Sylvester Stallone's THE EXPENDABLES

Movie review by Dennis D. McDonald

Summary:

• Team of over the hill mercenaries rescue damsel in distress in a tiny corrupt island based military dictatorship. In the process the island is reduced to smoking rubble and piles of corpses.

The Good:

• Lots of knives, explosions, and noise.
• Exciting in a roller coaster kind of way.
• Neat cars and planes.
• Interesting demonstration of a seaplane-launched thermobaric explosive.
• We get to see (briefly) Willis, Schwartzenneger, and Stallone together in one room (a church, ha-ha).

The Bad:

• Flimsy plot.
• Gossamer thin characterization.
• Uninspiring bad guys.
• What is Mickey Rourke doing in this movie?

Recommendation:

• Great for action fans, even if you’ve never seen these guys in a movie before.

Review copyright (c) 2010 by Dennis D. McDonald