Rating of
3/4
A lot of fun antonio steals the show
smeagol - wrote on 08/18/14
This 3rd movie of the franchise iincludes some young gun actors as well as some acting heavyweights in the form of harriosn ford and mel gibson and antonio banderous.as well as the returning from prison welsely snipes. along with the usual crew. as far as a cast is concerned you wont get much better.
This is a far better movie than the first 2, antoni banderious steals the show with his comic performance. its worth watching just for him. mel gibson reminds us what a great actor he is and gives the film some depth. harrison ford gets involved in some action and adds his star power. while the scenes with kelsey grammer ( frasier ) are very good and give the film that something that was missing before.
the story is basically the expendibles go up against a original expendible mel gibson who is now a war criminal arms dealer. the end battle is tanks and helicopters guns and brawn and motorbikes and is really good i thought.
its a fun entertaining enjoyable movie and its great to see so many great actors having fun and playing of eachother thats the real treat with these movies.
while the end fight scene between stallone and mel gibson should of been better and i really think they should be killing of some of the expendibles to make it more realistic , if no one dies how can you care or take it seriously. but they are small gripes for what is a lot of fun.
the pg rating some are moaning about but really it makes no difference. you dont miss any over the top blood or limbs flying you dont need that anyway for this kind of movie , its not rambo.
while the web leak may of ruined its takings i'm sure it should do well in europe where older actors are celebrated more. for me i enjoyed it a lot and think its a fun night out for afew hours.
after all what is the expendibles if not just the avengers without all the silly super powers. its real men doing it real style not a cloak or shield in sight.
no idea why some critics put these films down so much it must be a ageist thing. but i,ll take the fun of these movies with the best stars over silly turtle and thor movies anyday
