Enjoyable romp

Rating: 8/10 (28 December 2010)

Facetiously scripted by Jon and Erich Hoeber, based on the DC Comics graphic novel by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner, and directed by Robert Schwentke, this is a labyrinthine, adrenaline-pumping, jocose adventure with irresistibly appealing characters whose wacky quirks and un-ending desire to get back into their game are superbly characterised by these veteran thespians. An over the top enjoyable romp that's not trying to take its self too seriously and worth a watch even just to see Helen Mirren in cocktail wear and army boots managing to look sophisticated manning a heave duty machine gun. It would be hard to imaging that this star studded cast didn't have a great time making this movie.