Overall great movie! A few minor issues.

Rating: 8/10 (29 August 2010)

This movie is a great, classic guy movie. The expectations were built up so high between the cast and crazy action scenes, and from watching the movie I can say it did not disappoint. The cast was supreme. With a cast like that no movie could be bad and I can not think of anybody else who should have been involved in it. Explosions, blood, crazy fights, unbeatable cast; this movie could not have been set up any better and had the perfect amount of action and fighting to not overdue it.
The only issue i had with this movie was Sylvester Stallone. He knew what a great action film consisted of and knew exactly how to direct to make a great film but he went a little overboard in his role. He tried to make himself much more badass than the rest of the cast. It made the movie seem a little fake at times and when Stallone was in a scene there was always some way to make him shine brighter than all the others. This was a huge cast and he should have known that that all of them were on the same level, including him, and the script should have portrayed that. If Stallone wanted to be the badass he tried to be in this film he should have hired a less experienced cast and tried to take off a few of his 60+ years.
This was not a very original script it seems like and watching it i felt like I was watching a new Rambo movie. Granted Rambo was great and so was this movie, but it was just all done before. Stallone being the head honcho killing everything possible is entertaining and can always be watched. Stallone loves the roles where he takes a beating and always comes out on top and they are always good movies. Rambo, Rocky, and now The Expendables are all great movies that will be around forever and will always be known throughout all generations.