Skip it - we walked out

Rating: 3/10 (29 August 2010)

For all the known names and action there just isn't enough decent dialog or purpose to justify sitting through the weak dialog and copycat plot. We saw really bad ratings elsewhere (besides IMDb) and trusted the higher rating here. We were mistaken.
The concept sounded good, questioning what happens when tough mercenaries get a bit older, what they do on their off time, etc. That seemed like a great twist for an action flic, but the script didn't really go there or do much with that idea. They muse for a few moments about things and then go blow stuff up. Despite the famous names on the marquis this seemed like a repeat of a zillion other movies.
If you *really, really* like action movies this will be an okay, mindless good time. Even being in the mood for this, though, we were cringing at some of the lines and found some of the bullets graphically exploding heads pretty needless. There's just nothing special about the film.
Some scenes were so bad that we went to check for other movies available at the theater. I realized I was missing the film and realized I...didn't care. That's when I consented to a much earlier request to just leave.
As stilted and shallow as some dialog was, it does seem like it matches reality in certain ways and that just might be how some freelance soldiers really relate. The script and actors should get some credit for that. That said, it wasn't worth sitting through.