Countless bullets, dozens of explosions and funny lines

Rating: 8/10 (14 August 2010)

If you have a motion picture with a cast that includes names like Stallone, Statham, Lundgren, Li, Steve Austin, Couture and with Willis and Schwarzenegger also doing their part in small supporting appearances, you should know exactly what what you're getting.
I had my doubts for this movie, because this type of all-star castings have been tend to fail every now and then. Especially, I had some concerns about the chemistry of these action heroes, as all of these guys are usually seen as lone butt-kicking stars in their own projects (Rocky, Rambo, Transporter or every movie Dolph and Jet ever did).
But boy, was my doubts proved wrong? Yes, besides the action packed content, the movie was filled with corny and cheesy but totally appropriate and suitable humor and dialogues throughout.
With Stallone and Statham having the lead roles in that order, everyone else also had their moments to shine. The movie had taken ingredients from the action movies of the 90's, that we have all come to love over the years, but also had the brutality that we are used to see in the action movies of today.
The Expendables provided some funny references to real world like the president joke or Coutures cauliflower ear. Only thing that would have crowned the movie but was missing among other allusions was "the Stone Cold Stunner".
The Expendables is an absolute must see for anyone who has ever enjoyed an honest action movie with no gimmicks. Sylvester Stallone was asked: "Who will be playing in the Expendables 2?", he replied: "Those, who survive." Can't wait for the sequel! SPOILER!- Favorite part, Terry Crews blasting through a small army with his AA-12 shotgun!