Movie - The Expendables (2010)

Well, I went to watch this movie without and hope for the storyline and high expectation on the action. And I got what I came for. This movie is filled with more explosions than any other movie before it times 2 (sorta). I felt that what appeared to be one of the poorest, most predictable plot was forgiven by the sufficient amount of action scenes.

For this review, ill be a bit more thorough to cover a few aspects:

Acting:

Well, to be honest, i felt kind of annoyed that the movie decided to squeeze one too many Hollywood 'heavyweights' into one movie. The fact that The Governor only had 10 minutes of movie time (and it was possibly the worst 10 minutes in any movie, even by his standards) filled with weak lines was appalling. And Bruce Willis was not even necessary for the movie, with just a couple of lines.




Mickey Rourke though, despite limited on-screen time, played out his character rather well - giving a whole different character from Whiplash - .

Couture and Crews were extras at best, but did well to add a little more oomph to the movie. Crews in particular added the typical black-man with big-guns kind of feel.

Mr. Stone Cold's acting was very very disappointing, with not even the slightest hint of talent in acting for the rattlesnake. Perhaps his impact wrestling as Stone Cold overwhelmed his character's display to the audience. Also, most of his fight scenes involved, in one way or another, wrestling moves. Have to give him credit though for trying. And the other 'bad' guys weren't impressive as well.


The three main character (Li, Statham and Stallone) were good. Li's martial arts moves never fails to impress, with speed the likes of a wild cat (LOL). Stallone played an all-muscle typical-hero character; probably could have done better with the emotions but all in all a good performance. My favourite was Statham. Loved the way he fought and killed with his blades and his acting was arguably the best in the movie.




6.5/10 - Overall

Action:

In my opinion, the action scenes were sufficient. Not so much gore but just enough. Not too violent but still pretty bad-ass. Not much complaints in this department. Good ol' mindless violence is the key to all action movies (...well, not always).



7.5/10 - Overall

Plot:

Predictable and boring.



5/10 - Overall

VERDICT:

- A movie worth watching, but ONLY for its action scenes and pure bad-assery. Not for those who want an intellectually challenging movie or just a movie with a good plot. Rating: 6/10 - this is not an average.