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The
Expendables 2 Movie
Poster The
Expendables 2 Movie Review The sequel, set to hit theaters on
August 17, 2012, features the same
basic cast of characters, to whit:
Barney Ross, the leader of the
Expendables, (Sylvester Stallone),
former SAS soldier and blades
specialist Lee Christmas (Jason
Statham), martial artist Yin Yang (Jet
Li), sniper Gunnar Jensen (Dolph
Lundgren), weapons specialist Hale
Caesar (Terry Crews) and demolitions
expert Toll Road (Randy Couture), as
well as Mr. Church (Bruce Willis), Mr.
Trench (Arnold
Schwarzenegger), and introducing
Liam
Hemsworth as Bill the Kid, Chuck
Norris as Booker, and featuring the
"Muscles from Brussels," Jean Claude
Van Damme as the Villain. The first Expendables movie
introduced these characters as
mercenaries who kill for good causes.
Sort of a muscles of steel, heart of
gold theme. Stallone, the leader of
this group of nice killers, has his
hands full keeping them in line. At one
point, he fires one of them and then
decides to take a job overthrowing a
Latin American dictator. One of the
most thrilling moments in this first
movie (for an action-movie junkie),
came when Stallone met with the men who
set him up on the mission to Latin
America. Meeting in a church, Stallone
deals with two mysterious characters,
Mr. Church and Mr. Trench. They turn
out to be Bruce Willis and Arnold
Schwarzenegger (who was still Governor
of California at the time). The Expendables take the mission,
save the girl, (and isn't there always
a pretty girl to save?), kill the bad
guy and his men (lots of them), and go
back home to New Orleans to party. Oh,
and Mickey Rourke has a fairly short
role in this film as the equipment tech
(named Tool), but his monologue is
moving, emotional, and is a good
showcase for his acting chops. The Expendables 2 hit
American theaters on August 17,
2012. Movie
Review Summary: If you are an action-movie fan,
especially a fan of the action flicks
made by Stallone, Schwarzenegger,
Willis, Norris, Van Damme, and others
like them, you will love this movie.
Expendables 2 is full of action,
full of action-movie stars, and has
quite a few hilarious one-liners that
refer back to the classic action flicks
that these guys starred in oh, so many
years ago. The story begins with the
Expendables taking on a rebel warlord
in the mountains of Nepal, whacking
tons of bad guys to save one guy. After
that, they regroup back in their New
Orleans base and party. We meet new
Expendable Billy the Kid (Liam
Hemsworth, who looks like a junior
Thor), who is a sniper who gaine combat
experience fighting the Taliban in
Afghanistan. Without giving up any spoilers,
let's just say that a certain
bald-headed hero pops up, sends
Stallone and crew on a mission that
should be a "piece of cake," (code-word
for action fans that lots of stuff will
go wrong on the mission), and off our
good guys go, with a new asset in tow,
Maggie (played by Nan Yu), a female who
is "combat proficient," which is action
code for "she can kick butt with the
bad boys." Nan Yu
in the Expendables
2 So, our crew heads off to the
Balkans on the mission for Mr. Church,
and they meet up with Vilain (a
villainous Jean-Claude Van Damme) who
is a really nasty guy. Vilain does some
villainous stuff that makes Stallone
really mad, and the rest of the movie
is basically action, killing, and
blowing stuff up to get to the
climactic hand-to-hand combat between
our main hero and our bad guy. Along
the way, we meet up with Lone Wolf
McQuade, the Terminator, and John
McClane (Chuck Norris, Arnold
Schwazenegger, and Bruce Willis, come
on guys...) who join up with Stallone's
crew to put the hurt on the bad guys.
One of the most enjoyable parts of the
film were the one-liners these guys
tossed around in reference to their
past films and film characters, as well
as a jaw-dropping reference to Chuck
Norris tough-guy mythology. In conclusion, if you are an
action-movie fan, you will enjoy this
The Expendables 2. Movie
Review Summary: The
Expendables 2 is a fun, action-filled
shoot-em up that gives fans what they
want! Rating: 4.0
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