Went to see this last night and must say I had a fair expectation of what to expect and the movie delivered just that. No real suprises, but I left the theatre happy, satisfied that what I went to see was served up to order!
So what did I expect? Well the cast tells its own tale with most of the mainstream action heroes involved in some capacity or other; in fact the game was one of spot the faces that are not there rather than the ones who were. The plot was nothing we've not seen before, nor were the characters or their simplistic motivations or tepid emotional displays. But it was an action fest and if you liked Rambo and Transporter and their ilk this is the whopper you've been waiting for.
Its played for laughs in the most part and is very much a Sgt. Rock, comic strip type caper with mass slaughter of an army of bad guys in a luscious and elaborate dance of violence which is so over the top, it loses any meaning pretty quickly, however there are still excesses for even the most graphic of tastes, plus the corny lines and the one scene with Arnie, Bruce and Sly.... tho' don't expect too much!
I had fun tho' and left the cinema satisfied that good had triumphed over evil even if the good guys were a bit out there and well past their prime or indeed their bed time! Good possibilities for a sequel..........
The Expendables
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The Expendables
"Winston, if you were my husband I'd give you poison" ................ "Madam, if you were my wife I would drink it!"
"Terrorism is war by the poor, and war is terrorism by the rich"
"A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well."
"The opposite of pro-life isn't pro-death. Y'know?"
"What if the Hokey Cokey really is what its all about?"
"Terrorism is war by the poor, and war is terrorism by the rich"
"A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well."
"The opposite of pro-life isn't pro-death. Y'know?"
"What if the Hokey Cokey really is what its all about?"
Great fun. Gotta love a movie that delivers the goods like this. It's got virtually no depth, but it's a great time.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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