Meanwhile, Snake Eyes' own mission has both Cobra operatives acting behind the scenes and a member of G.I.

However, while doing his best to pass the rigorous training regimen of Blind Master and Hard Master, respectively played by Peter Mensah and Iko Uwais of The Raid movies, Snake Eyes hasn't been completely forthcoming with Tommy about his true intentions. RELATED: Snake Eyes Movie New Cast & Returning G.I. After saving Tommy's life during a Yakuza standoff, Snake Eyes is brought into the fold of the clan Arashikage, with Tommy taking him under his wing as Snake Eyes undergoes a series of tests to earn full membership among the shadowy band of ninja warriors. Joe opens in theaters on July 23.The movie sees Henry Golding as Snake Eyes, a young man competing in underground fights when fate leads him to cross paths with Thomas Arashikage, played by Warrior's Andrew Koji. Or, as Golding himself put it, “we need to be able to see that in his eyes and, wearing a mask, sometimes we just aren't able to put that across.” So you can bet the film is about how Snake Eyes became the guy everyone remembers from G.I. (When he became its hero, in the Star Wars prequels, he only put on his Vader costume in the last film’s final scenes.) It’s almost impossible for an audience to relate to a person they can’t see and hear. (He also had molded lips on his mask, which was kinda weird.)ĭarth Vader keeps his mask on until Return of the Jedi - but he’s the villain of Star Wars, not the hero. But he was also just one of a bunch of different G.I. Joe movies (where he was played by Ray Park) and he didn’t take or show his face. Sure, Snake Eyes showed up in the other live-action G.I. On a very practical level, it would be awfully difficult to make an entire movie about a protagonist who never speaks and whose face is never seen. Who's to say we won't go the entire rest of the movies ? People complaining that, 'Ahh! We see his face!' Well, he didn't come out of his mother's belly with a mask on and whatnot. If we were to go the next 5 or 6 films with just his mask on, we all know who Snake Eyes is. Golding also implied that if Snake Eyes is a hit, this might be the last time we see his face onscreen as Snake Eyes.

The film, he notes, is“ the building of his background and the building of his true origin” and so “it was so important to set the standard and set the basis of. In an interview with ScreenRant, he explains why you’ll see Snake Eyes’ eyes (as well as his nose, lips, cheeks, and general facial area) in Snake Eyes. Before you push up your nerd glasses and write a sternly-worded email to your representative in Congress, hear Golding out.

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