The Expendables (2010)
A CIA operative hires a team of mercenaries to eliminate a Latin dictator and a renegade CIA agent.
Director:Sylvester Stallone
Writers:Dave Callaham (screenplay) (as David Callaham) , Sylvester Stallone (screenplay)
Stars:Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li
Storyline
Barney Ross leads the "Expendables", a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road and loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the merciless dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee head to the remote locale to scout out their opposition. Once there, they meet with local rebel Sandra and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city. When they escape the island and Sandra stays behind, Ross must choose to either walk away and save his own life - or attempt a suicidal rescue mission that might just save his soul.The Expendables Reviews
Get ready to cheer. Be
ready to laugh. Be ready to be amazed with wonderful, live action
fighting scenes using everything from fists, to blades, to guns. I don't
know how this movie avoided being cheesy, but darn it, it did! Mindless
explosions? Not really. Excessive? Again, not really. I hate the sort
of climax usually seen in an action movie where the pyrotechnics are the
show. I want to see the actors/stunt-men doing their thing. I want to
see people. I can see fireworks on the Fourth of July. (Though, trust
me, there ARE fireworks in this movie, too.) The balancing of this many
stars is incredible and pulled off remarkably well. When Sylvester
Stallone made his final Rocky movie (Rocky Balboa), he said he did it as
a "thank you" to the fans. Maybe that was the idea behind this one,
too, though I heard a quote from somewhere that after seeing wimpy Tobey
Maguire as "Spiderman" full of CGI and a stuffed/padded suit, he
realized action heroes like himself were, well, expendable.
This is fantasy baseball and fantasy rock-n-roll camp for adults all rolled into a wonderful action flick with enough of a plot to give the characters motivation for their action. A deep plot? Heck no. A predictable plot? Certainly. But trust me, if you thought you've seen it all before, you have yet to see "The Expendables." Thank you Mr. Stallone!
This is fantasy baseball and fantasy rock-n-roll camp for adults all rolled into a wonderful action flick with enough of a plot to give the characters motivation for their action. A deep plot? Heck no. A predictable plot? Certainly. But trust me, if you thought you've seen it all before, you have yet to see "The Expendables." Thank you Mr. Stallone!
