BrillIANT popcorn movie!

Rating: 8/10 (18 August 2010)

This is without a doubt one of the cheesiest action films ever made. But my god, I love it. Stallone is brilliant, even though he can't act, but I don't care. I went to see this merely to be entertained. I didn't want a deep and meaningfully story line, nor did I want to be emotionally involved with any of the characters. If anyone wanted to be, then they would've been gravely disappointed. This is a perfect summer popcorn movie, and I wouldn't have wanted anything else from it, really. I loved the Arnie joke as well. I felt that was very well timed.
I thought the playful tension between Stallone and Arnies characters was a nice touch, also. Considering they were basically rivals in the 80's, made this a very amusing scene to watch.
The action was great, the acting was terrible, but I really feel that this was a nice throwback to the 80's. Nothing like a good action film. Overall, THE EXPENDABLES, I found to be, highly entertaining, CGI-lite and just bloody good fun.