Body Count is back

Rating: 3/10 (22 August 2012)

Alright, so skipping over the slight plot irony that after wasting hundreds and hundreds of ethnic Asians they lose one of their own and then have to pursue the perpetrator for vengeance it's the exploding head sniper thing in the opening sequence that takes the humour in this movie to the next level. With an action hero line up like this it is impossible not to enjoy this movie despite its facile plot, jerky continuity and breathtaking offensiveness. Old action heroes don't die, they just need four hours in makeup, muscle suits, shaping underwear and plenty of body doubles to do their stunts and action scenes. Jet Li and Jason Stratham are both still young enough to actually act their parts, but there's one upper body profile shot of Stallone that probably should have been cut from the movie, it is neither for the fainthearted nor the young. It is almost as if you are watching the final twitching of the newly dead corpse of the war action genre, but the greatest tragedy of this movie is that it still finds an audience, albeit an old one.