no genre for old men

Rating: 3/10 (17 August 2012)

The Expendables 2 is a big, brash, boring waste of time. It is unable to decide what it wants to be and ends up being nothing. It is extremely over the top in places and that should be accompanied by a sense of joyousness or fun. It is not. Its a collection of badly realised clichés, bad actors and desperate old men denying their age.
Simon West has never been a very good director- he ruined the Tomb Raider movie and he is insipid here. Nothing about the Expendables Two is memorable or interesting. At times I was cringing with embarrassment at the "jokes". Apparently there is a possibility of a third movie.I hope it doesn't happen but if it is lets hope a few other 80s actors are reunited. Imagine the poster Stallone, Devito, Michael J Fox are the Dimunitives.
Wait for this on DVD..picking it apart is probably fun if you're drunk with friends. There is no fun to be had paying to see this in cinemas.