Total Letdown

Rating: 3/10 (26 September 2010)

I have nothing against Slyvester Stallone. In fact, i'm a fan of both Rocky and Rambo series. Especially the last Rambo movie was brilliant. So, i had high hopes for this one, not just because of the cast, but also i was hoping to see another intense action movie directed by him.
But unfortunately this movie disappointed me in every way. First of all, the script is pure crap. It's like they started shooting the movie with an uncompleted script. Or cut half of it randomly. Dialogues are totally pointless, boring and not funny at all. Character development is non-existent, it's hard to be sympathetic towards any of the characters. For example, i doubt anyone would notice, if Jet Li had been dropped out of the movie halfway through. I really didn't understand why he accepted the role anyway. Throughout the movie, he just shows up randomly, gets beaten and tries to be funny. That's it. Even the action sequences are far from impressive and badly directed, particularly the martial arts scenes. And last, but not least, acting is so poor that Sylvester Stallone looks like he's a parody of himself.
It's like Stallone summoned his friends and said, "Hey, let's shoot some random sh*t and make some money". I hope he works with a better screen writer next time. I give this movie 1 star, plus 2 for Jason Statham only.