious credit for shrugging off the grand old tradition of cultural erasure; as a butter-on-your-popcorn bonus, âSnake Eyes: G.I. Joe Originsâ has some fun as well.
The resident ninja of the good-guy military unit known as the âJoes,â Snake Eyes has rarely been shown in the toy-comic-cartoon-movie franchise without his iconic black mask. On such occasions, he has been depicted as blond and blue-eyed . as one would imagine most ninjas to be? In the previous films, he was played by the brilliant physical performer Ray Park (best known as Darth Maul of âStar Warsâ) and âKickinâ Itâ star Leo Howard. Here, heâs played as an Asian American boy by Max Archibald (âThe 100â) and as a man by Henry Golding (the Malaysian British star of âCrazy Rich Asian
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