Surprisingly Good Until The Last Part

Rating: 6/10 (3 December 2010)

I thought this was "fair" overall, not really bad but not good, either. It could have been above-average had the filmmakers not gone over-the-top the last 20-30 minutes with way overdone action. Nothing new there, is it? These guys just don't know that too much action can actually get boring.
Thus, the first half of this film is much better, with a good cast of characters and some surprisingly-good humor. The insults here and there between stars Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham are fun to hear, and there is a great little cameo by one of the all-time greats of action films, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
If you think Mickey Rourke has looked sleazy in some recent films (The Wrestler, Iron Man 2), "you ain't't seen nothing' yet. I have to admit; he's always entertaining. Dolph Lundgren was great in here, too.
Summary: fair-to-good film but overdone non-stop action and Hollywood clichés that last 20-30 minutes downgrade the movie substantially and makes it a rental, not a keeper.