Warning shot......

Rating: 5/10 (7 May 2012)

Barney Ross leads the "Expendables", a band of highly skilled mercenaries.
When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the merciless dictator of a small South American island, Barney heads to the remote locale to scout out their opposition.
Once there, he meets with local rebel Sandra and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city.
When he escapes the island and Sandra stays behind, Ross must choose to either walk away and save his own life - or attempt a suicidal rescue mission that might just save his soul....
It's the film I wanted to do really well, these are some of my favourite actors from the eighties, rolled into one film, to do an old school classic.
And for me, it was a big letdown. Each member has made worse films, but his had so much going for it, and Stallone gave us to little, and promised us so much.
The plot and narrative are straight from the nineties bin of sin, and the action sequences, the main thing about his film, felt overlong and boring. The final set piece is good, but it gets very long indeed.
Thrown in with the fact that you cannot understand half the cast sometimes in the film, and the bad CGI, it's one of the biggest letdowns in recent memory.
But, there is the scene with the Planet Hollywood owners, which is amazing and nostalgic, and almost makes up for the entire thing.
Almost.