The Expendables ' The last action hero '

Rating: Null/10 (31 January 2011)

Hello Guys
'The last action hero'
When I say art we all know well true film fans anyway that an art is not just art house where its low budget and tear jerking which are yes good sometimes , but an art is when something that makes people cheer and whoop or think to some extent a way people look at a movie and hows its different from every other movie out there and the expendables does that. The action movies from the 80's ,90's yes are commercially viable making lots and lots of movie but are also a dying breed due to the insertion of the caring man , no longer to do we have the strong and silent Gary cooper and Clint Eastwood now we have and im not complaining because these films are much needed the caring man of Matt Damon and George Clooney two of my favourite actors no less Oceans 11 amazing , what point I am trying to make is that of The Schwarzenegger's and Stallones of the world are no where to be seen , no longer do we have the cheesy action movies that are big budget we have instead UFC and WWF funded movies that are low budget and Blow! Or contain a super hero once again not complaining but come on how many more can we have of these.
On to my Review the Expendables goes a long way to ratify that I am wrong about acting being a necessary part of a movie as this movie could have no speaking and be just as good that's what sort of movie this is and with a budget of 80 millions it makes it money back twice over, This movie is the most explosive action movie you will see this decade!
The synopsis is that of a group of mercenaries are sent on a mission 'to hell and back' to save a town and with this comes complications for Stallones character Barry Ross as he falls for the girl whom is daughter of the evil dictator running the town into the ground, nothing need else be said the rest of the movie is explosions kick ass moves and the best sounding gun you will ever hear in your life EVER god bless you Terry Crews.
A dinosaur has finally emerged from the ruins of a once great brand of block buster his name Jason Statham and I know all you Transporter fans will be screaming 'he's been around for ages' but now he is internationally recognized as a bad ass to boot. Jason Statham is the run away success of this movie for acting and martial arts ability , his comedic timing and distinctive voice really do make him the last remaining Action hero and good luck to him in his next movie 'the mechanic'
The rest of the cast is amazing yes Drago is played kind of weird as he is played American by Doplh Lundergren and so that bit is let down , but the rest of the cast have a bond that is reminiscent on the Oceans 11 movies that make you feel they did have fun while making the movies , on other ensemble cast movies 'the losers' and 'Takers' you just don't feel it and much the same as The A-team you laugh with the Cheesy one liners especially From Statham and Jet li whose broken English always makes me laugh. The reason this movie did so well at box office is for that reason alone it is change of pace needed for action.
Directing this movie must have been hard due to Sly being the director and understanding what the hell he is saying due to no facial expressions and the distinctive the Voice ' I AM THE LAW', But really this movie has no cinematography it mainly is just point and run away from the explosions if a another director where to be on the second one (rumoured) like Michael Bay or Luc Besson than I think this would work much better and Run much smoother.
All in All I would say this has Barlington's seal of recommendation as it does not contain a super hero and is an action movie a very nice change f pace!