Why aren't there more explosions?
Released: 2010
Genre(s): Action, Adventure
"The Expendables" is not what I thought it'd be, only partially managing to fulfill the expectation of an insane, over-the-top, retro-action romp, completely devoid of reservation. While the action sequences are incredibly enjoyable and delightfully excessive, I can't help but feel that the movie takes itself a bit too seriously at times. The plot doesn't dig too deep, but it also takes up far too much of the movie; firefights don't start consistently erupting at a pace you'd expect from a movie that includes the grand masters of the action movie hall of fame until an hour-plus into the film. With this kind of cast, "The Expendables" should have been 95% explosions and mindless gun violence, and 5% cheesy one-liners, but this is far from how the movie plays out. To be honest, the plot was even difficult to understand at times - not because of any complexity or abstract concepts, but rather due to the fact that a majority of the actors sported hard to understand accents or a speech impediment of some sort. All in all, "The Expendables" ends up with a lot of wasted potential, but survives as a solid action flick - that is, if you have the patience to wait for the bullets to start flying.
Rating (out of 5): 3
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