Rest in pieces.....

Rating: 8/10 (5 September 2012)

The Expendables are reunited when Church enlists them to take on a seemingly simple job.
When things go wrong, the Expendables seek revenge in hostile territory, where the odds are stacked against them.
Hell-bent on payback, the crew cuts destruction through opposing forces, wreaking havoc and shutting down an unexpected threat in the nick of time..... five tons of weapons-grade plutonium, more than enough to change the balance of power in the world.
But that's nothing compared to the justice they serve against the villainous adversary they seek revenge from......
From the trailer, it's obvious which Expendable gets killed early (a clue, he wasn't in the first one and tells stories about his girlfriend) and how it will turn out, but come on, you really didn't tune in for a brain workout.
Yes, the film is bonkers, silly and very politically incorrect, but if your a huge fan of wham bam eighties action movies, you can't get more nostalgic than this.
The one thing I noticed though, was just how awful Stallone was looking. He was great as usual, but he just looked too plastic for me, and it kind of ruined his character for me, spending a lot of the time smoking his cigar, and flirting with the young girl, pretty much like Connery did with Zeta-Jones in Entrapment.
But that's really my only gripe, Stallone is the main character, but the least interesting sadly. So thank heavens there is a wealth of 'talent ' on screen with him, and Van Damme is easily the best thing in the whole film. He's cocky, and has a swagger that makes him a great Vil(l)ain. He's no Gruber, but it's one of his best roles.
Arnie and Willis are 'back', and even though they have more screen time, they spend the majority of it referencing movies, but it's fun.
Norris appears a couple of times at the hour of need, but his cameo is a little too over the top, and doesn't fit in.
But it's violent for violent sake, and whoever says the blood was added in to get a higher rating is clearly wrong, it's brutal, over the top and so right for this kind of film.
Brimming with awful but funny one liners, good performances from all involved, and a silly homo-erotic subplot involving Stathams jealousy of Hemsworth and Stallones friendship, the Expendables is not just a great sequel, it's easily better than the first, because is doesn't have on serious bone in it's body.