The Expendables studies washed-up, black-souled ex-marines who have known nothing but fighting wars all their life. With an all-star cast including Sly Stallone, Bruce Willis, and the first big screen return since becoming the governator-Arnold Shwarzeneger-we are caught within a simple plot: a fellow American is trying to exploit Mexicans. The expendables are therefore on another mission.
Directed by and starring Stalone, the Expendables is the most cliched, one-liner shoot 'em up of the year. Firmly heterosexual, below intelligent males will wallow in its trash. The rest of us will suffer the cringe-worthy dialogue and in the end be impressed by the action-packed explosives that never seem to stop. My favourite lines include: 'looking for a makeover pretty boy?', and 'Next time I bust all your balls' (after stabbing a fellow American's basketball which lies about his chest as he lays on the ground).
The Expendables is the most violent movie I have seen this year-and that's breaking some records. if you are not susceptible to gore I suggest you leave the cinema now. While its fight scenes and choreographed explosives are genuinely impressive, there are too many times (mostly in the first half) when too many Mexicans (working for the exploiter American) outnumber the Expendibles with too many guns-and yet the Expendables break every bone in their opponents body and possibly sever every artery and muscle along the ways. Sly must think more as a director.
The Expendables is a cliched script and very violent but it is enjoyable for those who enjoy the genre.
i seen this today and i loved it i wrote a review
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