Review: The Expendables

My review of Sylvester Stallone's action flick The Expendables, will be another short one because there really isn't much to say about this campy, fun and bloody movie.

I didn't go see this film because it was going to be a cinematic masterpiece. No, I saw The Expendables because it promised to be a fun ride; and I wasn't disappointed.

The script constantly pokes fun at the action genre, as well as at the films and careers of the stars themselves. The one-liners are hilarious, and the subtle jokes are perfect. The dry, wry humor utilized throughout only made the humor better than anything forced would have done.

Stallone did a good job with this high-powered film. The stunts are nearly full-time, and the carnage is so over the top that it starts being funny.

The cast was great! Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Cotoure and Terry Crews were all having a ball. Backed up by Eric Roberts, David Zayas, Mickey Rourke, Steve Austin, Charisma Carpenter and Giselle Itie; along with brief cameos by Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarznegger, the entire cast played along with this truly self-skewering portait of action films coming out of Hollywood over the last twenty five years.

You don't go see this film because of its socially redeeming qualities, or because its a serious movie. You go see this because you just want to have fun, and enjoy the inside jokes that any true action-phile will surely understand.

I may or may not see this again; and I will probably include The Expendables on my very short list of Guilty Pleasure films. Will I buy it? Yeah. But only because it was just too damned fun!