To begin with, the plot is just an incoherent mess. It's as if the producers said to the writers, "Come up with a story for an action film within an hour, or we will throw you into an old washing machine filled with flesh-eating cockroaches." All it is is just a huge excuse just to have 90 minutes of mindless and terribly chorographed action.
The plot follows Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) whom is the leader of a mercenary team called, "The Expendables." His team is called by Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) to go and destroy the ex-CIA agent whom is heavily assissting the governor leading his drug cartel through his fictional island. So, Barney and his right hand man and vice president of The Expendables, Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), go to recon the island. After running into trouble, they decide not to take on the mission, but Barney fell in love with their contact on the island and she happens to be the daughter of the evil governor. So, Barney predictably gets his mercenaries and go try to rescue the girl and destroy the drug cartel. Okay, so after Stallone actually rescues the girl, he leaves her there in her destroyed city (Yes, and 8 man mercenary team destroyed a city)! Like what the heck?! Although, the movie does have good action, you get guys ripped apart by bullets, heads and limbs severed, and so on. The story though just makes the action seem pointless and over all just plain bad. And just to make you even more frusturated they throw in a UFC fighter with terrible acting, a football player for no apparent reason, and Jet Li who can't even speak English. Now, for years the movie public has been waiting for Rambo, John McClane, and The Terminator to all be in the same movie, and that's what you get hear...for 5 minutes! Also, Arnold Schwartzenegger is only in a quarter of that five minutes. Bruce Willis stands there and looks like he's only there for money, while Stallone does most of the talking. So another thing they screwed up. So far we have the Story and Cameos, and I haven't even scratched the surface yet. Now for the characters. You have Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Mickey Rourke, Dolph Lundgren, Bruce Willis, Steve Austin, and Arnold. I already expressed what I had to about some of them. Now Dolph Lundgren, the original Punisher, over all a great action hero. He's another guy that's barley in a movie and he has a cliche death, and to top it off has bad dialogue that comes off as a dry, overall he's a lazy and lame character. Steve Austin, only says two lines throughout the whole move. "I wanna kill him" and some spanish word. I get it if you do not want to give a character things to say to make him seem tough and mysterious, and in fact he is the villians body guard, so you are expecting testosterone and strength. But what you get from him is the typical big, buff, and undestroyable guy fighting the weak main character (Stallone). That's okay, but it is terribly chorographed and at one point Austin jumps and flys across the room and head butts Stallone in the stomach forcing him back through a brick wall. Since WHEN does surpassing the Laws of Physics, and doing a physically impossible fight move entertainmen? I recommend this movie to nobody. I have barely finished on what I have to say, but then again this would be 3 pages long, so I am finished.
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The Expendables
This is the worst thing ever made by a human.
To begin with, the plot is just an incoherent mess. It's as if the producers said to the writers, "Come up with a story for an action film within an hour, or we will throw you into an old washing machine filled with flesh-eating cockroaches." All it is is just a huge excuse just to have 90 minutes of mindless and terribly chorographed action.
The plot follows Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) whom is the leader of a mercenary team called, "The Expendables." His team is called by Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) to go and destroy the ex-CIA agent whom is heavily assissting the governor leading his drug cartel through his fictional island. So, Barney and his right hand man and vice president of The Expendables, Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), go to recon the island. After running into trouble, they decide not to take on the mission, but Barney fell in love with their contact on the island and she happens to be the daughter of the evil governor. So, Barney predictably gets his mercenaries and go try to rescue the girl and destroy the drug cartel. Okay, so after Stallone actually rescues the girl, he leaves her there in her destroyed city (Yes, and 8 man mercenary team destroyed a city)! Like what the heck?! Although, the movie does have good action, you get guys ripped apart by bullets, heads and limbs severed, and so on. The story though just makes the action seem pointless and over all just plain bad. And just to make you even more frusturated they throw in a UFC fighter with terrible acting, a football player for no apparent reason, and Jet Li who can't even speak English. Now, for years the movie public has been waiting for Rambo, John McClane, and The Terminator to all be in the same movie, and that's what you get hear...for 5 minutes! Also, Arnold Schwartzenegger is only in a quarter of that five minutes. Bruce Willis stands there and looks like he's only there for money, while Stallone does most of the talking. So another thing they screwed up. So far we have the Story and Cameos, and I haven't even scratched the surface yet. Now for the characters. You have Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Mickey Rourke, Dolph Lundgren, Bruce Willis, Steve Austin, and Arnold. I already expressed what I had to about some of them. Now Dolph Lundgren, the original Punisher, over all a great action hero. He's another guy that's barley in a movie and he has a cliche death, and to top it off has bad dialogue that comes off as a dry, overall he's a lazy and lame character. Steve Austin, only says two lines throughout the whole move. "I wanna kill him" and some spanish word. I get it if you do not want to give a character things to say to make him seem tough and mysterious, and in fact he is the villians body guard, so you are expecting testosterone and strength. But what you get from him is the typical big, buff, and undestroyable guy fighting the weak main character (Stallone). That's okay, but it is terribly chorographed and at one point Austin jumps and flys across the room and head butts Stallone in the stomach forcing him back through a brick wall. Since WHEN does surpassing the Laws of Physics, and doing a physically impossible fight move entertainmen? I recommend this movie to nobody. I have barely finished on what I have to say, but then again this would be 3 pages long, so I am finished.
Some other people that agree with my opinion are below.
http://twitchfilm.net/reviews/2010/08/the-expendables-review.php
http://www.digitaltrends.com/entertainment/the-expendables-review/