Falls a bit short, but still has the 80's feel that will be enjoyable for most

Rating: 6/10 (23 August 2010)

Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) leads his team of mercenaries to a small South American island to assassinate its ruthless dictator. When Barney and Lee Christmas (Jason Statham) get there they meet a local girl Sandra and soon discover the way things really work on the island. When they escape and try to take Sandra with them, she stays behind, leaving Ross up with the choice of keeping his life and leaving, or going back on a suicidal mission to save the girl.
The Expendables had so much potential. It has a brilliant cast with Stallone, Statham, Rourke, Li and many other famous action stars, which I thought would have made this film much better than it turned out to actually be. It certainly had good points at times, like some nice action scenes. Over the top and unrealistic, like the way most people will enjoy. It was quite violent at times as well, and it had good acting from its legendary cast. However, I found most of the blood and guts to be kind of stupid. It reminded me a lot of the newest Rambo, which I did not like, just not as much blood flying everywhere. But considering the cast and explosions I think i'll let this film slip by with a fresh rating.
Overall, The Expendables will most likely please all of Stallone's followers, but in the end Rotten Tomatoes has it right when they said it should have 'hit harder'.