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To celebrate the release of G.I. Joe: Retaliation on DVD and Blu Ray, our good friends at Paramount have supplied us with 5x copies of G.I Joe: Retaliation on Blu Ray and 1x 320GB G.I Joe branded external hard drive. One lucky winner will win a copy of the film on glorious HD Blu Ray AND the hard drive while 4 runners up will win a copy of the film on Blu Ray. A follow-up to the 2009 release of G.I. Joe: Rise Of The Cobra, in this sequel, the G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence. G.I. Joe: Retaliation available on Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital August 14. All you have to do is fill out the form below and you're in the running. Don't forget, you can score yourself an extra entry just by  following us on Twitter  or  liking us on Facebook!

Certain films demand to be watched on Blu Ray and generally, they're not exactly high art. G.I. Joe: Retaliation is such a film. Sure, it's may not be a "thinking man's film" but it looks and sounds fantastic. Sure, it has a touch of the Michael Bay's about it but none of the douchebaggery that would ordinarily accompany such a film... apart from a handful of Transformers inspired sound effects. Duke (Channing Tatum) and Roadblock (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) lead a team of Joe's on a tactical strike in Pakistan. After securing a cache of nuclear warheads all hell breaks loose which turns this paint by numbers movie into an action packed revenge flick.

I'm not entirely sure what PR people mean by the term sizzle but it makes me think of food and I like food! Regardless, we've just received these new clips for the upcoming GI Joe: Retaliation. Sure, the first film was so-so but from what we've seen so far, Retaliation looks like it's going to be a whole lot of fun. Stay tuned in coming weeks for Stu's review of the film and follow on after the jump for a fistful of new clips.

G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra wasn't very well received when released in 2009, and it's difficult to assess whether G.I Joe: Retaliation will fare any better and the appointment of Step Up 2 and Justin Bieber: Never Say Never director, Jon Chu, does little to instil confidence. That said, the very same man has also been tapped to bring 80's kid favourite HE-MAN back to the big screen so perhaps the studios know something that we punters do not. Hopefully, the larger and more experienced cast are a sign of good things to come. So, does this all new poster excite?

So, maybe it's not really anime but it is certainly something that anime fans would be interested in. Madman have announced that they have secured a distribution deal with Hasbro Studios meaning that we will have a local release of Transformers: Prime in June this year. Last week on a Qantas flight I managed to watch 2 episodes of Transformers: Prime and I've gotta say, I'm excited for more!  Check out the full press release after the jump!