The Problems:
OMG. Mickey Rourke "Tattoos" the "ables" part on the end of stallone's "Expendables” back piece.... With no stencil... in all of 10 seconds.... and then Stallone just puts a shirt on over it.... WTF? Mr. Stallone. You directed, produce, wrote and starred in this film. YOU HAVE TATTOOS. You should know that what you just tried to sell me as an authentic tattoo session was so bogus I just can’t even talk about it. There was no attempt at making it feel real.
I didn't think the Lacy storyline was necessary at all. Like. What the heck was she even there for? Just to get beat up? I know, it was to give Statham’s character depth or whatever but she felt like filler that they ran out of time to make relevant. There was no real resolution to her in the plot. She was just there as like... their token romance? Since the whole Sandra thing didn't have a chance of working out. And I know she's in the next one, but still.
What I liked:
I was really happy that Stallone wasn’t some badass that took Steve Austin to school, because let’s face it, Sly’s not the ripest peach on the tree. So, when it comes down to their fight, I was very happy to see Stallone have his ass handed to him. Not because I want evil to prevail, but I’m glad to see he didn’t write himself a part that was unrealistic simply for vanity’s sake.
And that’s probably one of the things that makes this a good movie, the fact that it doesn’t try to be more than it is. It’s an action movie, with more action stars than you’re like to see in a long while (or, you know, until the sequel), and it doesn’t waste time trying to be more. It’s a simple plot, with a lot of shoot em up/blow shit up/save the day antics. And that works for this movie.
Run Time: 103 Minutes
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