Sunday, August 15, 2010

Movie Review: The Expendables

So I recently got stuck in Malibu/ Santa Monica recently. Long story short or perhaps, long story cut by a lot, I saw The Expendables. Here's my review. Let's break it down shall we. First we talk about the movie. Then the cast. Then Stallone. The audience. Finally, the grade I give it and final note.
If you go into this film thinking it will be some action flick with explosions, babes, guns, and car chases. Well let me tell you something, it delivers! Full on! You have to see it to believe it, but it takes all the best elements of all the best action movies, and puts it all together in one single film! Okay, well, that's what I have to say on that. If you're into action films, and don't care about plot, The Expendables is good for you. I'm not saying the plot's bad or anything, but some things seemed very unnecessary, to the point that the film could be cut down to only its action sequences at some parts.
The wonderful cast of actors. I only have to use last names, because you'll recognize them. Stallone, still has a bit of Rambo and Rocky in him. Statham, works well with Li, awesome with the action. Li, couldn't understand him half the time, but love to see him fight. Lundgren, clearly in the film because of Stallone, but he's still cool. Couture, hated his role, don't see why he was necessary, but I guess he worked. Austin, one Stone Cold guy throughout the film, pun intended. Crews, love this black guy in all of his work. Rourke, needed a bigger part, the guy is a lot better an actor than most of the cast. Willis, well, he's in the film, take it or leave it. Governator, hey, he's in it too, awesome scene as well. Nice to see Heroes didn't ruin Eric Roberts career. Also good to see Charisma Carpenter working again.
Sylvester Stallone. This guy is famous for Rocky and Rambo, naturally, so he gets credit there. Apparently, the dude, directs, writes, and stars in a lot of his films, not just this one. On a different note, the guy has been known for his mumbling voice, but when you hear him in person, or in interviews, its not that bad. I'll say this, when he gets behind a movie camera, the mumble comes back for some reason. The directing of the film seemed... classic, as if to say he was capturing something from way-back-when. On a related note, I could scream fake on some of the special effects, it would seem. As far as writing, he was able to fit all of these famous people in one movie, but sometimes (SPOILER) you don't see some of them for long periods of time, without explanation as to why. (END SPOILER) So that's that.
The audience. We saw it opening night, so the theater was packed. The audience was fine, naturally though, it was filled with 20 something drunk people trying to have a fun night. A lot of giggling girls for some reason, so watch out for that. The guy who sat in front of me looked like David Bowie and smelled like pot. So expect that. Otherwise, the audience is fine.
My final grade for this film, a solid B. See it if you can, it's pretty worth it. I'll say it was better than The A-Team, and I liked The A-Team. The movie definitely fits well as an action movie. So it's a must see, if you're into those movies. Enough said.

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