phoning it in

Rating: 1/10 (6 November 2012)

Absolutely mediocre. Not completely bad enough to be fun, not good enough to be entertaining. In the interest of full disclosure - I enjoyed the first movie (The Expendables).
There is so much implausible stuff going on it's hard to decide what to comment on.
The characters are stiff. It looks like nobody had fun making this and they wish they were somewhere else doing something else.
It feels like those old Hollywood movies where the actors show up, stand on their marks, read their lines, and drink heavily after to deal with the frustration. Really a shame considering how much talent was lined up for this.
The feeble attempts at nuance just make it that much more painful.
If you liked the sequels of other titles like Anaconda, Halloween, and Pirranah, you might really like this one.