Expandables 2 is too cruel to enjoy (Review by lifetime Sly fan)

Rating: 4/10 (7 September 2012)

I wanna thank Sly for his hard work at keeping the 80s action alive. You can tell he has put his whole heart into this project. And this time he really has EVERYONE on board. Not an easy task.
The cast is great. Arnold, Couture, Chuck Norris and Van Damme are hilarious. Dolph Lundgren is awesome too, and he proves that he actually can act. Statham is great as an angry British mercenary. Sly is wearing different clothes in every scene and i think he is also wearing a wig. He is macho, with make-up and rude to the ladies. He is way too serious in this movie.
The action is WAY BETTER than in Expendables Pt 1. You can now understand what is going on, who is where (no shaky cam).
The plot is ridiculous and i'm fine with that.
What bothers me is the senseless violence in Expendables 2. It's just shocking. It is not cool, Commando-type funny violence. It is pure gore, ugly and disturbing. Totally unnecessary. There is no explanation who is the enemy. Or what are they fighting for? The Expendables shows no respect for human life. It is all a shoot-them-up video game.
I cannot recommend this movie to anyone under 18.