Mr. Church: Only thing you need to know is the job's real, and the money's real. "Every movie has hero. This one has them all."Despite not believing The Expendables would be any good, I still felt compelled, as a guy, to watch it. This is one of those movies that guys just feel the need to watch. Why? I don't know,
because it really sucks. Basically this is just an excuse for Stallone to get together a bunch of well known action stars and throw them into one movie. Most of the stars aren't that good and most of them never were. Dolph Lundgren, Steve Austen, and Terry Crews aren't what I think of when I think about good actors. The movies populated with mostly bad actors, with a few decent ones(Statham, Roberts, Stallone) and only one really good one(Rourke). The cameo appearances by Schwarzenegger and Willis in the same scene was pretty cool though. As you would expect from a Stallone written and directed movie, it's nonstop action and violence. There's blood spraying everywhere, knives flying around, and a constant echoing of bullet fire. The film is also lifeless and dull. The stylized violence isn't cool or fun to watch at all. Mostly because we've seen it a million times and we've seen it done much, much better than this. The Expendables is a big mess of an action film. It's all forgettable crap. I'm sad to see that there's going to be a sequel. I'm even sadder because I know I'm going to end up watching it.
February 4, 2012
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