Comment

Jun 05, 2017lukasevansherman rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Lines that should've been in this movie but weren't: "What do you expect, we're expendable." "Who you calling expendable?" "Expendables ride!" "What's up with your face Mickey Rourke?" If you like your action movies big and dumb, well, it doesn't get much bigger and dumber (outside of Michael Bay). Sylvester Stallone turns the series into a kind of active retirement community for washed up action stars, including Jet Li (woefully underused), Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, a bunch of wrestlers, Eric Roberts, and Bruce Willis. The plot. . .wait, you don't care about the plot. "The Expendables" does deliver over the top, bloody, kill 'em all action. We never learn why they came together, how you contact them (Are they like the A-Team?), where the name came from, and, again, what happened to Mickey Rourke's face, which deserves its own subplot. Eric Roberts, as a slimy ex-CIA agent, gives the best performance. Despite the title, they made 2 sequels. "I guess we're not so expendable after all, huh?"