The Expendables 2

Expendables 2: Each actor being even more expendable
than the last
dir: Simon West
Yeah, well, it’s not like I was expecting Gone With the Wind…
The first flick in what appears to be this ongoing series worked for me mostly as a palette cleanser, but also because I watched it on opening day with a good buddy also steeped in the lore of 80s action movies. Plus we were drunk, which helps anything and everything.
This I watched alone, and bemused, though not pre-emptively. I went into it hoping, like I always do, for something magical.
What I got was a tired old bunch of men who aren’t really that old trading on glories so faded I barely remember what I liked about them in the first place. Look, time and age makes fools of us all, but the main attraction is meant to be "washed up action movie stars kicking ass one last time" one more time. A Once More Unto the Breach, you ancient bastards, or we’ll fill up the wall with our retirees type of deal. And it’s not really that appealing.
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