And here is the end of the trilogy of mercenary movies; this time now with Sly Stallone. The Expendables has been coming for a couple of years now and there was no chance that it could live up to the hype. I will applaud it for taking advantage of the R rating and actually being a violent mercenary movie.
The Expendables is all about checking off all the fun names populating the cast. Stallone took his ridiculously juiced body to the next level to prove his manliness because that matters in a movie. He was Stallone … what else do you want me to say? The second name on the poster was Jason Statham and he was very much Jason Statham here. You get all the usual stuff that he is good at so no complaints. Poor Jet Li gets third billing and he barely even gets to do anything. Stay away from America; it’s no good for you. If Jet was a disappointment, Dolph Lundgren needs his own spinoff. He was awesome in every single second he was on the screen. The main villain was Eric Roberts and he has perfected this character over decades of work. Its been a awhile now, but Stone Cold finally got a decent role. Yeah he was just the lead henchman and only spoke a few lines of dialogue but it worked for this movie. I want more Steve Austin in the next decade of action movies. They got the cast right and left room for the missing action names for a sequel.
Was there a plot? I’m sure they gave of us some reason why a handful of guys needed to kill hundreds of guys in a climatic battle. Something involving the CIA, drugs, and a fake island nation … pretty much the usual nonsense. Who cares? Shit is blowing up everywhere.
I've already thought about this movie way too much. The Expendables was exactly what it was supposed to be; an over-the-top violent movie with action stars all over the place. I have no problem with a sequel happening down the road.
6 out of 10
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