A nice follow up

Rating: 8/10 (26 November 2012)

Well let's see, first it was a good plot to see Jean Claude Van Damme as the bad guy. A man who runs a group called the sangs that are looking for low grade plutonium to sell to the highest bidder. Yet to do that he would need a special computer box that has a blueprint of the plutonium's location. Thus the expendables are called in to stop him at all costs. But during their little trek to find the box, are ambushed and Billy (Liam Hemsworth) a pure and razor sharp sniper is kidnapped and used as a ransom to get the box. However, when the exchange is made, Jean Claude kills him in the end. This causes barney (Stallone) to exact revenge upon jean and his cohorts for killing his best asset. In the middle is a new team member, although temporary to replace Yin (Jet Li) so that they can find the box, and the mine for which the plutonium is stored after the cold war. I thought it was a good film, not as good as the first mind you with an extra as Chuck Norris to fill in the gaps as well as Bruce Willis, and Arnold Shwarzenegger it gave the move too many clichés to be desired. Like Ill be back, or some other type of movie redundant statement. Other than that, the action was good, I liked the music which fits their persona to a 'T' using old rock tunes for aged mercenaries. Dolph Lundgren was also a good addition as the psycho mercenary who plays with bombs. However, in his past he was a chemist graduate with full honours. Hm who knew. Still it was a good film, great shooting action, and explosions that you would expect from Simon West. All in all, above average with some quirky clichés that needed to be left out. If the movie was to be a pure mercenary picture, using old single one liners was not a good idea. Recommended to ages above 17. Great for action fans of this calibre.