Its own seriousness would make this one hilarious spoof movie

Rating: 4/10 (30 August 2010)

After seeing the awful "Meet the Spartans" (my friend thought it was hilarious)I was trying to explain that a good spoof movie is so subtle that it takes a different perspective to see a movie (like this one)and realize how much it spoofs the genre while other viewers will see it as a completely serious popcorn-action movie with 80's action stars. All the great stars are there (Sly, Statham, Rourke, Jet. Even Willis and Arnie make a short appearance.) The first quarter of the movie is actually a pretty good interpretation of what mercenaries and they're reason for combat are but this is soon turned on itself in the 2nd quarter when they're pointlessly shooting police and security at the first sign of trouble and blowing up vital communal structures e.g Sly and Statham manage to blow up a whole seaport and dock (when Statham pops out of the front of the plane with a big gun in an almost Wallace and Gromit-esquire fashion) which would be very inconvenient for the locals :/ Then in the second half the film really comes into its own, Explosions are made ,Knives are thrown ,Militia is made into swiss cheese by Terry Crews' small cannon. All the whilst not a single hit is landed on our "beloved" heroes. All the action on screen would be able to turn any 12 year old into a mini Rambo with ease. I would imagine this to be great for someone with more simple taste than I. For anyone uninterested in plot details it go's somewhat like this: Sly's team is sent to overthrow an evil dictator, Eric Roberts overthrows the dictator and then Sly overthrows Eric Roberts, claims that it was for the sake of a single woman (wait, wut?) and then the lads all go back to the bar for drinks and have a laugh about the days work.
Go see it if your an action fan but for me it was mostly a hysterical parody of itself with mostly sincere performances in the "so-bad-its-funny" way, but hey i haven't laughed like that since funny people.
Real score 38/100%