Make no mistake; The Expendables 2 is a terrible film. With careless plotting, a lazy reliance on cliché and one of the worst sound mixes of any mainstream release in history it’s a slap in the face to the Cahiers du Cinema set.
But if you’re willing to overlook all that, it’s kind of OK. (Small spoiler ahead.)
The Expendables 2 is essentially a hundred and two minutes of uninterrupted fanservice. That isn’t automatically a good thing; My admiration for the films of Arnold Schwarzenegger is unequalled. At this late stage it’s going to take a lot to dislodge The Terminator 2 and Predator from my all-time Top 20 list. I was really happy to hear him say “I’ll be back” in this film. By about the tenth time he’d said it, the shine was starting to come off. By the twentieth time I was starting to wish he’d go back to his day job of being the Boris Johnson of California.
Full story: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/08/12/the-expendables-2-the-bleeding-cool-review/
But if you’re willing to overlook all that, it’s kind of OK. (Small spoiler ahead.)
The Expendables 2 is essentially a hundred and two minutes of uninterrupted fanservice. That isn’t automatically a good thing; My admiration for the films of Arnold Schwarzenegger is unequalled. At this late stage it’s going to take a lot to dislodge The Terminator 2 and Predator from my all-time Top 20 list. I was really happy to hear him say “I’ll be back” in this film. By about the tenth time he’d said it, the shine was starting to come off. By the twentieth time I was starting to wish he’d go back to his day job of being the Boris Johnson of California.
Full story: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/08/12/the-expendables-2-the-bleeding-cool-review/