Our favorite action stars of the 1980's get together in this fun, bloody and stupid movie!

Rating: 7/10 (24 January 2013)

I must say, I haven't seen the first Expendables movie so I don't exactly know if this is better than that though many say this certainly is much better. I knew watching this movie that I shouldn't set high expectations and that this is just a fun bloody movie. The best thing about the movie is the fact that it doesn't take itself too seriously, meaning it is self aware of itself.
The Expendables 2 is about a group of men called the Expendables who upon the loss of one of their men, seek revenge on Villain and his men whilst also attempting to stop Plutonium being transported away. The story isn't the important thing in this movie and it makes it very clear during the movie. The whole purpose to the movie is to see our favorite action stars, namely Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone join up in one big action movie. This film delivers them mostly to a satisfying level.
Despite having fun with the movie I do have issues with a few things namely the small roles for Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris, Jet Li and Bruce Willis. These people are such big names when it comes to action stars that they have so little to do in this movie. I mean, Jet Li's presence in the movie was so disappointing. We see him kicking ass for a few minutes and he's gone. He would've been such a great addition if he was a bigger part of it.
Even though Stallone makes up the most of the group of Expendables, this film has other action stars that aren't as important as ones like Arnold, Bruce Willis, Chuck Norris and Jet Li. They, along with Stallone should've been what made the Expendables group. That would've been an ultimate badass movie. The fact that my favorite action heroes have so little in the movie is extremely disappointing.
Back to the good of the movie. The acting is both a mess and good at the same time but the film knows that its not about the acting but its about bringing these stars together. The script is awful but the film is aware of it and we even see some classic one liners, especially 'I'll be back!' and 'Yipee Kiyay' The action in this movie is superb. It was extremely entertaining to watch it but the digital blood is quite annoying at times especially the overuse of it. However that being said, this movie is certainly a lot of fun and full of action from start to finish so this is definitely a must see for die hard 1980's action fans!