Review: "The Expendables 2" R
Stallone, Statham, Norris and Schwarzenegger star among others in the action sequel to the cheesy Expendables. This time they take on former Russians who have discovered a plutonium cache in a mine, and they have to get to it before the evil leader uses the stuff to sell to the highest bidder. The story is taken out of any number of 1980s cold war Rambo type movies, and the old action stars have fun playing parodies of each other. Willis and Schwarzenegger have bigger roles and Norris comes along for the ride. Li though is only there for 5 minutes in the beginning. Some of the guys from the last one are gone. The main bad guy's name sounds like Villain. Cute. If they keep doing this, they're going to be the geriatric A team. Still the jokes and the pacing work better than in the first, and it's actually a little better story. They realize they're in a campy action picture and seem to enjoy it. The post cold war Russian fake US town was clever and there were some good gags despite it being incredibly inane and more impossible than Mission Impossible. Also there is plenty of fake blood and gore for horror fans. It might make a good cheap bargain rental when it comes out on DVD. Don't spend full prince in a movie theater unless you just love to do that.
Review by Adam Browne
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