Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables provides great dumb fun action!

Rating: 8/10 (14 August 2010)

While I wasn't a die-hard '80s action movie fan during that decade, for some reason I was just dying to watch this new Sylvester Stallone action film especially for two other big stars of that genre and decade making cameo appearances alongside him for the first time here. The banter between those three are quite hilarious especially about the one who's currently running a certain state. Anyway, while there's something of a compelling story, it's mainly the action sequences that one is hungry for and while it does go a bit over-the-top at the end, it delivers non-stop thrills in spades! And what a fine supporting cast that's provided for here: Jason Statham, Jet Li, Terry Crews, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (check the fight he has with Stallone), Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts (how ironic he's in a movie that's opening opposite his sister Julia's more softer drama Eat Pray Love), Dolph Lundgren (remember him as Drago in Stallone's Rocky IV?), David Zayas as General Garza, and Giselle Itie as his daughter Sandra. I think I've said enough so I'll just say that I highly recommend The Expendables for a great turn-off-your-brain fun!