An action movie that deserved a standing ovation.

Rating: 8/10 (21 August 2012)

The Expendables 2 is probably the most explosive action movie that never wasted a single second of its running time. While the movie is complete with all the elements of the action genre, it has exempted itself from the stereotype and label of action movies that the stars of this film set in their own respective action films. Instead, everyone shed off his trademark and blended perfectly with everyone else to come up with this unique and excellent action-packed movie. Another great thing about this movie is that though an all-star cast, no character undermined the other. Each character is significant in his own way. However, the one thing that probably made this movie so great was the emotional aspect of the film. The death of one character brought an intense emotion that even the audience felt. I admit I was emotionally haunted by the death of this character and when the leader said something like why people who deserve to live a good life die and bad people just don't die. This aspect sets this movie apart from other action films. I wished I had seen more of Jet Li though but overall this movie is so enjoyable, thrilling it kept me at the edge of my seat from start to finish, and has a great story.
The Expendables 2 ended with a great climax and I almost gave a loud applause inside the movie theater when the credits started to roll up the screen. As a director, Sylvester Stallone has outdone himself with this movie.