100% Male Testosterone!!!!

Rating: 7/10 (28 October 2012)

This film is definitely a guilty pleasure!! I have to admit I had a smile on my face as I watched the likes of Stallone, Statham, Van Damme, Jet Li, Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Bruce Willis and AR-NULD all together back up on the screen!!! Is what I am watching absolutely ridiculous? YES! Highly improbable? UNEQUIVOCALLY! Completely fictitious in every possible way? UNDENIABLY!!! However, was I being entertained? INDUBITABLY!!!
In this iteration of the Stallone franchise, Barney Ross (Stallone), and his merry men of mercenaries are dispatched to retrieve an access key and location to a stockpile of Russian plutonium, which was part of the payload that went down in a plane crash. However, once they attain the access key, they are immediately ambushed by a terrorist organization that also have their sights on the Russian plutonium supply.
There is nothing original being brought to the screen in this film; it's just 100% male testosterone smash 'em up action with a touch of adrenaline rush!! But what I really enjoyed is how director Simon West (Con Air / The Mechanic) was able to showcase each individual action icon in their own featured hi-lighted action sequenceÂ… my favorite being the "Chuck Norris" sequence by far!! I had not paid that much attention to all the stars who had signed on for this action epic, so as the smoke cleared and Chuck Norris appeared, it was an unexpected pleasure!!!
Again, this film is far from Oscar worthiness; however, it's exactly what you would come to expect in your circa 1980-90's action adventure genre. So I can and do highly recommend this film, and I am happy to report that the pre-production for "The Expendables 3" is already underway!!! So sit back and relax, and enjoy action adventure genre as it was intended to be seen!!!
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