A slight disappointment, but still fun

Rating: 7/10 (10 September 2010)

The Expendables is basically an action film junkie's dream drug. You get a whole team of action stars, from Stallone to Statham, from Jet Li to Lundgren, even Stone Cold Steve Austin and Eric Roberts show up as the bad guys. Cool? Well, kinda.
Now, I like the whole idea of all these musclemen teaming together to make an action film that is totally balls out and nowhere near as complicated as Bourne or Salt, and in that aspect, it succeeds. But Stallone needs a better editor and cinematographer.
Some scenes just drag on and on when they should have been shorter, and sadly some of the fight scenes were either not properly lit or was shot too close so you can't see who's kicking who or where. This spoilt the film for me.
Other than that, Stallone delivers yet again. Too bad he couldn't get Van Damme, Seagal or Snipes to be here. But he does manage to get Willis and the Governator himself to make cameos! Now if that's not cool, I don't know what is.
Go see this. But again I must say, it can be better.