said he was keen for Van Damme to be in part two and Stallone had said something along the lines of 'you can rip his head off'. It was nothing too serious, just a bit of friction. Though bear in mind Van Damme's character is called Jean Vilain - hardly subtle! Jason Statham is one of the few actors to remain loyal to the action genre, especially during a time when fellow stars like The Rock and Vin Diesel (both of whom I like) were attempting to make mainstream childrens' films and failing. There are very few actors who make consistently entertaining action movies and Statham is at the top, so that's one of the reasons why I and this site triumph the man. I agree - the sobbery and elitism towards action films is really starting to get tiresome, The Expendables 2 has no pretensions and achieves exactly what any long time action fan could ask for, so I hope you enjoy it! Snobbery and elitism are the arguments used by people who don't understand the medium of cinema, or critical thinking, when stating why their lack of knowledge or experience make them right. The first film was a crushing disappointment in every way, and this whole series is the wet dream of a twelve year-old boy from 1990... and the only way anyone could enjoy these films is if they comprehensively failed to grow up. It is every bit as bad as the 'Sex and the City' films,