The Expendables 2 is an action packed comedy that brings some of the biggest action heroes together on one screen.
The film follows a team of skilled fighters and weapons specialists, known as the Expendables, for what should be, another simple mission, but It soon turns into a quest for revenge when one of their men is murdered on the job, pinning them against the merciless villain of the movie, Jean Vilain, played by non-other than Jean-Claude Van Damme.
If that does not sound like an interesting way to spend an afternoon, the cast list will have you in a mad dash to the theater. The sight of Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Bruce Willis fighting side by side on the big screen is already worth the price of admission.
Jason Statham, who is known for his own share of action movies such “The Transporter”, playing as Sylvester Stallone’s closest friend and the team’s knife expert. Jet Li, real life Chinese martial artist, plays the team’s hand-to-hand combat expert, and Dolph Lundgren as the volatile and eccentric character, Gunner Jenson, who is an expert in chemical engineering. Comedic actor, Terry Crews, and mix martial arts fighter, Randy Couture, also do a great job in their roles. Finally, there is no way that I could leave out the one and only Chuck Norris —pause for applause— who’s character, Booker, enters all of his scenes with a personalized them music-as it should be.
This movie, which is fun though a bit gory, keeps the action going from the opening sequence to the end credits. The story may seem a bit flimsy, but the clever one-liners add to the films enjoyment.
Stallone and the rest of the cast come across as a strong group, not just of teammates but as friends, who will fight to the end for one another, while poking fun at each other.
The audience will also get lots of laughs from the dialogue, and the many references to famous lines from those 80’s action flicks that made Schwarzenegger and Willis house hold names such as “Yipee ki yey” and “I’ll be back”. So for the action lover or just a person that is looking for a good laugh this movie is definitely not one to miss.
