Meets expectations but could have been better

Rating: 6/10 (23 August 2010)

The Expendables is a decent summer action movie, and a lot things blow up real good as expected. But it doesn't do anything that great and is really just an average action movie. It is far behind this summers best action move - Salt - and I'm baffled at how it has an IMDb rating that is much higher. This movie demonstrates that all our favorite action heroes of yesteryear have grown old, and the only one who is a modern action star of note in the movie is Jason Statham. He seemed a bit subdued in this movie and I would have rather seen him in an action movie that he starred in by himself, instead of this ensemble of washed up action stars. However, if you are feeling nostalgic and want to see long scenes with a lot of gunfire and explosions, this movie delivers in that respect.