Rating of
2/4
All muscle no glory
BryanFury - wrote on 08/14/10
I don't really know how start describing The Expendables. I think let me start by saying Stallone is an action star there's no doubt about that. But nowadays I'd be letting someone else do the writing and directing for this movie. There's quite a lot going on with the star studded cast but very little of what they actually did. Meaning having almost every heavy weighted action stars on board doesn't really give enough room for anyone to shine or be the best they can be. I mean for example I like Jason Statham in the Transporter he owns that movie. He kicks everyone's ass for a whole 90 minutes of it. But to shortened it to like 10 minutes is like reducing his on air kickass screen presence. The other ones which I didn't mention was like there for a little while, did some gun scenes and that's about it. Even Jet Li did a little martial art stint for 5 minutes and that' pretty e'fin short for his caliber. How can one juggle everything on a full plate it's just impossible. Stallone try do everything himself but in the end fell pretty darn short. Storyline wise failed yet again, maybe that's why Van Damme declined to actually joining in because there wasn't really anything to tell. Maybe if i was to rate this in a action only category I would have have given it 3 stars but there are a lot of elements in a movie that Expendables seem to have forgotten.
