Cheesy good '80s style boys-are-back-in-town testosterone fest in this popcorn crowd pleaser/action fest guilty pleasure!

Rating: 8/10 (16 August 2010)

THE EXPENDABLES (2010) *** Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Mickey Rourke, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews, Steve Austin, Randy Couture, Eric Roberts, David Zaya, Giselle Itie, Charisma Carpenter(cameos: Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger) Guilty pleasure actioner with Stallone – who directed & co-scripted with Dave Callaham - (and many "I Love the '80s" action heroes) getting together in this popcorn crowd-pleaser about a group of mercenaries targeted for death after their attempt to get a handle on a Latin American dictatorship regime run by former CIA creep Roberts (oily to the max) with enough testosterone and pyrotechniques to supply that fictitious nation (and then some!) Balls-to-the-wall carnage, ginormous fireballs and explosions to the max, and oh-yeah – a "Planet Hollywood" shareholders on screen meet-and-greet with Sly, Arnie & Bruno that eclipses Pacino & DeNiro's diner sequence in HEAT (!) Take off your thinking caps and hang on!