by order of the user agreement* SPOILER ALERT*there is no plot:)

Rating: 4/10 (21 November 2012)

This film is reaching for some type of nostalgia that most of us won't understand. THe problem is I definitely understand,.. I grew up in the 80's, but this movie is still WAY over-rated on here at 7.1.
There's loads of carnage, carnage, action, and nostalgia here. All of these guys have been there and done that, no doubt.
Most of the lines give homage to movies from these actors' past. THe problem is that most of these lines aren't clever at all, and the actors literally threw in the towel as if this was some spoof, or like they didn't care. The whole film felt like some sort of joke, you know, like Universal Soldier 2.
It's pretty bad. Can't we go to some roast in a year or two and see this.
I'm supposed to know there's no plot. I DO! I DID! I was alright with knowing that going in. All that said, this is a really poor flick with some good action in the first 30 minutes.
The writing is deplorable. The acting worse. And when I say no plot, I mean that in the absolute strongest sense of the phrase.
We have one character here that we care one iota about, and he's killed in the first third of the film, in the film's best scene. From there on, this film sets all-time new low standards in nearly every department. No amount of carnage can make up for the rest of this film.
The worst part is that I CAN like these types of films. Check out these similar action-packed ratings of mine to put this score into perspective: Safe 6/10 Lock Up 5.5/10 Battleship 6/10 The Raid 7.5/10 Act of Valor 5/10 IP Man 2 9/10 Fast Five 7/10 Die Hard 9/10 Rambo:First Blood Part 2 7/10 Set-Up 3/10 Blitz 5/10
I hope that puts my 4/10 rating in perspective.
You MIGHT like this(and I stress might) if you liked: Fast Five(better), Universal Soldier(better), Commando(better), A-Team(a little better), or Expendables(equally as disappointing).
Hopefully this film falls way below that 7.0 mark after it gets some netflix/redbox play, because this current score is like leading the audience to the slaughterhouse. Sub-par, even for the genre.
You want an example of an effective action packed flick with better performances, while being more entertaining in every way.. try "Rundown 6.5/10"
43/100