Fresh off the heels of his successful continuation of the Rambo and Rocky movie franchises comes Sylvester Stallone's new movie "The Expendables".
The basic premise of the movie was a group of mercenaries get sent to take out a drug lord/general/president/dictator of a fictional South American island country. The guy was basically a patsy for a rogue CIA/FBI agent.
In the process they figure out they are being double crossed and things aren't what they appeared. The character played by Sly after getting a speech from Mickey Rourke's character about how if he had saved a woman's life one time it would have saved what was left of his soul and perhaps redeemed himself partially for the lives he's taken. This gets Sly to go back to the island to save a woman from the drug lords - he's not doing it for money, he's doing it for love.
If you're looking for some great artistic statement, you won't find it. If you enjoy the old style action, shoot em up movies you'll enjoy it. And if you enjoy martial arts fight sequences, lets just say you won't be disappointed. It's got everything the action move fan enjoys. Lots of gun play, explosions, bust'em fist fights and the guy's eye candy - a hot beautiful woman.
Not to mention Sly brought in the best of the best of action movie stars, both new and old - himself, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, Rampage Jackson. What more could you ask for in an action movie?
Go see it in the theater.
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