Shallow, empty, forced advertisement for nothing

Rating: 5/10 (13 September 2010)

The film is forced, predictable, and brainless. The plot makes no sense and replaces plot for machismo. The scenes were thought up to provide self-reverential homages to former action stars; replace the nostalgia for current actors and all excuse for a film disappears. One need only see the scene between Planet Hollywood alumni Stallone, Willis, and Schwarzenegger to see the phony emptiness behind this plastic film- absolutely worthless and meaningless in terms of plot. The actors are given soliloquies to emote with which, no matter the background music, again signify nothing. I appreciate that this was never intended to rival Shakespeare, but at least 80s films tried to engage the emotions of the viewers; this is simply a paint-by-numbers exercise with many of the colours missing. www.tracesofevil.blogspot.com