Nostalgic return of the old school action genre

Rating: 9/10 (28 August 2010)

Over the years , the essence of the action film genre evolved from the once tough bad ass hero terminate bad guys with explosions into the sensitive dumb arsed heroes wearing tights and capes and cg fest-giant robots we see today,( a good example is Scott pilgrim ).
Now Stallone fresh from his recent great work in rocky balboa and Rambo, takes a break from making serious films and makes an entertaining action masterpiece which clearly was giving homage to old school action genre, this film was not trying to be inception or other mind blowing films we watched recently, it was just trying to be what it is, an entertaining and nostalgic ensemble action film full of explosions, one liners and blood. I don't know why people expect more than that, because they didn't cast De Niro, Pacino or DeCaprio so don't expect this film to be thick on plot. they cast action stars in this film who are known for their charisma and ass kicking... not for their acting
I personally think every characters had their own moment to shine, the one person that really caught my attention was Dolph Lundgren , he really played a big bad ass in this film even though he wasn't in the final showdown , his character was the most memorable. It was nice seeing him again on the big screen, and I do hope they make a sequel with more old school action heroes...