For all of you out there who love 80's action movies, like me, this is one kick ass film. Staring every action star of the past few decades, this film surges with testosterone and sweat. If guys beating the hell out of one another is not your thing, stay Far Far away from this energized flick.
The plot is typical of the genre with a paint by numbers plot involving Stallone's Barney as the leader of a merc group, The Expendables. With him are Gunner (Lundgren) as a messed up junkie, Lee(Statham), the knife expert, Yin Yang (Jet Li), Toll Road (Randy Couture), and Hale (Crews). Hired by Bruce Willis, with Swartzenegger in a juicy cameo as a fellow merc and adversary, to take out a small Island nation that has been overrun by narco terrorists led by Dexter's David Zayas with the help of a rouge CIA agent (Eric Roberts) and his bond like henchman Stone Cole Steve Austin. Newcomer Giselle Itie does well as the General's rebel daughter and Charisma Carpenter has some good scenes as Lee's abused ex girlfriend.
Let's be frank. This movie is basically guys beating the holy hell out of each other for two hours. See Lundrgen fight Li. See Stallone fight Stone Cold. And so on. Everyone fights everyone. It's awesome. The only real quibble is the use of CGI blood. Stop it Hollywood it still looks fake. A great time if you like these movies.
3 AND 1/2 STARS OUT OF FIVE
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