The Expendables 2

The world is filled with lots of bad, evil people. When those people need to die in large quantities in a hail of gunfire and knives and fists, call the Expendables, mercenaries for hire. In this go around, the bad, evil people have found a stash of weapons grade plutonium left behind by the Soviets. Can we let the bad, evil people have it? Of course not! Call the Expendables.

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No sex or nudity! There is an average amount of swearing that is muted, the lion’s share going toward the S word. This movie is rated R for violence, and there is blood spatter galore. The Expendables 2 is probably not worth watching with violence filters on as you will be left with stretches of bad dialog spoken by Sylvester Stallone.

Is This Movie Expendable?…

It’s all here, folks. Washed up 80s action heroes, gratuitous cameos, unnecessary dive rolls, enemies that couldn’t hit an elephant at two paces, enemies holding pistols but patiently waiting for the hero to punch them, pithy one liners after blowing someone away, explosions, plot holes, giving one character a back story in the hopes we might actually care when he dies. Sigh. It’s like someone took every action movie cliché and shoved it into one movie. This would be more annoying if it wasn’t done on purpose with tongues planted firmly in everyone’s cheeks. As it was, my groan–meter was in the red. That said, if you’ve really missed the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Chuck Norris (and on and on), give The Expendables 2 a shot.

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Rated R for strong bloody violence throughout; 103 min; Directed By Simon West