Good times, good times...

Rating: 9/10 (19 August 2010)

Let's be honest for a second. After seeing the trailer of this movie, you know straight away that you won't go to see it for its deep philosophy.
I wanted action and boy was I served! It's a basic action movie, all you need to know is that they are bad guys, and there are good guys. I take a second to mention that the good guys team is made out of all the action movies bad asses of this last decades, no less. Nobody cares about the details – even though the plot hold its own and there's some depth in the characters (they do have the brains going with the muscles), the point is - and that's the only thing there is to expect – for the good guys to kick the crap out of the bad guys. And that's exactly what happens.
It's an excellent action movie; the violence is raw and blunt, the close range fights are very well choreographed; there are explosions here and there, some jokes which made me laughed good-heartedly because they were so 'out of the box' (it's not easy to be green :P). Our heroes give punches but they take a lot of them too which is a good thing because it makes them vulnerable. Sly creates a real bound between his characters and we can feel it. We want them to kick ass and they do.
My only dark spot, is the special effects every time blood is involved still got a little work to do there, but it doesn't spoil anything at all.
If you want an entertaining action movie, with guns, *big* guns, knifes, good punches and kicks, explosions then this one is for you. And no you don't have to be full of testosterone to enjoy it (don't have a speck of it and had a very good moment)
And just in case you need a little more incentive, then tell yourself that the movie is worth seeing at the very least just for the extreme pleasure to have Willis, Schwarzy and Sly sharing three memorable minutes on screen together – yes, Sly pulled it off and he did it well.
Pure adrenaline rush, a pinch of humour and a great cast Sly promised an action movie and he delivered.