The
Expendables tells the story of a group of mercenaries who are hired
to take on suicidal missions , one particular suicidal mission
includes them going into a foreign land and kill the dictator running
the place. But of course it doesn't matter about the plot, because
that isn't what is going to sell this movie, the selling point of the
movie is the huge cast of action stars. We have Stallone, Li,
Statham, Lundgren, Crews, Rourke, Austin, and we are promised Willis
and Schwarzenegger but they are little more than a cameo appearance.
This is of course a huge selling point, everyone is always going to
be excited with a cast like this, but it also works against the film,
there are too many characters in the film leaving it impossible to
develop all the characters, Jason Statham comes of as the best
developed character as we are able to delve into a little bit of his
personal life, Stallone has a little bit of character when we see him
interact with Tool (played by Mickey Rourke), Jet Li gets a few
scenes to develop and no time is left for the others. This doesn't
stop the fun of course, the action is amazing and there are a lot of
funny dialogue between the group. Terry Crews holds his own as a
action star although I much prefer him in comedy roles, Jet Li fits
into the group as the martial arts expert, Lundgren is as crazy as
ever and the villains are laughably cartoony.
All in all I
do recommend going out and seeing this movie, or at the very least
rent and watch it with a group of friends, the majority of friends I
watched it with enjoyed the movie (one friend was disappointed with
the lack of Arnie)
Danny@dragoose.co.uk
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