G.I. Joe: The Movie

G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987) is an animated feature you can watch online on iFILM. The G.I. Joe team squares off against Cobra one more time, except now something far older is pulling the strings behind the terrorists.

Rising from deep underground comes Cobra-La, a civilization of snake people that humankind drove below the surface eons ago. They want the planet back, and their plan is to seed the cities with spores that turn people into mindless primitives. The Joes scramble to stop it, dragging along a loudmouth rookie, Lieutenant Falcon, who still has to earn the word soldier. Actor Don Johnson lends him his voice.

This was the send-off for Sunbow's classic 1980s cartoon run: neon lasers, a gloriously deranged plot, a tidy lesson at the end of every reel. Pure nostalgia if you grew up on the VHS, and a strange little time capsule for everyone else. Stream G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987) online on iFILM.