The Expendables

Rating: 8.0/10

Genre: Action

Overall value for time and money: 8.5/10

The expendables is an explosive (figura-terally), hardcore action-packed film which would most certainly live up to anyone's expectations. With the star-studded cast, I would have watched it even if it recieved negative reviews... well I'm a sucker for such movies.

Storyline wasn't that fantastic, though the flow was pretty decent and acting was nothing less than professional. No "weak links" in the movie for each character were optimally fitting in their roles and the scripting was packed with cheesy yet witty humor. Loved the wayward humor and though there was a lack of "actress" devolopement in this film, this movie was supposed to be a "guyish" movie anyways. Personally, I thought Jason Statham landed the coolest character in the movie... but still, Dolph Lundgren stole the limelight as the ex-team member gone rogue. The cameo scene featuring Arnie and Bruce Willis was such a classic scene I'm sure it's gonna be much talked about and much remembered for years to come, since this is probably gonna be Arnie's last movie appearance.

I didn't like Sylvester Stallone's face cos of all the plastic surgery (which I assume he went for since it looked pretty fake... was so ever since Rambo IV) but he did an exceptional job as the director and writer of possibly one of the best star-studded movies of all times. Jet Li added weak comic relief, to my dismay since he would have packed a good punch or 2 to the action scenes.. whilst relatively unknown casts such as Randy Couture and Terry Crews were given more awesome screen times. The last action scene was utterly senseless, yet utterly jaw-dropping and seat-gripping.

A team of mercenaries go on a "suicide" mission to liberate a city from a vicious dictator. Join them on their mission in their first fight for a good cause... Well, the storyline is as simple as that. It's a no-brainer movie no doubt, but as an explosive action movie, the expendables is truly commendable. As the tagline goes, Heroes today, Legends forever.