Amoral rubbish

Rating: 1/10 (2 February 2012)

There is nothing redeemable in this film. Bad script, inane dialogue, wooden acting, ridiculous comic book violence – its got the lot. It is amoral rubbish. Given the talent involved it is a criminal waste...and they are making a sequel! The film revolves around scenes of bloody violence where our gung-ho heroes defeat scores of adversaries using fists, knives and guns without suffering as much as a scratch. In between there are clichéd attempts to humanise Stallone's and Stathem's characters but it is clumsy, unbelievable and pointless. It doesn't develop the story, justify their actions or build any audience empathy.
If you want to watch a film about mercenaries, war and the suffering entailed there are much better films out there. Likewise If you want mindless violence.
At least the writer had the decency to curtail the romance between a 70 year old body builder and a twenty year old actress.