G.I. Joe: Retaliation
G.I. Joe: Retaliation is a 2013 American military science fiction action film directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, based on Hasbro's "G.I. Joe" toy, comic, and media franchise.
It is the second film in the "G.I. Joe" film series, and is a sequel to 2009's , while also serving as a soft reboot of the franchise. "
G.I. Joe: Retaliation" features an ensemble cast with Byung-hun Lee, Ray Park, Jonathan Pryce, Arnold Vosloo, and Channing Tatum reprising their roles from the first film.
Luke Bracey and Robert Baker take over the role of Cobra Commander, replacing Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Dwayne Johnson, D. J. Cotrona, Adrianne Palicki, Ray Stevenson, and Bruce Willis round out the principal cast.
In the film, with Cobra operative Zartan still impersonating the President of the United States, the terrorist organization is able to frame the Joes as traitors, and have them nearly annihilated in an airstrike.
Cobra Commander places the world leaders under Cobra's control, and gains access to their advanced warheads.
Outnumbered and outgunned, the surviving Joes form a plan with the original G.I. Joe, General Joseph Colton, to overthrow the Cobra Commander and his allies.
Originally slated for release in June 2012, the film was delayed in order to convert to 3D and boost interest in international markets.
It was released in North America on March 28, 2013 to a polarized critical reaction; the plot and dialogue were subject to criticism, but the entertainment value, direction, acting, action sequences and Henry Jackman's musical score were praised.
It was a commercial success, outgrossing its predecessor and earning over $378 million worldwide against a budget of $130–155 million.
Jon M. Chu
Jonathan Murray Chu( born November 2, 1979) is an American filmmaker.
He has directed the films," Step Up 3D", Hasbro franchises" Jem and the Holograms" and, and the romantic comedy" Crazy Rich Asians".
Chu is an alumnus of the University of Southern California School of Cinema- Television.
There, he won the Princess Grace Award, the Dore Schary Award presented by the Anti-Defamation League, the Jack Nicholson directing award, and was recognized as an honoree for the IFP/ West program Project: Involve.
A Fight to the Finish
A Fight to the Finish is a 1937 American drama film, directed by Charles C. Coleman.
It stars Don Terry, Rosalind Keith, and Ward Bond.
Charles C. Coleman (director)
Charles Clifford Coleman( December 29, 1901 – May 25, 1972) was an American film director.
Although as a full director he only generally directed 1930s B-films( often credited as C.C. Coleman Jr.), it was an assistant director he was most prolific.
As assistant director he worked on some of the biggest and most acclaimed pictures of the Golden Hollywood era, and was a frequent collaborator with Billy Wilder.
Among his credits as assistant director are" Twentieth Century"( 1934)," Mr Deeds Goes to Town"( 1936)," Lost Horizon"( 1937)," Holiday Inn"( 1942)," Five Graves to Cairo"( 1943)," Double Indemnity"( 1944)," The Blue Dahlia"( 1946)," The Heiress"( 1949)," Sunset Boulevard Ace in the Hole"( 1951)," A Place in the Sun"( 1951)," Stalag 17"( 1954)," Sabrina"( 1954)," The Spirit of St. Louis"( 1957)," Vertigo"( 1958), and" Hud"( 1963).
Ivan Pershin
Ivan Vasilevich Pershin( born 25 January 1980) is a Russian judoka.
He was born in Arkhangelsk.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics he was eliminated in the semifinals of the 90 kg competition after losing his fight to the upcoming gold medalist Irakli Tsirekidze.
And he lost the following bronze medal fight to Sergei Aschwanden.
A Fight to the Finish (1925 film)
A Fight to the Finish is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring William Fairbanks, Phyllis Haver and Tom Ricketts.
William Henry (actor)
William Albert Henry( November 10, 1914 – August 10, 1982) was an American actor who worked in both films and television.
Matt Corboy
Matt Corboy( born June 4, 1973) is an American actor.
He has appeared in both films and television series.
I Want Your Love (film)
I Want Your
Love is the title of both a 2010 short film and a 2012 feature- length film.
Both films were directed and written by Travis Mathews.
The drama films both revolve around the friends and ex-lovers of Jesse Metzger, a gay man in his mid-thirties who is forced to move back to his hometown from San Francisco due to financial reasons.
The actors' own names, along with much of their real- life stories, were used for their characters in both films, which features graphic sexual scenes.
The production of both films was aided by the gay pornographic studio NakedSword.
This led to the full- length film being refused exemption from classification, which would have allowed it to screen at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a decision to which actor James Franco( who invited Mathews to collaborate on Franco's film" Interior. Leather Bar.") reacted negatively.
Matt Beckett
Matt Beckett( born 13 July 1973) is a Welsh former- professional cyclist who was born in Lancaster.
He represented Wales in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.
He was briefly one of the directors of Welsh Cycling in 2006.

Question: Are the directors of both films A Fight To The Finish and G.I. Joe: Retaliation from the same country?
Answer: yes