Ahem...
ping
I like John Nolte reviews and he is usually right.
A cross between ‘The Dogs of War’, ‘Rambo 4’, ‘Commando’ and ‘Predator’.
Entertaining, but not as good as I thought it would be. Plenty of lead and blood. I give it a solid B - worth seeing, especially with the dearth of watchable films released so far in 2010.
I though Eric Roberts as the baddie was the best character in the film. Mickey Rourke was good too (as usual).
You want to really be freaked out? Compare a classic movie running on TCM today, with an old video tape (not DVD) of the same movie.
"They" have ADDED judder (Jitter and shudder and shake).
And also, they've ruined baseball by adding the same judder, bouncing, shaking camera work, especially pitcher shots from center field.
It's pure evil.
Sorry but that was one of the most boring movies that I have seen in a long time. I would have fallen asleep but for the continuous meaningless gunfights and explosions. A solid C- in my book.
Ahem...
Pile on the blood and guts....
Bury me in cigar smoke...
Matt Damon is the poster boy for twinkle-toes, girly-men.
THE “Pillsbury dough-boy”.
Blood, guts, cigar smoke, car crashes and violence can’t make this “twink” believable in a MAN’S role.
a fag is a fag is a fag....
I miss true men. There are so few of them......
That damned shaky cam was originally caused by digital filming before processors could keep up with the action instead of good old celluloid.
Then there were films like Blair Witch and Cloverfield that were filmed mostly on hand held consumer grade camcorders. Those didn’t help at all.
Now they are doing it on purpose. Pisses me off.
Yeah, I gotta go see this tomorrow. Gotta help Eric beat Julia.
“Mickey Rourke, who has a small but showy supporting role as the proprietor of the tattoo parlor that serves as the Expendables’ hangout, explains it with a single word. I won’t spoil anything, but without this scene, this important turning point, “The Expendables” wouldn’t be half the movie it is.”
LOL, thanks for posting this. Now I WILL drag hubby to see this movie. Mickey Rourke is a great actor and I must see this scene.
BTW, some unions are protesting this movie, because they are mad at AH-nold. So I had already pledged on another forum to go see it if it gets picketed here.
But this is a much more POSITIVE reason to go.
Do we really need to be reminded that Matt Damon sucks?
Unfortunately all my discretionary resources are being directed towards preparing my family for the challenging future that may be facing us here in US.
I might just have to visit a movie theatre for the first time since “The Blind Side.”
There was an original movie called “The Expendables” which showcased Anthony Finetti as the main actor. I wonder if this movie is a remake.
Are yall serious with this movie? This is possibly the worst action movie I have ever seen. It’s not a man’s movie, it’s a fake man’s movie. It is so unrealistic, so corny and cheesy, and so lame it was hard to watch. Stallone and crew made so many lame jokes and were so tactically retarded it made me sick. Who carries so many guns they dont have enough mags and has to discard their weapon? Unheard of. And what is with Hollywood and pistols? Especially the double-wielding style that somehow results in effective shots at 50+ meters. You talk about girlie-men complaing about their emotions, which is pretty much every character in this movie. Why does this movie attempt to have corny love side-stories? Other things that bother me about this movie: Stallone’s makeup and perfectly teased hair, the use of berets as tactical headwear, Stallone’s six-shooter, lobbing an artillery shell and then detonating it with a pistol resulting in a huge fiery explosion (they don’t explode like that), Mickey Rourke’s purpose in life, all the stupid faux-manly jewelry and costumes, Stallone putting his guns down at the request of the chief d-bag, the 3 most legit dudes in the movie barely being used (Arnold, Bruce Willis, and Dolph), Can’t we just have an awesome movie about some manly dudes who are just really professional and realistically kill a bunch of badguys without a lame attempt at drama? This is not a movie for real men, it is a movie for overweight fake men who sit on their couch and think this dumb crap is cool, then go to their office and talk around the water cooler with their unmanly buddies about how Hollywood finally got one right.