Just hear me out

Rating: 4/10 (12 December 2010)

Now, I went into this movie, hoping to get a throwback to old Arnold movies like Commando and Predator. Okay, if that's what you're hoping for, you will be disappointed. The Expendables is about a group of steroid-pumping tough guy mercenaries led by Sylvester Stallone, who plays a character named Barney. Honestly, I am not intimidated by a guy named Barney. Nor am I intimidated by his Dave Navarro-esquire facial hair, or his leather skin, which resulted from too much time under a tanning bed. In addition to the characters not being intimidating, the story tries to take a movie that had a fun, trashy concept and tries to cram too much story into it. I don't care about the Melodrama behind Jason Stathom's character, Lee Christmas (that is his real name). The climax would have saved the movie, had it not been ENTIRELY CGI. Blood, explosions, people, everything was added in. Any throwback attempt would be completely wasted, because of CGI. The Expendables has a fun concept, unoriginal but it had potential, but it disappoints...